REG - Pearson PLC Goldman Sachs Group. - Holding(s) in Company

PearsonAnnouncement

11/06/2019 09:30

RNS Number : 8104B
Pearson PLC
11 June 2019
 


TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings
 



NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)i










1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are
attachedii:


PEARSON PLC




1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)




Non-UK issuer








2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")




An acquisition or disposal of voting rights








An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments


X




An event changing the breakdown of voting rights








Other (please specify)iii








3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv




Name


The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.




City and country of registered office (if applicable)


Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street,
Wilmington DE 19801, USA




4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v




Name


Goldman Sachs International




City and country of registered office (if applicable)


Peterborough Court, 133 Fleet Street, London
EC4A 2BB, UK




5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:


06/06/2019




6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):


10/06/2019




7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation








% of voting rights
attached to shares
(total of 8. A)


% of voting rights through financial instruments

(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)


Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)


Total number of voting rights of
issuervii




Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached


0.42%


7.05%


7.47%


                                  781,424,341
 




Position of previous notification (if
applicable)


0.56%


6.97%


7.53%
















 
 
 
 



8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii




A: Voting rights attached to shares




Class/type of

shares
ISIN code (if possible)


Number of voting rightsix


% of voting rights




Direct
(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)


Indirect
(Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)


Direct
(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)


Indirect
(Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)




GB0006776081






2,902,674






0.37%




US7050151056






355,142






0.05%


























SUBTOTAL 8. A


3,257,816


0.42%




 
 




B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))




Type of financial
instrument


Expiration

datex


Exercise/

Conversion
Periodxi


Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is
exercised/converted.


% of voting rights




Securities Lending


Open






11,303,137


1.45%
























































SUBTOTAL 8. B 1


11,303,137


1.45%




 
 
 
 
 




B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))




Type of financial instrument


Expiration

datex


Exercise/

Conversion Period xi


Physical or cash
settlementxii


Number of voting rights


% of voting rights




Refer to Annexure
























































































SUBTOTAL 8.B.2


43,788,682


5.60%




 
 
 
 















 



9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the
applicable box with an "X")




Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuerxiii








Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv (please add additional rows as necessary)


X




Namexv


% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold


% of voting rights through financial
instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold


Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold




The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
















Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C.
















Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited
















Goldman Sachs
International






5.88%


5.88%






















The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
















Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC


































The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
















GSAM Holdings LLC
















Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
















Goldman Sachs Asset Management International Holdings L.L.C.
















Goldman Sachs Asset Management Co., Ltd.


































The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
















GSAM Holdings LLC
















Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
















 
 
 
 
 




10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:




Name of the proxy holder


N/A




The number and % of voting rights held


N/A




The date until which the voting rights will be held


N/A




 
 




11. Additional informationxvi




Please note, total amount of voting rights have been rounded to 2 decimal places therefore there is a possibility of a rounding error.
 
General email contact:
gs-regops-emea-position-enquiries@gs.com










 



Place of completion


London




Date of completion


06/06/2019



 
Natalie White
Deputy Company Secretary
Pearson plc
 
11 June 2019




 



Annexure





B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))





