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01 July 2025 15:45:26
- Source: Sharecast
PEARSON PLC
(the "Company")
Notification of Director and PDMRs' Interests
Below are details of purchases (made under the Company's Non-Executive Directors' Share Purchase Plan) of Pearson plc ordinary shares of 25p each made on the London Stock Exchange on behalf of the Company's Deputy Chair and Senior Independent Director, and UK based Non-Executive Directors on 30 June 2025:
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Name of Director |
No. of Shares Purchased |
Price per Share* |
Total Holding Following Notification |
|
Sherry Coutu |
1,016 |
£10.77 |
20,672 |
|
Alison Dolan |
1,001 |
£10.77 |
3,879 |
|
Graeme Pitkethly |
2,286 |
£10.77 |
21,368 |
|
Annette Thomas |
348 |
£10.77 |
6,223 |
* rounded to two decimal places.
The following notifications, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, give further detail.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.
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1 |
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated |
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a) |
Name |
Sherry Coutu |
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2 |
Reason for the notification |
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a) |
Position/status |
Non-Executive Director |
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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 |
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a) |
Name |
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 |
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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) |
Nature of the transaction |
Purchase of shares arising from Company's Non-Executive Directors' Share Purchase Plan |
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c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
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Purchase price: £10.77 per share |
1,016 |
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d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
Aggregated volume: 1,016 shares Aggregated price: £10,942.32 |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
30 June 2025 |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange (XLON) |
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1 |
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated |
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a) |
Name |
Alison Dolan |
|
|
2 |
Reason for the notification |
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a) |
Position/status |
Non-Executive Director |
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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 |
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a) |
Name |
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 |
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|
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) |
Nature of the transaction |
Purchase of shares arising from Company's Non-Executive Directors' Share Purchase Plan |
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c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
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Purchase price: £10.77 per share |
1,001 |
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d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
Aggregated volume: 1,001 shares Aggregated price: £10,780.77 |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
30 June 2025 |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange (XLON) |
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|
1 |
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated |
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|
a) |
Name |
Graeme Pitkethly |
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|
2 |
Reason for the notification |
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a) |
Position/status |
Deputy Chair and Senior Independent Director |
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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 |
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a) |
Name |
Pearson plc |
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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 Non-Executive Directors' Share Purchase Plan |
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|
c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
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Purchase price: £10.77 per share |
2,286 |
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d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
Aggregated volume: 2,286 shares Aggregated price: £24,620.22 |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
30 June 2025 |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange (XLON) |
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|
1 |
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated |
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|
a) |
Name |
Annette Thomas |
|
|
2 |
Reason for the notification |
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|
a) |
Position/status |
Non-Executive Director |
|
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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 |
Purchase of shares arising from Company's Non-Executive Directors' Share Purchase Plan |
|
|
c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
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Purchase price: £10.77 per share |
348 |
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d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
Aggregated volume: 348 shares Aggregated price: £3,747.96 |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
30 June 2025 |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange (XLON) |
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