REG - BNP Paribas London Pearson PLC - Form 8.3 - Pearson plc
31/03/2022 13:00
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RNS Number : 7970G BNP Paribas London 31 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: 30/03/2022
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: 7,873,336 1.03 -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: 8,305,945 1.09 -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 648 GBP 6.8700
GB0006776081 Purchase 647 GBP 6.8860
GB0006776081 Purchase 647 GBP 6.9980
GB0006776081 Purchase 856 GBP 7.2620
GB0006776081 Purchase 206 GBP 7.2980
GB0006776081 Purchase 646 GBP 7.3000
GB0006776081 Purchase 2338 GBP 7.3060
GB0006776081 Purchase 594 GBP 7.3080
GB0006776081 Purchase 1001 GBP 7.3120
GB0006776081 Purchase 786 GBP 7.3160
GB0006776081 Purchase 282 GBP 7.3540
GB0006776081 Purchase 4 GBP 7.3920
GB0006776081 Purchase 6977 GBP 7.3920
GB0006776081 Purchase 279 GBP 7.4240
GB0006776081 Purchase 37 GBP 7.4280
GB0006776081 Purchase 282 GBP 7.4460
GB0006776081 Purchase 244 GBP 7.4580
GB0006776081 Purchase 80 GBP 7.4600
GB0006776081 Purchase 293 GBP 7.4640
GB0006776081 Purchase 295 GBP 7.4700
GB0006776081 Purchase 301 GBP 7.7660
GB0006776081 Purchase 227 GBP 7.7800
GB0006776081 Purchase 257 GBP 7.7820
GB0006776081 Purchase 248 GBP 7.7860
GB0006776081 Purchase 137 GBP 7.8000
GB0006776081 Purchase 240 GBP 7.8060
GB0006776081 Purchase 109 GBP 7.8140
GB0006776081 Sell -195 GBP 6.8180
GB0006776081 Sell -200 GBP 6.8200
GB0006776081 Sell -264 GBP 6.8340
GB0006776081 Sell -300 GBP 6.8380
GB0006776081 Sell -99 GBP 6.8500
GB0006776081 Sell -647 GBP 6.8600
GB0006776081 Sell -298 GBP 6.8620
GB0006776081 Sell -1 GBP 6.8740
GB0006776081 Sell -647 GBP 6.8760
GB0006776081 Sell -270 GBP 6.8960
GB0006776081 Sell -100 GBP 6.9060
GB0006776081 Sell -230 GBP 6.9080
GB0006776081 Sell -100 GBP 6.9160
GB0006776081 Sell -250 GBP 6.9180
GB0006776081 Sell -647 GBP 6.9240
GB0006776081 Sell -409 GBP 6.9420
GB0006776081 Sell -288 GBP 6.9460
GB0006776081 Sell -241 GBP 6.9580
GB0006776081 Sell -100 GBP 6.9660
GB0006776081 Sell -240 GBP 6.9680
GB0006776081 Sell -255 GBP 6.9700
GB0006776081 Sell -275 GBP 6.9820
GB0006776081 Sell -258 GBP 7.0020
GB0006776081 Sell -250 GBP 7.0060
GB0006776081 Sell -246 GBP 7.0080
GB0006776081 Sell -275 GBP 7.0420
GB0006776081 Sell -250 GBP 7.1280
GB0006776081 Sell -646 GBP 7.2380
GB0006776081 Sell -244 GBP 7.2580
GB0006776081 Sell -260 GBP 7.2640
GB0006776081 Sell -549 GBP 7.2740
GB0006776081 Sell -258 GBP 7.2760
GB0006776081 Sell -420 GBP 7.2860
GB0006776081 Sell -441 GBP 7.2920
GB0006776081 Sell -275 GBP 7.2940
GB0006776081 Sell -255 GBP 7.3080
GB0006776081 Sell -330 GBP 7.3120
GB0006776081 Sell -385 GBP 7.3140
GB0006776081 Sell -365 GBP 7.3200
GB0006776081 Sell -330 GBP 7.3220
GB0006776081 Sell -295 GBP 7.3240
GB0006776081 Sell -465 GBP 7.3260
GB0006776081 Sell -278 GBP 7.3280
GB0006776081 Sell -195 GBP 7.3300
GB0006776081 Sell -340 GBP 7.3320
GB0006776081 Sell -100 GBP 7.3360
GB0006776081 Sell -100 GBP 7.3420
GB0006776081 Sell -250 GBP 7.3540
GB0006776081 Sell -494 GBP 7.3580
GB0006776081 Sell -290 GBP 7.3640
GB0006776081 Sell -298 GBP 7.3660
GB0006776081 Sell -7422 GBP 7.3920
GB0006776081 Sell -4 GBP 7.3920
GB0006776081 Sell -241 GBP 7.4240
GB0006776081 Sell -330 GBP 7.4300
GB0006776081 Sell -292 GBP 7.4320
GB0006776081 Sell -195 GBP 7.4380
GB0006776081 Sell -285 GBP 7.4520
GB0006776081 Sell -445 GBP 7.4600
GB0006776081 Sell -412 GBP 7.7680
GB0006776081 Sell -911 GBP 7.7720
GB0006776081 Sell -280 GBP 7.7740
GB0006776081 Sell -640 GBP 7.7780
GB0006776081 Sell -317 GBP 7.7800
GB0006776081 Sell -768 GBP 7.7820
GB0006776081 Sell -294 GBP 7.7840
GB0006776081 Sell -256 GBP 7.7860
GB0006776081 Sell -499 GBP 7.7880
GB0006776081 Sell -620 GBP 7.7900
GB0006776081 Sell -876 GBP 7.7920
GB0006776081 Sell -250 GBP 7.7940
GB0006776081 Sell -1115 GBP 7.7960
GB0006776081 Sell -440 GBP 7.7980
GB0006776081 Sell -137 GBP 7.8000
GB0006776081 Sell -332 GBP 7.8020
GB0006776081 Sell -265 GBP 7.8040
GB0006776081 Sell -909 GBP 7.8060
GB0006776081 Sell -799 GBP 7.8100
GB0006776081 Sell -973 GBP 7.8120
GB0006776081 Sell -104 GBP 7.8160
GB0006776081 Sell -583 GBP 7.8180
GB0006776081 Sell -783 GBP 7.8200
GB0006776081 Sell -627 GBP 7.8220
GB0006776081 Sell -459 GBP 7.8240
GB0006776081 Sell -230 GBP 7.8260
GB0006776081 Sell -259 GBP 7.8300
GB0006776081 Sell -179 GBP 7.8320
GB0006776081 Sell -159 GBP 7.8360
(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
(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: 31/03/2022
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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