REG - Morgan Stanley & Co. Pearson PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Pearson Plc
14/03/2022 11:45
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RNS Number : 6798E Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc 14 March 2022
FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED
INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt principal trader: Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form Pearson plc
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is Pearson plc
connected:
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 11 March 2022
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader NO
making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(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 security Purchases/ sales Total number of securities Highest price per unit paid/received Lowest price per unit paid/received
25p ordinary PURCHASES 61,143 10.1118 USD 10.1118 USD
25p ordinary SALES 61,143 10.1124 USD 10.1124 USD
25p ordinary PURCHASES 7,204,402 8.1200 GBP 6.5140 GBP
25p ordinary SALES 5,872,490 8.1387 GBP 6.5140 GBP
UNSPONSORED ADR (1.00 TO 1) PURCHASES 11,209 10.3630 USD 10.2605 USD
UNSPONSORED ADR (1.00 TO 1) SALES 11,209 10.3630 USD 10.2605 USD
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference securities Price per unit
e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
position
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 322 6.6476 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 320 6.6476 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 5,873 7.0268 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 1,123 7.2818 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 2,489 7.3538 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 17,473 7.3698 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 10,714 7.3997 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 836 7.4731 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 735 7.5558 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 338 7.5658 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 292 7.5658 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 1,745 7.5658 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 783 7.5658 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 18 7.5658 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 4,921 7.5830 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 28,276 7.6199 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 55,416 7.6660 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 22,230 7.6660 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 3,080 7.6660 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 1,117 7.6660 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 27,890 7.6683 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 805 7.6888 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 1,076 7.7199 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 18,319 7.7487 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 26,143 7.7722 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 17,558 7.7795 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 10,567 7.8549 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 559 7.9334 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 10,008 7.9400 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 5,000 7.9837 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 161 6.5601 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 22,091 6.9014 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 208,984 6.9429 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 66,660 6.9653 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,733 7.3085 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 27,218 7.3337 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 29,586 7.4673 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 110 7.6560 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 2,602 7.6560 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 169 7.6560 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 218 7.6560 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,033 7.6560 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 19,799 7.6607 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 60,201 7.6607 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 211 7.6660 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 7,279 7.6760 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 5,631 7.6760 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 3,663 7.6760 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,355 7.7000 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,000 7.7000 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 39,999 7.7288 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 15,500 7.7866 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 29,847 7.7994 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 382 7.8256 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 275 7.8311 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 415 7.8420 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 150,000 7.8658 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 595 8.0690 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,556 8.0690 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 128 6.5140 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 3,311 6.8999 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 1,061 6.9055 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 732 6.9055 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 1,322 6.9484 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 1,990 6.9614 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 3,952 6.9785 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 2,726 6.9785 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 3,140 7.3085 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 4,933 7.3166 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 6,701 7.3441 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 745 7.5381 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 322 7.5678 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 320 7.5690 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 50,000 7.6302 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 196 7.6520 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 673 7.6660 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 31,849 7.6660 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 805 7.6660 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 91 7.6660 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 16,587 7.6660 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 100,000 7.6859 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 21,697 7.7022 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 21,523 7.7143 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 96,951 7.7147 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 820 7.7157 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 1,196 7.7157 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 1,110 7.7177 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 762 7.7177 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 15,262 7.7526 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 1,069 7.7537 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 733 7.7537 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 60,000 7.7614 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 6,714 7.7835 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 1,286 7.7835 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 31,706 7.7924 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 71,000 7.8108 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 48,940 7.8156 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 40,000 7.8248 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 148,937 7.8249 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 1,021 7.8256 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 19,527 7.9034 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 967 7.9034 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 83 7.9053 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 5,000 7.9849 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 50,000 8.0028 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 30,000 8.0607 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 1 6.5140 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 1,628 6.6476 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 1,634 6.6476 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 258 6.8340 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 350,000 6.8381 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 7,215 6.8645 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 234 6.8960 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 233 6.8961 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 27,218 7.3565 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 29,586 7.4557 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 382 7.5830 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 333,984 7.5969 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 700,000 7.6014 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 805 7.6446 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 4,132 7.6560 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 2,186 7.6660 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 275 7.6660 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 777 7.6761 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 608 7.6787 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 1,253 7.6888 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 7,891 7.7571 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 29,847 7.8418 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 8 7.8568 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 1,897 8.0690 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 254 8.0690 GBP
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security Product description e.g. call option Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. Number of securities to which option relates Exercise price per unit Type Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
e.g. American, European etc.
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, conversion
N/A N/A N/A N/A
3. 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 exempt
principal trader 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"
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 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"
NONE
Date of disclosure: 14 March 2022
Contact name: Craig Horsley
Telephone number: +44 141 245-7736
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 dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .
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