1
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Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
|
||||
a)
|
Name
|
Timothy
Bozik
|
|||
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
||||
a)
|
Position/status
|
President
- Higher Education
|
|||
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
|
American
Depositary Receipts (ADRs), each representing one ordinary share of
25 pence, in Pearson plc
|
||
|
Identification code
|
ISIN:
GB0006776081
|
ISIN:
US7050151056
|
||
b)
|
Nature
of the transaction
|
Allotment
of ordinary shares following release of share award under the
Company's Management Incentive Plan (MIP) and sale of shares to
cover tax liabilities arising from vesting share
awards
|
|||
c)
|
Price(s)
and volume(s)
|
Allotment
of ordinary shares following release of MIP award
|
Sale
of ordinary shares to cover tax liability
|
Conversion
of residual ordinary shares to ADRs
|
|
Volume:
128,583
Price
: n/a
|
Volume: 62,358
Price: £7.79034 per share
Aggregated price: £485,790
|
Volume: 66,225
Price: n/a
|
|||
d)
|
Aggregated
information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
Aggregated
volume: see 4 (c) above Aggregated price: see 4 (c)
above
|
|||
e)
|
Date
of the transaction
|
31
March 2021
|
|||
f)
|
Place
of the transaction
|
London
Stock Exchange (XLON)
|
New
York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
|
||
a)
|
Name
|
Roderick
Bristow
|
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
||
a)
|
Position/status
|
President,
Pearson UK & Global Online 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
|
Allotment
of ordinary shares following release of share award under the
Company's Management Incentive Plan (MIP) and sale of shares to
cover tax liabilities arising from vesting share
awards
|
|
c)
|
Price(s)
and volume(s)
|
Allotment
of ordinary shares following release of MIP award
|
Sale
of shares to cover tax liability
|
Volume:
93,928
Price
: n/a
|
Volume:
44,280
Price:
£7.79034 per share
Aggregated
price: £344,956
|
||
d)
|
Aggregated
information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
Aggregated
volume: see 4 (c) above Aggregated price: see 4 (c)
above
|
|
e)
|
Date
of the transaction
|
31
March 2021
|
|
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
|
Allotment
of ordinary shares following release of share award under the
Company's Management Incentive Plan (MIP) and sale of shares to
cover tax liabilities arising from vesting share
awards
|
|
c)
|
Price(s)
and volume(s)
|
Allotment
of ordinary shares following release of MIP award
|
Sale
of shares to cover tax liability
|
Volume:
119,606
Price
: n/a
|
Volume:
20,516
Price:
£7.79034 per share
Aggregated
price: £159,827
|
||
d)
|
Aggregated
information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
Aggregated
volume: see 4 (c) above Aggregated price: see 4 (c)
above
|
|
e)
|
Date
of the transaction
|
31
March 2021
|
|
f)
|
Place
of the transaction
|
London
Stock Exchange (XLON)
|
1
|
Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
|
||
a)
|
Name
|
Cinthia
Nespoli
|
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
||
a)
|
Position/status
|
Chief
Legal 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
|
Allotment
of ordinary shares following release of share award under the
Company's Management Incentive Plan (MIP) and sale of shares to
cover tax liabilities arising from vesting share
awards
|
|
c)
|
Price(s)
and volume(s)
|
Allotment
of ordinary shares following release of MIP award
|
Sale
of shares to cover tax liability
|
Volume:
6,268
Price
: n/a
|
Volume:
635
Price:
£7.79034 per share
Aggregated
price: £4,947
|
||
d)
|
Aggregated
information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
Aggregated
volume: see 4 (c) above Aggregated price: see 4 (c)
above
|
|
e)
|
Date
of the transaction
|
31
March 2021
|
|
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
|
Head
of Telecom and Technology Partnerships
|
|
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
|
Allotment
of ordinary shares following release of share award under the
Company's Management Incentive Plan (MIP) and sale of shares to
cover tax liabilities arising from vesting share
awards
|
|
c)
|
Price(s)
and volume(s)
|
Allotment
of ordinary shares following release of MIP award
|
Sale
of shares to cover tax liability
|
Volume:
113,787
Price
: n/a
|
Volume:
53,642
Price:
£7.79034 per share
Aggregated
price: £417,889
|
||
d)
|
Aggregated
information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
Aggregated
volume: see 4 (c) above Aggregated price: see 4 (c)
above
|
|
e)
|
Date
of the transaction
|
31
March 2021
|
|
f)
|
Place
of the transaction
|
London
Stock Exchange (XLON)
|
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
|
Allotment
of ordinary shares following release of share award under the
Company's Management Incentive Plan (MIP) and sale of shares to
cover tax liabilities arising from vesting share
awards
|
|
c)
|
Price(s)
and volume(s)
|
Allotment
of ordinary shares following release of MIP award
|
Sale
of shares to cover tax liability
|
Volume:
15,283
Price
: n/a
|
Volume:
7,205
Price:
£7.79034 per share
Aggregated
price: £56,129
|
||
d)
|
Aggregated
information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
Aggregated
volume: see 4 (c) above Aggregated price: see 4 (c)
above
|
|
e)
|
Date
of the transaction
|
31
March 2021
|
|
f)
|
Place
of the transaction
|
London
Stock Exchange (XLON)
|
1
|
Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
|
||||
a)
|
Name
|
Robert
Whelan
|
|||
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
||||
a)
|
Position/status
|
President
- Assessment & Qualifications
|
|||
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
|
American
Depositary Receipts (ADRs), each representing one ordinary share of
25 pence, in Pearson plc
|
||
|
Identification code
|
ISIN:
GB0006776081
|
ISIN:
US7050151056
|
||
b)
|
Nature
of the transaction
|
Allotment
of ordinary shares following release of share award under the
Company's Management Incentive Plan (MIP) and sale of
shares
|
|||
c)
|
Price(s)
and volume(s)
|
Allotment
of ordinary shares following release of MIP award
|
Sale
of ordinary shares
|
Conversion
of residual ordinary shares to ADRs
|
|
Volume:
98,774
Price
: n/a
|
Volume:
80,899
Price:
£7.79034 per share
Aggregated
price: £630,231
|
Volume:
17,875
Price:
n/a
|
|||
d)
|
Aggregated
information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
Aggregated
volume: see 4 (c) above Aggregated price: see 4 (c)
above
|
|||
e)
|
Date
of the transaction
|
31
March 2021
|
|||
f)
|
Place
of the transaction
|
London
Stock Exchange (XLON)
|
New
York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PEARSON
plc
|
|
|
Date: 07
April 2021
|
|
|
By: /s/
NATALIE WHITE
|
|
|
|
------------------------------------
|
|
Natalie
White
|
|
Deputy
Company Secretary
|