REG - Pearson PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding
RNS Number : 9891YPearson PLC14 May 2019
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 10 May 2019 and notified to the Company on 14 May 2019: -
Name of Director/PDMR
No. of Shares Purchased
Price per Share
Total Holding Following Notification
Lincoln Wallen
109
£8.089203
6,934
Roderick Bristow
876
£8.089203
97,645
Albert Hitchcock
997
£8.089203
110,015
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: £8.089203 per share
109
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
Aggregated volume: 109 shares
Aggregated price: £ 881.723127
e)
Date of the transaction
10 May 2019
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: £8.089203 per share
876
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
Aggregated volume: 876 shares
Aggregated price: £ 7,086.141828
e)
Date of the transaction
10 May 2019
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: £8.089203 per share
997
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
Aggregated volume: 997 shares
Aggregated price: £ 8,064.935391
e)
Date of the transaction
10 May 2019
f)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange (XLON)
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