Type of financial instrument


Expiration datex


Exercise/Conversion periodxi


Physical or cash settlementxii


Number of voting rights


% of voting rights








CFD


08/06/2029






Cash


2,800,138


0.36%





Swap


22/05/2020






Cash


2,355,253


0.30%





CFD


06/06/2029






Cash


1,879,542


0.24%





Swap


28/07/2021






Cash


1,834,093


0.23%





Call Option


20/06/2019






Cash


1,800,000


0.23%





CFD


13/05/2024






Cash


1,577,609


0.20%





Swap


03/02/2023






Cash


1,444,244


0.18%





Swap


27/04/2022






Cash


1,300,000


0.17%





CFD


16/04/2024






Cash


1,240,000


0.16%





Swap


28/07/2021






Cash


1,100,000


0.14%





Swap


12/05/2022






Cash


970,000


0.12%





CFD


12/04/2029






Cash


865,494


0.11%





CFD


30/04/2024






Cash


865,000


0.11%





CFD


04/12/2023






Cash


860,000


0.11%





CFD


25/05/2022






Cash


851,294


0.11%





Swap


01/02/2024






Cash


800,000


0.10%





CFD


21/02/2024






Cash


785,198


0.10%





Swap


20/05/2020






Cash


757,148


0.10%





Swap


27/05/2022






Cash


663,999


0.08%





CFD


19/01/2029






Cash


588,867


0.08%





CFD


04/12/2023






Cash


545,258


0.07%





CFD


04/05/2029






Cash


440,459


0.06%





CFD


17/01/2029






Cash


419,554


0.05%





Swap


13/05/2020






Cash


406,520


0.05%





Swap


31/12/2019






Cash


393,954


0.05%





CFD


16/05/2029






Cash


391,568


0.05%





CFD


03/05/2029






Cash


378,633


0.05%





CFD


24/10/2019






Cash


371,291


0.05%





CFD


03/05/2029






Cash


369,444


0.05%





CFD


06/07/2023






Cash


328,703


0.04%





CFD


24/02/2021






Cash


328,703


0.04%





CFD


16/05/2029






Cash


300,000


0.04%





CFD


06/12/2028






Cash


295,638


0.04%





CFD


16/05/2029






Cash


277,571


0.04%





Swap


05/05/2022






Cash


265,000


0.03%





Swap


09/06/2021






Cash


259,000


0.03%





CFD


24/03/2022






Cash


250,801


0.03%





CFD


21/05/2029






Cash


250,000


0.03%





CFD


21/02/2024






Cash


245,407


0.03%





CFD


23/11/2028






Cash


243,989


0.03%





CFD


29/02/2024






Cash


235,463


0.03%





CFD


21/02/2024






Cash


228,899


0.03%





CFD


28/10/2020






Cash


225,000


0.03%





Swap


03/06/2022






Cash


222,460


0.03%





CFD


28/03/2029






Cash


217,594


0.03%





Swap


27/04/2022






Cash


215,238


0.03%





CFD


26/01/2024






Cash


204,133


0.03%





CFD


17/07/2020






Cash


204,000


0.03%





CFD


06/06/2029






Cash


203,317


0.03%





Swap


05/05/2022






Cash


200,809


0.03%





CFD


20/04/2029






Cash


198,606


0.03%





CFD


07/06/2029






Cash


194,011


0.02%





CFD


24/10/2019






Cash


183,084


0.02%





CFD


04/05/2029






Cash


183,004


0.02%





CFD


24/10/2019






Cash


182,396


0.02%





Swap


06/07/2022






Cash


170,231


0.02%





Swap


27/04/2022






Cash


170,178


0.02%





Swap


03/06/2020






Cash


170,000


0.02%





Swap


16/04/2024






Cash


154,031


0.02%





Swap


18/01/2024






Cash


145,738


0.02%





CFD


28/02/2024






Cash


140,912


0.02%





Call Option


31/07/2019






Cash


139,384


0.02%





CFD


28/02/2029






Cash


136,001


0.02%





Swap


15/06/2023






Cash


134,915


0.02%





CFD


28/10/2020






Cash


134,667


0.02%





Swap


18/01/2024






Cash


133,665


0.02%





