Report of Foreign Issuer (6-k)
January 27 2017 - 8:08AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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 January 2017
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
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF
MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
i
|
|
|
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing
shares to which voting rights areattached:
ii
|
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):
|
Type 1
disclosure as per the Transparency Directive II
Regulation
|
X
|
3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification
obligation:
iii
|
Schroders
plc
|
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):
iv
|
|
5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is
crossed orreached:
v
|
25.01.17
|
6. Date on which issuer notified:
|
26.01.17
|
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached:
vi, vii
|
Above
10%
|
|
|
|
|
|
8. Notified details:
|
A: Voting rights attached to shares
viii, ix
|
Class/type ofshares
if
possible usingthe ISIN CODE
|
Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction
|
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
|
NumberofShares
|
NumberofVotingRights
|
Numberof shares
|
Number of votingrights
|
% of voting rights
x
|
Direct
|
Direct
xi
|
Indirect
xii
|
Direct
|
Indirect
|
GB0006776081
|
43,354,783
|
42,272,781
|
84,514,044
|
N/A
|
83,588,488
|
N/A
|
10.167%
|
|
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
|
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
|
Type of financialinstrument
|
Expirationdate
xiii
|
Exercise/Conversion Period
xiv
|
Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument
isexercised/ converted.
|
% of votingrights
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying
Financial Instruments
xv, xvi
|
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
|
Type of financialinstrument
|
Exercise price
|
Expiration date
xvii
|
Exercise/Conversion period
xviii
|
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
|
% of voting rights
xix, xx
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Nominal
|
Delta
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
Total (A+B+C)
|
Number of voting rights
|
Percentage of voting rights
|
83,588,488
|
10.167%
|
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights
and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if
applicable:
xxi
|
Schroder
& Co. Limited
2,634,084
0.32%
Schroders
(C.I.) Limited
123,958
0.015%
Schroder
Investment Management Limited
80,830,446
9.832%
|
|
Proxy Voting:
|
10. Name of the proxy holder:
|
|
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to
hold:
|
|
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting
rights:
|
|
|
13. Additional information:
|
The
shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by
those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment
management agreements. This disclosure has been calculated based on
issue share capital amount 822,126,713.
|
14. Contact name:
|
Shaheen
Hussain
|
15. Contact telephone number:
|
+44 207
658 6000
|
|
|
|
Natalie
Dale
Deputy
Company Secretary
Pearson
plc
27
January 2017
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: 27
January 2017
|
|
|
By: /s/
NATALIE DALE
|
|
|
|
------------------------------------
|
|
Natalie
Dale
|
|
Deputy
Company Secretary
|
Pearson (NYSE:PSO)
Historical Stock Chart
From Aug 2024 to Sep 2024
Pearson (NYSE:PSO)
Historical Stock Chart
From Sep 2023 to Sep 2024