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30/03/2022 11:30

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RNS Number : 6000G  BNP Paribas London  30 March 2022

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:                                     29/03/2022

        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:                      7,893,563                       1.04       -5,106,243                     -.67

   (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                         432,609                            .06     -2,898,763                       -.38

   (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to
 purchase/sell:
        TOTAL:                                                                      8,326,172               1.10              -8,005,006             -1.06

 

 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       510          GBP 7.7040
 GB0006776081       Purchase       263          GBP 7.8140
 GB0006776081       Purchase       221          GBP 7.8160
 GB0006776081       Purchase       480          GBP 7.8200
 GB0006776081       Purchase       470          GBP 7.8240
 GB0006776081       Purchase       392          GBP 7.8260
 GB0006776081       Purchase       147          GBP 7.8280
 GB0006776081       Purchase       774          GBP 7.8300
 GB0006776081       Purchase       368          GBP 7.8380
 GB0006776081       Purchase       418          GBP 7.8420
 GB0006776081       Purchase       97           GBP 7.8440
 GB0006776081       Purchase       535          GBP 7.8460
 GB0006776081       Purchase       2130         GBP 7.8480
 GB0006776081       Purchase       588          GBP 7.8500
 GB0006776081       Purchase       64           GBP 7.8520
 GB0006776081       Purchase       259          GBP 7.8560
 GB0006776081       Purchase       5            GBP 7.8580
 GB0006776081       Purchase       754          GBP 7.8580
 GB0006776081       Purchase       427          GBP 7.8600
 GB0006776081       Purchase       102          GBP 7.8620
 GB0006776081       Purchase       100          GBP 7.8640
 GB0006776081       Purchase       40           GBP 7.8660
 GB0006776081       Purchase       102          GBP 7.8720
 GB0006776081       Purchase       441          GBP 7.8740
 GB0006776081       Purchase       2573         GBP 7.9020
 GB0006776081       Purchase       1012         GBP 7.9240
 GB0006776081       Purchase       45           GBP 7.9260
 GB0006776081       Purchase       241          GBP 7.9560
 GB0006776081       Purchase       335          GBP 7.9660
 GB0006776081       Purchase       906          GBP 8.0100
 GB0006776081       Purchase       616          GBP 8.0160
 GB0006776081       Purchase       513          GBP 8.0180
 GB0006776081       Purchase       199          GBP 8.0220
 GB0006776081       Purchase       248          GBP 8.0280
 GB0006776081       Purchase       90           GBP 8.0380
 GB0006776081       Purchase       163          GBP 8.0400
 GB0006776081       Sell           -7           GBP 7.8380
 GB0006776081       Sell           -92          GBP 7.8400
 GB0006776081       Sell           -400         GBP 7.8480
 GB0006776081       Sell           -40          GBP 7.8500
 GB0006776081       Sell           -35779       GBP 7.8580
 GB0006776081       Sell           -5           GBP 7.8580
 GB0006776081       Sell           -333         GBP 7.8700
 GB0006776081       Sell           -745         GBP 7.9000
 GB0006776081       Sell           -300         GBP 7.9020
 GB0006776081       Sell           -3           GBP 7.9320
 GB0006776081       Sell           -300         GBP 7.9340
 GB0006776081       Sell           -368         GBP 7.9380
 GB0006776081       Sell           -195         GBP 7.9400
 GB0006776081       Sell           -213         GBP 7.9440
 GB0006776081       Sell           -487         GBP 7.9460
 GB0006776081       Sell           -184         GBP 7.9480
 GB0006776081       Sell           -100         GBP 7.9500
 GB0006776081       Sell           -204         GBP 7.9520

 

 (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  Reducing Long Position                   -122                                7.9800 GBP
 GB0006776081  Contract for Difference  Reducing Short Position               -14,588                                7.9230 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:       30/03/2022

 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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