Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9451K
Pearson PLC
27 September 2016
 

 

PEARSON PLC

(the "Company")

 

 

Notification of Interests of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMRs")

 

Below are details of an acquisition of American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") following a reinvestment of dividend under the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan in the USA on 21 September 2016, notified to the Company on 26 September 2016 (settlement date): -

 

Name of PDMR

No. of ADRs Purchased

Percentage of Issued Stock

Price per ADR

Total Holding Following Notification

Total Percentage Following Notification

Melinda Wolfe

           922

0.00011%

$10.1992

41,158

0.00501%

 

 

The following notification, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, gives further detail.

 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Melinda Wolfe

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Human Resources 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

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

Purchase of shares arising from Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Purchase price: $10.1992 per ADR

922

 

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

Aggregated volume: 922 ADRs.

Aggregated price: $9403.6624

e)

Date of the transaction

21 September 2016 (Purchase Date)

26 September 2016(Settlement Date)

f)

Place of the transaction

New York Stock Exchange (XNYS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
END
 
 
DSHKMGZLLNVGVZG

Companies

Pearson (PSON)
UK 100

Latest directors dealings