CFD


04/05/2029






Cash


132,328


0.02%





CFD


14/07/2023






Cash


131,070


0.02%





CFD


29/05/2029






Cash


129,580


0.02%





CFD


14/02/2024






Cash


128,954


0.02%





CFD


28/03/2029






Cash


128,794


0.02%





Swap


04/02/2022






Cash


128,709


0.02%





CFD


19/02/2024






Cash


124,985


0.02%





Swap


03/02/2023






Cash


123,084


0.02%





CFD


07/06/2029






Cash


119,364


0.02%





CFD


03/05/2024






Cash


119,098


0.02%





CFD


23/03/2029






Cash


117,797


0.02%





CFD


20/10/2027






Cash


115,000


0.01%





CFD


26/02/2024






Cash


113,300


0.01%





CFD


30/04/2024






Cash


110,000


0.01%





CFD


20/10/2027






Cash


106,899


0.01%





CFD


08/03/2028






Cash


102,382


0.01%





CFD


04/05/2029






Cash


101,869


0.01%





CFD


14/02/2024






Cash


100,100


0.01%





Swap


06/03/2020






Cash


100,000


0.01%





CFD


04/05/2029






Cash


100,000


0.01%





CFD


15/09/2028






Cash


98,591


0.01%





CFD


18/04/2029






Cash


93,281


0.01%





CFD


17/05/2029






Cash


91,988


0.01%





CFD


18/01/2029






Cash


90,943


0.01%





CFD


25/04/2029






Cash


86,565


0.01%





CFD


16/04/2024






Cash


86,367


0.01%





CFD


04/12/2023






Cash


84,590


0.01%





Swap


27/04/2022






Cash


82,784


0.01%





CFD


04/05/2029






Cash


80,000


0.01%





Swap


22/04/2020






Cash


75,108


0.01%





CFD


14/01/2021






Cash


75,051


0.01%





Swap


03/06/2022






Cash


75,000


0.01%





CFD


11/05/2029






Cash


74,065


0.01%





CFD


21/02/2024






Cash


73,357


0.01%





CFD


20/04/2029






Cash


73,094


0.01%





CFD


31/05/2029






Cash


71,500


0.01%





CFD


28/03/2029






Cash


68,758


0.01%





CFD


21/05/2029






Cash


65,026


0.01%





CFD


01/02/2029






Cash


63,641


0.01%





Swap


03/06/2022






Cash


62,356


0.01%





CFD


25/02/2027






Cash


60,750


0.01%





CFD


21/02/2024






Cash


60,361


0.01%





CFD


10/12/2025






Cash


60,000


0.01%





CFD


04/05/2029






Cash


59,338


0.01%





CFD


03/05/2029






Cash


59,199


0.01%





CFD


04/05/2029






Cash


57,916


0.01%





Swap


06/07/2022






Cash


57,709


0.01%





CFD


24/03/2028






Cash


57,179


0.01%





CFD


31/05/2029






Cash


55,700


0.01%





Swap


04/02/2022






Cash


55,000


0.01%





CFD


20/04/2029






Cash


54,448


0.01%





CFD


25/01/2029






Cash


53,400


0.01%





Swap


05/05/2022






Cash


52,715


0.01%





CFD


30/04/2024






Cash


51,200


0.01%





CFD


07/02/2024






Cash


50,000


0.01%





CFD


19/05/2027






Cash


50,000


0.01%





Call Option


07/06/2019






Cash


48,879


0.01%





Swap


18/01/2024






Cash


46,335


0.01%





CFD


09/02/2024






Cash


45,872


0.01%





CFD


25/04/2029






Cash


43,214


0.01%





Swap


01/02/2023






Cash


41,541


0.01%





Swap


28/05/2020






Cash


40,916


0.01%





CFD


22/11/2028






Cash


40,620


0.01%





CFD


25/01/2029






Cash


40,052


0.01%





CFD


28/03/2024






Cash


40,000


0.005%





CFD


28/02/2024






Cash


38,800


0.005%





CFD


04/12/2023






Cash


37,897


0.005%





Swap


29/11/2023






Cash


37,446


0.005%





Swap


04/02/2022






Cash


37,129


0.005%





CFD


11/11/2020






Cash


36,622


0.005%





CFD


31/05/2029






Cash


34,000


