Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8372L

Pearson PLC

30 April 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:		BlackRock, Inc.
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:		28 April 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		29 April 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Total holding has gone above 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary shares GB0006776081

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

40,818,808

N/A

4.97%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

CFD

258,165

Nominal

Delta

0.03%

0.03%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

41,076,973

5.00%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

N/A

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:	BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team
14. Contact name:	Gareth Slade
15. Contact telephone number:	020-7743-2536

Stephen Jones

Senior Vice President & Deputy Company Secretary

Pearson plc

30 April 2015

 

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