REG - Pearson PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding

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17/09/2018 14:50

RNS Number : 0097B
Pearson PLC
17 September 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 14 September 2018 and notified to the Company on 17 September 2018: -
 
 
 




Name of Director/PDMR


No. of Shares Purchased


Price per Share


Total Holding Following Notification




Lincoln Wallen


        35


£8.46938


5,475




Roderick Bristow


353


£8.46938


55,223




Albert Hitchcock


402


£8.46938


62,856




 
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: £8.46938 per share


  35




d)


Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price


Aggregated volume: 35 shares
Aggregated price: £ 296.4283




e)


Date of the transaction


14 September 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: £8.46938 per share


353




d)


Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price


Aggregated volume: 353 shares
Aggregated price: £2,989.69114




e)


Date of the transaction


14 September 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: £8.46938 per share


402




d)


Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price


Aggregated volume: 402 shares
Aggregated price: £ 3,404.69076




e)


Date of the transaction


14 September 2018




f)


Place of the transaction


London Stock Exchange (XLON)




 
 
 
 




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