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PearsonAnnouncement

19/09/2016 14:00

RNS Number : 2267K
Pearson PLC
19 September 2016
PEARSON PLC
(the "Company")
Notification of Director and PDMRs' Interests
Below are details of purchases of ordinary shares of 25p each, made under the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP"), on the London Stock Exchange on 16 September 2016 and notified to the Company on 19 September 2016: -
Name of Director/PDMR
No. of Shares Purchased
Percentage of Issued Stock
Price per Share
Total Holding Following Notification
Total Percentage Following Notification
Lincoln Wallen
 20
 0.00000%
 7.849
 902
 0.00011%
Roderick Bristow
 1064
0.00013%
 7.849
 48,290
0.00587%
Michael Barber
 729
 0.00009%
 7.849
32,840
 0.00399%
Albert Hitchcock
 870
0.00011%
 7.849
39,189
0.00477%
The following notifications, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, give further detail.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)
Name
Lincoln Wallen
2
Reason for the notification
a)
Position/status
Non-executive Director
b)
Initial notification /Amendment
Initial notification
3
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name 
Pearson plc
b)
LEI
2138004JBXWWJKIURC57
4
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a) 
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each in Pearson plc
ISIN: GB0006776081
b) 
Nature of the transaction
Purchase of shares arising from Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP")
c) 
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
Purchase price: 7.849 per share
20
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
Aggregated volume: 20 shares
Aggregated price: 156.98
e)
Date of the transaction
16 September 2016
f)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange (XLON)
1
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)
Name
Roderick Bristow
2
Reason for the notification
a)
Position/status
President, Core Markets
b)
Initial notification /Amendment
Initial notification
3
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name 
Pearson plc
b)
LEI
2138004JBXWWJKIURC57
4
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a) 
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each in Pearson plc
ISIN: GB0006776081
b) 
Nature of the transaction
Purchase of shares arising from Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP")
c) 
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
Purchase price: 7.849 per share
1064
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
Aggregated volume: 1064 shares
Aggregated price: 8351.336
e)
Date of the transaction
16 September 2016
f)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange (XLON)
1
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)
Name
Michael Barber
2
Reason for the notification
a)
Position/status
Chief Education Advisor
b)
Initial notification /Amendment
Initial notification
3
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name 
Pearson plc
b)
LEI
2138004JBXWWJKIURC57
4
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a) 
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each in Pearson plc
ISIN: GB0006776081
b) 
Nature of the transaction
Purchase of shares arising from Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP")
c) 
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
Purchase price: 7.849 per share
729
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
Aggregated volume: 729 shares
Aggregated price: 5721.921
e)
Date of the transaction
16 September 2016
f)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange (XLON)
1
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)
Name
Albert Hitchcock
2
Reason for the notification
a)
Position/status
Chief Technology and Operations Officer
b)
Initial notification /Amendment
Initial notification
3
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name 
Pearson plc
b)
LEI
2138004JBXWWJKIURC57
4
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a) 
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each in Pearson plc
ISIN: GB0006776081
b) 
Nature of the transaction
Purchase of shares arising from Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP")
c) 
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
Purchase price: 7.849 per share
870
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
Aggregated volume: 870 shares
Aggregated price: 6828.63
e)
Date of the transaction
16 September 2016
f)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange (XLON)

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