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18/05/2022 16:00

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RNS Number : 9869L  Pearson PLC  18 May 2022

 

Pearson plc - (the "Company")

 

Notification of PDMRs' Interests

 

 

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                                                         Sally Johnson
 2   Reason for the notification
 a)  Position/status                                              Chief Financial 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  Ordinary shares of 25 pence each in Pearson plc

     Identification code

                                                                  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)
     £7.35 per share                                                                                       157
 d)  Aggregated information

     - Aggregated volume                                          Aggregated volume: 157

     - Price                                                      Aggregated price: £1,153.95
 e)  Date of the transaction                                      13 May 2022
 f)  Place of the transaction                                     London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

 

 1   Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
     associated
 a)  Name                                                         Giovanni Giovannelli
 2   Reason for the notification
 a)  Position/status                                              President - English Language Learning
 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  Ordinary shares of 25 pence each in Pearson plc

     Identification code

                                                                  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)
     £7.35 per share                                                                                       3,276
 d)  Aggregated information

     - Aggregated volume                                          Aggregated volume: 3,276 shares

     - Price                                                      Aggregated price: £24,078.60
 e)  Date of the transaction                                      13 May 2022
 f)  Place of the transaction                                     London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

 1   Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
     associated
 a)  Name                                                         Giovanni Giovannelli
 2   Reason for the notification
 a)  Position/status                                              President - English Language Learning
 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  Ordinary shares of 25 pence each in Pearson plc

     Identification code

                                                                  ISIN: GB0006776081
 b)  Nature of the transaction                                    Grant of options under the Company's Save for Shares Plan over a three-year
                                                                  savings period with an exercise price of £4.86 per share
 c)  Price(s) and volume(s)                                       Price(s)                                Volume(s)
     N/A                                                                                                  3,702 (The Number of Options to be granted)
 d)  Aggregated information                                       Aggregated volume: 3,702 Options

     - Aggregated volume                                          Aggregated price: N/A

     - Price
 e)  Date of the transaction                                      31 March 2022
 f)  Place of the transaction                                     Outside a trading venue

 

 

 1   Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
     associated
 a)  Name                                                         Tom ap Simon
 2   Reason for the notification
 a)  Position/status                                              President - Virtual Learning
 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  American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), each representing one ordinary share of

                                                            25 pence, in Pearson plc
     Identification code

                                                                  ISIN: US7050151056
 b)  Nature of the transaction                                    Purchase of ADRs arising from Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP")
 c)  Price(s) and volume(s)                                       Price(s)                                 Volume(s)
     $9.0488 per ADR                                                                                       101.015600 ADRs
 d)  Aggregated information

     - Aggregated volume                                          Aggregated volume: 101.015600

     - Price                                                      Aggregated price: $914.07
 e)  Date of the transaction                                      13 May 2022
 f)  Place of the transaction                                     New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

 

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