REG - Barclays PLC Pearson PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)-PEARSON PLC

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25/03/2022 11:15

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RNS Number : 0732G  Barclays PLC  25 March 2022

 FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
 PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS
 (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
 Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
 1.                                                                                KEY INFORMATION
 (a)         Name of exempt principal trader:                                                          BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
 (b)         Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose                                              PEARSON PLC
             relevant securities this form relates:
 (c)         Name of the party to the offer with which exempt                                          Apollo Global Management, Inc. and its subsidiaries
             principal trader is connected
 (d)         Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                                    24 March 2022
 (e)         In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal                         NO
             trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
 2.                                                                                POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
 (a)         Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or
             offeree
             to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
 Class of relevant security:                                   25p ordinary
                                                               Interests                               Short Positions
                                                               Number              (%)                 Number              (%)
 (1)         Relevant securities owned
             and/or controlled:                                7,841,028           1.04%               4,326,792           0.57%

 (2)         Cash-settled derivatives:
                                                               4,164,122           0.55%               3,845,645           0.51%

 (3)         Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
             and agreements to purchase/sell:                  0                   0.00%               0                   0.00%

             TOTAL:                                            12,005,150          1.59%               8,172,437           1.08%

 

 (b)                Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other
                    executive
                    options)
 Class of relevant security in relation to
 which subscription right exists
 Details, including nature of the rights
 concerned and relevant percentages:
 3.                                                                       DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
 (a)                Purchases and sales
 Class of relevant                   Purchase/sale                        Total number of                     Highest price per unit  Lowest price per unit
 security                                                                 securities                          paid/received           paid/received
 25p ordinary                        Purchase                             1,055,359                           7.6720 GBP              7.537 GBP
 25p ordinary                        Sale                                 817,101                             7.6720 GBP              7.5599 GBP

 (b)                Cash-settled derivative transactions
 Class of                            Product                              Nature of dealing                   Number of               Price per
 relevant                            description                                                              reference               unit
 security                                                                                                     securities
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Decreasing Long                     103                     7.6320 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Decreasing Long                     231                     7.6103 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Decreasing Long                     309                     7.6440 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Decreasing Long                     630                     7.6401 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Decreasing Long                     2,975                   7.6213 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Decreasing Long                     3,309                   7.6108 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Decreasing Long                     13,541                  7.6066 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Decreasing Long                     13,904                  7.5883 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Decreasing Long                     26,426                  7.6521 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Decreasing Long                     27,627                  7.5676 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Decreasing Long                     31,050                  7.5927 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Decreasing Long                     45,415                  7.5893 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Decreasing Long                     49,257                  7.6720 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Decreasing Long                     103,119                 7.6719 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Decreasing Long                     138,581                 7.6055 GBP
 25p ordinary                         CFD                                 Decreasing Short                    437                     7.6593 GBP
 25p ordinary                         CFD                                 Decreasing Short                    663                     7.6726 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Decreasing Short                    2,000                   7.6252 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Decreasing Short                    5,909                   7.5873 GBP
 25p ordinary                         CFD                                 Decreasing Short                    15,130                  7.6223 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Decreasing Short                    19,011                  7.6029 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Decreasing Short                    37,839                  7.6300 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Decreasing Short                    65,000                  7.6085 GBP
 25p ordinary                         CFD                                 Decreasing Short                    73,298                  7.6720 GBP
 25p ordinary                         CFD                                 Decreasing Short                    154,121                 7.6719 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Decreasing Short                    176,331                 7.6069 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Increasing Long                     336                     7.6412 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Increasing Long                     1,078                   7.6716 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Increasing Long                     7,389                   7.6023 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Increasing Long                     10,013                  7.6243 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Increasing Long                     10,386                  7.6113 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Increasing Short                    133                     7.6385 GBP
 25p ordinary                         SWAP                                Opening Short                       400,000                 7.6026 GBP

 (c)                Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
 (i)                Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
 Class              Product          Writing,            Number           Exercise           Type             Expiry                  Option
 of                 description      purchasing,         of               price                               date                    money
 relevant                            selling,            securities       per unit                                                    paid/
 security                            varying etc         to which                                                                     received
                                                         option                                                                       per unit
                                                         relates

 (ii)               Exercising
 Class of relevant                   Product description                  Exercising/ exercised against       Number of               Exercise price per
 security                                                                                    securities       unit

 (d)                Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
 Class of relevant                   Nature of Dealings                   Details                             Price per unit (if
 security                                                                                    applicable)

 4.                                                                       OTHER INFORMATION
 (a)                Indemnity and other dealings arrangements
 Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or
 understanding,
 formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement
 to deal
 or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the
 disclosure and any party
 to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
 NONE
 (b)                Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
 Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal,
 between
 the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person
 relating to:
 (i)   the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
 (ii)   the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant
 securities to which
 any derivative is referenced:
 NONE
 (c)                Attachments
 Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?                      NO
 Date of disclosure:                                                      25 Mar 2022
 Contact name:                                                            Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                        020 3134 7213

 

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