Name
of PDMR
|
Shares Released
|
Shares sold to discharge tax liabilities
|
Sale price per share (£)
|
Shares/ADRs Retained
|
Albert
Hitchcock
|
38,035
|
17,940
|
7.2806
|
20,095 shares
|
Kate
James
|
39,935
|
20,519
|
7.2806
|
19,416 ADRs
|
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
|
Allotment
of Ordinary shares following release of Long-Term Incentive Plan
award and Sale of shares to cover tax liabilities arising from
vesting of Long-Term Incentive Plan award
|
|
||
c)
|
Price(s)
and volume(s)
|
Allotment
of Ordinary Shares following release of Long-Term incentive Plan
award
|
Sale of
shares to cover tax liabilities
|
|
|
Volume:
20,095
Price :
n/a
|
Volume:
17,940
Price:
7.2806 per share
Aggregated
price : £130,613.964
|
|
|
||
d)
|
Aggregated
information
-
Aggregated volume
-
Price
|
Aggregated
volume: see 4 (c) above
Aggregated
price: see 4 (c) above
|
|
||
e)
|
Date of
the transaction
|
8 May
2017
|
|
||
f)
|
Place
of the transaction
|
London
Stock Exchange (XLON)
|
|
1
|
Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
|
||||
a)
|
Name
|
Kate
James
|
|
||
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
||||
a)
|
Position/status
|
Chief
Corporate Affairs & Global Marketing 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
|
Sale of
shares to cover tax liabilities arising from vesting of Long-Term
Incentive Plan award
|
|
||
c)
|
Price(s)
and volume(s)
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
|
|
Sale
price: £7.2806 per share
|
20,519
|
|
|
||
d)
|
Aggregated
information
-
Aggregated volume
-
Price
|
Aggregated
volume: 20,519 shares
Aggregated
price: £149,390.6314
|
|
||
e)
|
Date of
the transaction
|
8 May
2017
|
|
||
f)
|
Place
of the transaction
|
London
Stock Exchange (XLON)
|
|
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
|
American
Depositary Receipts (ADRs) in Pearson plc
(each
ADR represents one ordinary share of 25 pence in Pearson
plc)
ISIN: US7050151056
|
|
||
b)
|
Nature
of the transaction
|
Allotment
of ADRS following release of Long-Term Incentive Plan
award
|
|
||
c)
|
Price(s)
and volume(s)
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
|
|
n/a
|
19,416
|
|
|
||
d)
|
Aggregated
information
-
Aggregated volume
-
Price
|
Aggregated
volume: 19,416
Aggregated
price: n/a
|
|
||
e)
|
Date of
the transaction
|
8 May
2017
|
|
||
f)
|
Place
of the transaction
|
New
York Stock Exchange (XNYS)
|
|
|
PEARSON
plc
|
|
|
Date: 10
May 2017
|
|
|
By: /s/
NATALIE DALE
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Natalie
Dale
|
|
Deputy
Company Secretary
|