0.004%





CFD


12/07/2023






Cash


33,191


0.004%





CFD


04/12/2023






Cash


32,746


0.004%





Call Option


20/06/2019






Cash


32,650


0.004%





CFD


21/02/2024






Cash


31,871


0.004%





CFD


18/01/2029






Cash


30,538


0.004%





CFD


07/06/2029






Cash


30,225


0.004%





CFD


07/06/2029






Cash


29,469


0.004%





Swap


12/06/2023






Cash


26,826


0.003%





CFD


06/06/2029






Cash


26,702


0.003%





Swap


18/01/2024






Cash


26,676


0.003%





CFD


20/10/2027






Cash


25,929


0.003%





Call Option


05/08/2019






Cash


25,817


0.003%





Swap


03/02/2023






Cash


25,801


0.003%





Call Option


26/06/2019






Cash


25,488


0.003%





Swap


29/04/2020






Cash


24,949


0.003%





Swap


16/04/2020






Cash


24,892


0.003%





CFD


25/05/2029






Cash


24,830


0.003%





CFD


07/06/2029






Cash


24,541


0.003%





Swap


31/12/2019






Cash


24,379


0.003%





Swap


14/06/2023






Cash


24,200


0.003%





Swap


07/07/2023






Cash


24,026


0.003%





CFD


09/03/2029






Cash


23,383


0.003%





Swap


29/11/2023






Cash


23,191


0.003%





CFD


04/12/2023






Cash


22,173


0.003%





Swap


12/07/2023






Cash


21,980


0.003%





CFD


20/04/2029






Cash


20,297


0.003%





CFD


28/02/2024






Cash


20,250


0.003%





CFD


04/05/2029






Cash


20,250


0.003%





CFD


17/11/2028






Cash


19,821


0.003%





Swap


09/06/2021






Cash


19,385


0.002%





Swap


07/07/2023






Cash


19,285


0.002%





CFD


25/04/2029






Cash


19,160


0.002%





CFD


15/02/2024






Cash


17,809


0.002%





CFD


05/11/2027






Cash


17,711


0.002%





CFD


04/12/2023






Cash


17,500


0.002%





CFD


21/07/2028






Cash


17,441


0.002%





Swap


05/05/2022






Cash


17,285


0.002%





CFD


03/05/2029






Cash


16,474


0.002%





CFD


24/10/2019






Cash


16,400


0.002%





CFD


21/02/2024






Cash


16,200


0.002%





Swap


18/01/2024






Cash


15,800


0.002%





CFD


04/05/2029






Cash


15,710


0.002%





CFD


17/07/2023






Cash


15,589


0.002%





Swap


03/11/2021






Cash


15,537


0.002%





Swap


22/05/2020






Cash


15,090


0.002%





Call Option


02/07/2019






Cash


14,534


0.002%





CFD


28/10/2020






Cash


14,300


0.002%





CFD


08/02/2024






Cash


14,128


0.002%





CFD


10/05/2029






Cash


13,985


0.002%





Swap


18/01/2024






Cash


13,970


0.002%





CFD


04/05/2029






Cash


13,826


0.002%





CFD


22/02/2024






Cash


13,817


0.002%





CFD


21/02/2024






Cash


13,800


0.002%





Swap


29/11/2023






Cash


13,783


0.002%





CFD


07/05/2024






Cash


13,507


0.002%





Swap


14/06/2023






Cash


13,439


0.002%





Swap


04/02/2022






Cash


12,871


0.002%





Swap


17/09/2020






Cash


12,609


0.002%





Swap


12/06/2023






Cash


12,300


0.002%





Swap


03/11/2021






Cash


12,184


0.002%





CFD


02/05/2029






Cash


11,847


0.002%





Swap


05/05/2022






Cash


11,600


0.001%





CFD


23/05/2029






Cash


11,592


0.001%





CFD


15/12/2027






Cash


11,271


0.001%





CFD


15/07/2021






Cash


10,958


0.001%





Swap


21/06/2022






Cash


10,900


0.001%





CFD


22/02/2021






Cash


10,812


0.001%





Swap


18/03/2020






Cash


10,762


0.001%





Swap


16/04/2024






Cash


10,500


0.001%





