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RNS Number : 1261F Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc 17 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: 16 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 895,972 8.3600 GBP 8.0656 GBP
25p ordinary SALES 557,271 8.3600 GBP 8.0924 GBP
ADS PURCHASES 5 10.8300 USD 10.8300 USD
ADS SALES 5 10.8300 USD 10.8300 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 450 8.1340 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 3,016 8.1506 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 8,018 8.1684 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 297 8.1738 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 57,418 8.2217 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 794 8.2258 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 8,324 8.2335 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 7,000 8.2593 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 3,700 8.2593 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 61,960 8.2600 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 355 8.2704 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 390 8.2738 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 8,759 8.1534 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,620 8.1693 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,280 8.1980 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 84 8.1980 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 107 8.1980 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 53 8.1980 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 26,496 8.2017 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 70 8.2150 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 55 8.2150 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 34 8.2150 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 834 8.2150 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 6,798 8.2155 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 80,178 8.2247 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 175 8.2280 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 227 8.2280 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 2,696 8.2280 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 112 8.2280 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 64 8.2330 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 33 8.2330 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 762 8.2330 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 50 8.2330 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 5,678 8.2355 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,822 8.2355 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 16,880 8.2563 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 549 8.2600 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 2,053 8.2604 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 53 8.2940 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 804 8.2940 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 68 8.2940 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 33 8.2940 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 93 8.3300 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 146 8.3300 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 188 8.3300 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 2,242 8.3300 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 65 8.3500 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 32 8.3500 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 754 8.3500 GBP
25p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 49 8.3500 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 2,473 8.1183 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 933 8.1205 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 329 8.1853 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 1,671 8.1853 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 18,631 8.1860 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 186 8.1860 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 473 8.1860 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 2,297 8.2031 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 360 8.2100 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 318 8.2100 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 72 8.2100 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 93 8.2100 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 5,858 8.2100 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 6,839 8.2100 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 4,926 8.2100 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 706 8.2100 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 83,763 8.2100 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 481 8.2100 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 42,158 8.2185 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 827 8.2326 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 352 8.2336 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 13,881 8.2336 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 138 8.2337 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 45,649 8.2563 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 15,309 8.2600 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 1,073 8.2600 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 959 8.2600 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 116,502 8.2600 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 44,473 8.2600 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 1,620 8.1671 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 179 8.1980 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 1,345 8.1980 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 260 8.1990 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 3,900 8.2008 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 533 8.2080 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 876 8.2150 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 117 8.2150 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 2,832 8.2280 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 378 8.2280 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 802 8.2330 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 107 8.2330 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 6,798 8.2352 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 1,900 8.2600 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 50,389 8.2600 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 113 8.2940 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 845 8.2940 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 514 8.3300 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 2,356 8.3300 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 313 8.3300 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 8 8.3300 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 106 8.3500 GBP
25p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 794 8.3500 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: 17 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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