1
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Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
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a)
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Name
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Sally Johnson
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2
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Reason for the notification
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||
a)
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Position/status
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Chief Financial Officer
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b)
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Initial notification /Amendment
|
Initial notification
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3
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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||
a)
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Name
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Pearson plc
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b)
|
LEI
|
2138004JBXWWJKIURC57
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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
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b)
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Nature of the transaction
|
Purchase of shares arising from Company's Dividend Reinvestment
Plan ("DRIP")
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c)
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Price(s) and volume(s)
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
£7.35 per share
|
157
|
||
d)
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Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
Aggregated volume: 157
Aggregated price: £1,153.95
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e)
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Date of the transaction
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13 May 2022
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f)
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Place of the transaction
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London Stock Exchange (XLON)
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1
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Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
|
||
a)
|
Name
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Giovanni Giovannelli
|
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
||
a)
|
Position/status
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President - English Language Learning
|
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b)
|
Initial notification /Amendment
|
Initial notification
|
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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
|
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
- Price
|
Aggregated volume: 3,276 shares
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
Identification code
|
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each in Pearson plc
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
- Price
|
Aggregated volume: 3,702 Options
Aggregated price: N/A
|
|
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
Identification code
|
American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), each representing one ordinary
share of 25 pence, in Pearson plc
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
- Price
|
Aggregated
volume: 101.015600
Aggregated
price: $914.07
|
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
13 May 2022
|
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
|
|
PEARSON
plc
|
|
|
Date: 18 May
2022
|
|
|
By: /s/
NATALIE WHITE
|
|
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|
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|
|
Natalie
White
|
|
Deputy
Company Secretary
|