Swap


15/06/2023






Cash


10,079


0.001%





CFD


16/06/2028






Cash


9,632


0.001%





CFD


01/03/2028






Cash


9,462


0.001%





Swap


14/06/2023






Cash


8,937


0.001%





Swap


28/07/2021






Cash


8,767


0.001%





Swap


30/11/2023






Cash


8,536


0.001%





CFD


07/06/2029






Cash


8,165


0.001%





Swap


01/02/2023






Cash


8,079


0.001%





Swap


12/07/2023






Cash


8,000


0.001%





Swap


03/11/2021






Cash


7,800


0.001%





CFD


12/05/2028






Cash


7,672


0.001%





CFD


21/02/2024






Cash


6,975


0.001%





Swap


15/06/2023






Cash


6,108


0.001%





Swap


08/04/2020






Cash


6,100


0.001%





CFD


18/01/2029






Cash


6,097


0.001%





CFD


12/06/2028






Cash


5,980


0.001%





CFD


26/02/2024






Cash


5,700


0.001%





CFD


24/05/2029






Cash


5,658


0.001%





Swap


12/06/2023






Cash


5,461


0.001%





CFD


17/01/2029






Cash


5,398


0.0007%





CFD


16/02/2024






Cash


5,267


0.0007%





CFD


02/05/2029






Cash


5,000


0.0006%





Swap


08/06/2021






Cash


5,000


0.0006%





CFD


11/08/2023






Cash


5,000


0.0006%





Swap


22/05/2020






Cash


4,774


0.0006%





CFD


16/02/2024






Cash


3,700


0.0005%





CFD


28/03/2029






Cash


3,634


0.0005%





CFD


22/02/2024






Cash


3,500


0.0004%





CFD


16/02/2024






Cash


2,928


0.0004%





Swap


22/05/2020






Cash


2,857


0.0004%





Swap


12/07/2023






Cash


2,679


0.0003%





CFD


28/03/2029






Cash


2,556


0.0003%





CFD


04/05/2029






Cash


2,470


0.0003%





CFD


19/01/2029






Cash


2,412


0.0003%





Swap


22/05/2020






Cash


2,350


0.0003%





CFD


23/09/2020






Cash


2,350


0.0003%





Swap


05/09/2019






Cash


2,317


0.0003%





Swap


17/09/2020






Cash


2,214


0.0003%





CFD


19/01/2029






Cash


2,076


0.0003%





CFD


18/09/2019






Cash


2,071


0.0003%





Swap


22/05/2020






Cash


1,768


0.0002%





Swap


03/11/2021






Cash


1,703


0.0002%





CFD


26/02/2024






Cash


1,600


0.0002%





Swap


01/02/2023






Cash


1,255


0.0002%





CFD


27/09/2028






Cash


1,121


0.0001%





CFD


23/02/2024






Cash


945


0.0001%





Swap


29/11/2023






Cash


853


0.0001%





CFD


29/01/2024






Cash


776


0.0001%





CFD


18/01/2029






Cash


744


0.0001%





Swap


05/09/2019






Cash


656


0.0001%





CFD


31/01/2024






Cash


504


0.0001%





CFD


23/08/2028






Cash


466


0.0001%





Swap


22/05/2020






Cash


461


0.00006%





Swap


22/05/2020






Cash


419


0.00005%





Swap


22/05/2020






Cash


329


0.00004%





CFD


12/02/2024






Cash


323


0.00004%





Swap


22/05/2020






Cash


323


0.00004%





Swap


07/07/2023






Cash


300


0.00004%





CFD


17/07/2028






Cash


300


0.00004%





Swap


28/07/2021






Cash


200


0.00003%





Swap


28/07/2021






Cash


140


0.00002%





Swap


02/02/2023






Cash


136


0.00002%





Swap


02/02/2023






Cash


65


0.00001%





Swap


02/02/2023






Cash


46


0.00001%





Total Number of voting rights and percentage of voting rights


                            43,788,682


5.60%





Additional information: Please note, total amount of voting rights have been rounded to 2 decimal places therefore there is a possibility of a rounding error.




 
 




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