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PSON Pearson Plc

993.20
-0.60 (-0.06%)
19 Apr 2024 - Closed
Delayed by 15 minutes
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Pearson Plc LSE:PSON London Ordinary Share GB0006776081 ORD 25P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  -0.60 -0.06% 993.20 993.80 994.00 996.40 985.40 990.20 1,712,895 16:35:18
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Miscellaneous Publishing 3.67B 378M 0.5497 18.08 6.83B

Pearson PLC Holding(s) in Company (8933E)

23/10/2018 10:15am

UK Regulatory


TIDMPSON TIDM34GV

RNS Number : 8933E

Pearson PLC

23 October 2018

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

 
 
 1a. Identity of the issuer or the                                              Pearson plc 
  underlying issuer of existing shares 
  to which voting rights are attached: 
                                                        ---------------------------------------------------------- 
 1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with 
  an "X" if appropriate) 
 Non-UK issuer 
                                                                                                ------------------ 
 2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes 
  with an "X") 
 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                             X 
                                                                                                ------------------ 
 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments                                                     X 
                                                                                                ------------------ 
 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
                                                                                                ------------------ 
 Other (please specify)(iii) : i. Type 1 Disclosure as per the Transparency 
  Directive II Regulation 
                                                                                                ------------------ 
 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation(iv) 
 Name                                                    Bank of Nova Scotia 
 City and country of registered office                   40 King Street West, Scotia Plaza, 
  (if applicable)                                         Toronto, N/A, 
                                                          Ontario, Canada 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v) 
 Name 
                                                        ---------------------------------------------------------- 
 City and country of registered office 
  (if applicable) 
                                                        ---------------------------------------------------------- 
 5. Date on which the threshold was                      16/10/2018 
  crossed or reached(vi) : 
                                                        ---------------------------------------------------------- 
 6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):          18/10/2018 
                                                        ---------------------------------------------------------- 
 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation 
                                     % of voting         % of voting rights    Total of both     Total number 
                                   rights attached       through financial       in % (8.A +      of voting rights 
                                   to shares (total         instruments             8.B)          of issuer(vii) 
                                       of 8. A)            (total of 8.B 
                                                             1 + 8.B 2) 
                              ------------------------  -------------------  -----------------  ------------------ 
 Resulting situation 
  on the date 
  on which threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached                            2.52%                  2.68%               5.20%         781,064,746 
                              ------------------------  -------------------  -----------------  ------------------ 
 Position of 
  previous notification 
  (if 
  applicable) 
                              ------------------------  -------------------  -----------------  ------------------ 
 
 
 
 8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the 
  threshold was crossed or reached(viii) 
 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
 Class/type of     Number of voting rights(ix)                  % of voting rights 
  shares 
  ISIN code (if 
  possible) 
                         Direct                Indirect                         Direct                          Indirect 
                   (Art 9 of Directive   (Art 10 of Directive             (Art 9 of Directive             (Art 10 of Directive 
                      2004/109/EC)           2004/109/EC)                2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)                2004/109/EC) 
                        (DTR5.1)              (DTR5.2.1)                                                       (DTR5.2.1) 
                                        --------------------- 
 GB0006776081       19,582,499                                                  2.50% 
                  --------------------  ---------------------  ---------------------------------------  ----------------------- 
 GB0006776081                                         135,000                                                       0.01% 
                  --------------------  ---------------------  ---------------------------------------  ----------------------- 
 
 SUBTOTAL 8. A                     19,717,499                                                2.52% 
                  -------------------------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC 
  (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) 
 Type of           Expiration            Exercise/              Number of voting                         % of voting 
 financial          date(x)              Conversion              rights that may                         rights 
 instrument                              Period(xi)              be acquired if 
                                                                 the instrument 
                                                                 is 
                                                                 exercised/converted. 
                  --------------------  ---------------------  ---------------------------------------  --------------------- 
 
 
 
                                         SUBTOTAL 8. B 1 
                                        ---------------------  ---------------------------------------  --------------------- 
 
 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 
  13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) (Note that holdings 
  held via indices, baskets and ETFs would be displayed here as asset class 
  "Equity" or "PreferredEquity" so please update this to the correct name 
  accordingly) 
 Type of          Expiration             Exercise/              Physical or       Number of              % of voting 
 financial         date(x)                Conversion            cash               voting rights         rights 
 instrument                               Period (xi)           settlement(xii) 
                 ---------------------  ---------------------  ----------------  --------------------- 
                                         563 days until         Cash 
 Swap             01/05/2020             exercise/ conversion    Settlement       20,936,397             2.68% 
                 ---------------------  ---------------------  ----------------  --------------------- 
 
 
                                                                SUBTOTAL 8.B.2    20,936,397             2.68% 
                                                               ----------------  --------------------- 
 
 
 
 
 9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification 
  obligation (please mark the 
  applicable box with an "X") 
 Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled 
  by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other 
  undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the 
  (underlying) issuer(xiii) 
 Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights                    X 
  and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate 
  controlling natural person or legal entity(xiv) (please add additional 
  rows as necessary) 
        Name(xv)              % of voting rights        % of voting rights        Total of both if 
                                if it equals or          through financial         it equals or is 
                              is higher than the         instruments if it         higher than the 
                             notifiable threshold       equals or is higher      notifiable threshold 
                                                        than the notifiable 
                                                             threshold 
                          -------------------------  ------------------------  ---------------------- 
 Bank of Nova Scotia 
  Group                    2.52                       2.68                      5.20 
                          -------------------------  ------------------------  ---------------------- 
 The Bank of Nova 
  Scotia                   2.50                       2.68                      5.18 
                          -------------------------  ------------------------  ---------------------- 
 Scotia Capital Inc        0.01                       0.00                      0.01 
                          -------------------------  ------------------------  ---------------------- 
 
 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: 
 Name of the proxy holder                             N/A 
                                                     ------------------------------------------------ 
 The number and % of voting rights                    N/A 
  held 
                                                     ------------------------------------------------ 
 The date until which the voting rights               N/A 
  will be held 
                                                     ------------------------------------------------ 
 
 11. Additional information(xvi) 
 
 
 
 
 Place of completion   201 Bishopsgate, 6th Floor,London, EC2M 3NS United Kingdom 
 Date of completion    16/10/2018 
                      ----------------------------------------------------------- 
 

Natalie White

Deputy Company Secretary

Pearson plc

23 October 2018

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