REG - BNP Paribas London Pearson PLC - Form 8.3 - Pearson plc
17/03/2022 13:45
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RNS Number : 1678F BNP Paribas London 17 March 2022
Form 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Full name of discloser: BNP Paribas SA
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if
different from 1(a):
The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a
trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this Pearson plc
form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state
this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 16/03/2022
For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable
date prior to the disclosure
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making No:
disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one
class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy
table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant
security.
(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 (GB0006776081)
Interests Short Positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 7,807,553 1.03 -5,240,983 -.69
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 393,013 .05 -2,746,947 -.36
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to
purchase/sell:
TOTAL: 8,200,566 1.08 -7,987,930 -1.05
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded
options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be
given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors'' and other
employee 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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit
security securities
GB0006776081 Purchase 5,278 8.2600 GBP
GB0006776081 Purchase 58,507 8.2600 GBP
GB0006776081 Purchase 23,963 8.2600 GBP
GB0006776081 Sale -64 8.2600 GBP
GB0006776081 Sale -334 8.2600 GBP
GB0006776081 Sale -410 8.2600 GBP
GB0006776081 Sale -72,159 8.2600 GBP
GB0006776081 Purchase 2,025 8.2600 GBP
GB0006776081 Sale -3,256 8.2600 GBP
GB0006776081 Purchase 14,282 8.2600 GBP
GB0006776081 Purchase 654 8.2600 GBP
GB0006776081 Purchase 1,640 8.2600 GBP
GB0006776081 Purchase 1,786 8.2600 GBP
GB0006776081 Purchase 306 8.2600 GBP
GB0006776081 Sale -1,062 8.2600 GBP
GB0006776081 Purchase 83 8.2600 GBP
GB0006776081 Sale -86 8.2600 GBP
GB0006776081 Purchase 120,470 8.2600 GBP
GB0006776081 Purchase 2,708 8.2600 GBP
GB0006776081 Sale -2,791 8.2600 GBP
GB0006776081 Purchase 352 8.2600 GBP
GB0006776081 Purchase 1,550 8.2600 GBP
GB0006776081 Sale -2,634 8.2600 GBP
GB0006776081 Purchase 14,916 8.2600 GBP
GB0006776081 Sale -880 8.2600 GBP
GB0006776081 Sale -15,247 8.2600 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant description e.g. opening/closing a references unit
security e.g. CFD long/short position securities
increasing/reducing a
long/short position
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -672 8.1912 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -32 8.2478 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing long position 15,247 8.2077 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -14,882 8.2288 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -191 8.2447 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -12 8.2333 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -585 8.2446 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -1,353 8.2150 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -65 8.2454 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -4,837 8.2257 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -234 8.2450 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -1,265 8.1860 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -942 8.2336 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -14,282 8.1836 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -1,124 8.1754 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -47 8.2460 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -9,659 8.2603 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -9,969 8.2257 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -391 8.2448 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -3,059 8.2125 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -157 8.2407 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -7,658 8.1860 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -5,706 8.2336 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -733 8.2222 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -22 8.2455 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -4,809 8.1860 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -3,583 8.2336 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -159 8.1442 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -4 8.2525 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -904 8.1446 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -26 8.2435 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -122 8.2700 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -7 8.2414 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -13,809 8.2054 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -250 8.2914 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -15 8.2420 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -7,746 8.2090 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -277 8.2444 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -947 8.1946 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -26 8.2465 GBP
GB0006776081 Contract for Difference Increasing short position -1,107 8.1794 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 e.g. date money
relevant e.g. call selling, securities per unit American paid/
security option varying etc. to which European received
option etc. per unit
relates
(ii) Exercise
Class of Product Exercising/ Number of Exercise price
relevant description exercised securities per unit
security e.g. call option against
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if
security e.g. subscription, conversion applicable)
4. Other Information
(a) Indemnity and other dealing 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 person
making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in
concert with a party to the offer:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If
there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
(b) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal,
between the person 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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant
securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
(c) Attachments
Is a supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? No
Date of Disclosure: 17/03/2022
Contact Name Compliance Control Room
Telephone Number: 0207 595 9695
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service.
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation
to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be
included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel's Market
Surveillance Unit.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk)
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