Pearson PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2015

Mar 12, 2015

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RNS Number : 2711H

Pearson PLC

12 March 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:		10 March 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		11 March 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Voting rights attached to shares 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

41,238,991

41,238,991

N/A

N/A

40,943,126

N/A

4.99%

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

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

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

N/A

N/A

N/A

308,929

Nominal

Delta

0.04%

0.04%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

41,252,055

5.03%

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

Natalie Dale

Assistant Company Secretary

Pearson plc

12 March 2015

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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