Pearson plc - (the "Company")
Notification of PDMRs' Interests
Long-Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") - 2014 Release
In 2001, the Company established the Pearson Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP" ). Its purpose is to link management's long-term reward with Pearson's financial performance and returns to shareholders. Since 2006, the annual LTIP awards have been based around three performance measures: relative total shareholder return, return on invested capital and earnings per share growth.
Restricted Share Awards Granted in 2009
Under the terms of the LTIP, three-quarters of any shares that vest are released to participants three years after an award is granted. The remaining quarter is released two years later, providing that the executive has retained the released shares and is still employed by the Company.
The following table sets out the number of shares released to PDMRs on 1 April 2014 under the 2009 LTIP awards. The LTIP rules require that sufficient shares are sold to discharge the PAYE income tax liability on the shares released. The shares set out in the third column below were sold on 1 April 2014 at an average price of 1038p per share, leaving the after-tax number of shares set out in the final column below.
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Name of PDMR
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Shares Released
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Shares sold to discharge tax liabilities
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Shares/ADRs Retained
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John Fallon
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36,941
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17,363
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19,578 ordinary shares
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Robin Freestone
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31,663
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14,882
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16,781 ordinary shares
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Philip Hoffman
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26,385
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9,755
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16,630 ADRs
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Luke Swanson
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26,385
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12,401
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13,984 ordinary shares
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Interests of the PDMRs
As a result of the above transactions, the PDMRs are interested in the following shares (excluding shares to which they are notionally entitled or may become entitled, subject to the satisfaction of any relevant conditions, under the Company's employee share plans):
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Name of PDMR
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Number of Shares/ADRs
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% of Capital
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John Fallon
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282,147
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0.03445%
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Robin Freestone
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495,288
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0.06047%
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Philip Hoffman
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105,622
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0.01290%
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Luke Swanson
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235,833
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0.02879%
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