Pearson PLC — Regulatory Filings 2016

Dec 19, 2016

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of December 2016

PEARSON plc

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

N/A

(Translation of registrant's name into English)

80 Strand

London, England WC2R 0RL

44-20-7010-2000

(Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant files or will file annual reports

under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F X Form 40-F

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant by furnishing the information

contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the

Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Yes No X

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 and American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) made on the London and New York Stock Exchanges on 16 December 2016 and notified to the Company on 16 December 2016: -

Name of Director	No. of Shares Purchased	Percentage of Issued Stock	Price per Share	Total Holding Following Notification	Total Percentage Following Notification
Elizabeth
Corley	740	0.00009%	£8.17	3,956	0.00048%
Vivienne
Cox	280	0.00003%	£8.17	3,980	0.00048%
Harish
Manwani	1,711	0.00021%	£8.17	5,393	0.00066%
Tim
Score	1,862	0.00023%	£8.17	7,990	0.00097%
Lincoln
Wallen	475	0.00006%	£8.17	1,903	0.00023%

Name of Director	No. of ADRs Purchased	Percentage of Issued Stock	Price per ADR	Total Holding Following Notification	Total Percentage Following Notification
Joshua
Lewis	400	0.00005%	$10.18	9,214	0.00112%
Linda
Lorimer	356	0.00004%	$10.18	4,099	0.00050%

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

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

| 1 — a) | Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated — Name | Elizabeth
Corley | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | | |
| a) | Position/status | Non-Executive
Director | |
| 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) |
| | | Purchase
price: £8.17 per share | 740 |
| d) | Aggregated
information -
Aggregated volume -
Price | Aggregated
volume: 740 shares Aggregated
price: £6,045.80 | |
| e) | Date of
the transaction | 16
December 2016 | |
| f) | Place
of the transaction | London
Stock Exchange (XLON) | |

| 1 — a) | Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated — Name | Vivienne
Cox | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | | |
| a) | Position/status | Non-Executive
Director | |
| 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) |
| | | Purchase
price: £8.17 per share | 280 |
| d) | Aggregated
information -
Aggregated volume -
Price | Aggregated
volume: 280 shares Aggregated
price: £2,287.60 | |
| e) | Date of
the transaction | 16
December 2016 | |
| f) | Place
of the transaction | London
Stock Exchange (XLON) | |

| 1 — a) | Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated — Name | Harish
Manwani | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | | |
| a) | Position/status | Non-Executive
Director | |
| 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) |
| | | Purchase
price: £8.17 per share | 1,711 |
| d) | Aggregated
information -
Aggregated volume -
Price | Aggregated
volume: 1,711 shares Aggregated
price: £13,978.87 | |
| e) | Date of
the transaction | 16
December 2016 | |
| f) | Place
of the transaction | London
Stock Exchange (XLON) | |

| 1 — a) | Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated — Name | Tim
Score | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | | |
| a) | Position/status | Non-Executive
Director | |
| 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) |
| | | Purchase
price: £8.17 per share | 1,862 |
| d) | Aggregated
information -
Aggregated volume -
Price | Aggregated
volume: 1,862 shares Aggregated
price: £15,212.54 | |
| e) | Date of
the transaction | 16
December 2016 | |
| f) | Place
of the transaction | London
Stock Exchange (XLON) | |

| 1 — a) | Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated — Name | Lincoln
Wallen | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | | |
| a) | Position/status | Non-Executive
Director | |
| 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) |
| | | Purchase
price: £8.17 per share | 475 |
| d) | Aggregated
information -
Aggregated volume -
Price | Aggregated
volume: 475 shares Aggregated
price: £3,880.75 | |
| e) | Date of
the transaction | 16
December 2016 | |
| f) | Place
of the transaction | London
Stock Exchange (XLON) | |

| 1 — a) | Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated — Name | Joshua
Lewis | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | | |
| a) | Position/status | Non-Executive
Director | |
| 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 Non-Executive Directors' Share
Purchase Plan | |
| c) | Price(s)
and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
| | | Purchase
price: $ 10.18 per
ADR | 400 |
| d) | Aggregated
information -
Aggregated volume -
Price | Aggregated
volume: 400 ADRs. Aggregated
price: $4,072.00 | |
| e) | Date of
the transaction | 16
December 2016 | |
| f) | Place
of the transaction | New
York Stock Exchange (XNYS) | |

| 1 — a) | Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated — Name | Linda
Lorimer | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | | |
| a) | Position/status | Non-Executive
Director | |
| 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 Non-Executive Directors' Share
Purchase Plan | |
| c) | Price(s)
and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
| | | Purchase
price: $ 10.18 per
ADR | 356 |
| d) | Aggregated
information -
Aggregated volume -
Price | Aggregated
volume: 356 ADRs. Aggregated
price: $3,624.08 | |
| e) | Date of
the transaction | 16
December 2016 | |
| f) | Place
of the transaction | New
York Stock Exchange (XNYS) | |

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

PEARSON plc

Date: 19 December 2016

By: /s/ NATALIE DALE

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Natalie Dale

Deputy Company Secretary

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