REG - Pearson PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding

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15/05/2018 10:40

RNS Number : 1168O
Pearson PLC
15 May 2018
 

 
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 11 May 2018 and notified to the Company on 14 May 2018: -
 
 
 




Name of Director/PDMR


No. of Shares Purchased


Price per Share


Total Holding Following Notification




Lincoln Wallen


        63


£9.235418


       4,988




Roderick Bristow


     697


£9.235418


     54,870




Albert Hitchcock


793


£9.235418


     62,454




 
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: £9.235418 per share


63




d)


Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price


Aggregated volume: 63 shares
Aggregated price: £ 581.831334




e)


Date of the transaction


11 May 2018




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: £9.235418 per share


697




d)


Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price


Aggregated volume: 697 shares
Aggregated price: £6437.086346




e)


Date of the transaction


11 May 2018




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: £9.235418 per share


793




d)


Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price


Aggregated volume: 793 shares
Aggregated price: £ 7323.686474




e)


Date of the transaction


11 May 2018




f)


Place of the transaction


London Stock Exchange (XLON)




 
 
 
 



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