Report of Foreign Issuer (6-k)
19 Dezember 2016 - 4:51PM
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 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
|
Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
|
a)
|
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
|
Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
|
a)
|
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
|
Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
|
a)
|
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
|
Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
|
a)
|
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
|
Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
|
a)
|
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
|
Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
|
a)
|
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
|
Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
|
a)
|
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
-----------------------
Natalie
Dale
Deputy
Company Secretary
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