REG - Pearson PLC - Holding(s) in Company <Origin Href="QuoteRef">PSON.L</Origin>
RNS Number : 0952HPearson PLC26 November 2015
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:Pearson plc
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached.
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:Schroders plc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:24 November 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:
25 November 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:Above 5%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of
shares
if possible using
the ISIN CODESituation previous
to the triggering
transactionResulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number
of
SharesNumber
of
Voting
RightsNumber
of sharesNumber of voting
rights% of voting rights
Direct
Indirect
Direct
Indirect
Ordinary shares
GB0006776081
Below 5%
Below 5%
43,354,783
N/A
42,272,781
N/A
5.149%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrumentExpiration
dateExercise/
Conversion PeriodNumber of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.% of voting
rightsN/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrumentExercise price
Expiration date
Exercise/
Conversion periodNumber of voting rights instrument refers to
% of voting rights
CFD
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Nominal
Delta
N/A
N/A
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
42,272,781
5.149%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:Schroder & Co. Limited 2,447,017 0.298%
Schroders (C.I.) Limited 200,172 0.024%
Schroder Investment Management Limited 39,625,592 4.826%
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:N/A
13. Additional information:The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. This disclosure has been calculated based on issue share capital amount 821,062,449
14. Contact name:
Chloe Talbot
15. Contact telephone number:
+44 207 658 6000
Natalie Dale
Assistant Company Secretary
Pearson plc
26 November 2015
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