Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares

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RNS Number : 6696J
Pearson PLC
21 May 2025
 

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

Pearson plc (the Company) announces today it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 25 pence each on the London Stock Exchange from Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc.

 

Date of purchase:

21 May 2025



Number of ordinary shares purchased:

2,443



Highest price paid per share:

1,216.00p



Lowest price paid per share:

1,212.00p



Average price paid per share:

1,213.47p

 

The Company will cancel the purchased shares.

 

These share purchases form part of the first £175 million tranche of the Company's £350 million share buyback programme, details of which were announced on 18 March 2025.

 

The table below contains detailed information of the individual trades made by Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc as part of the first tranche of the buyback programme.

 

Schedule of Purchases

 

Shares purchased:          Pearson plc (ISIN: GB0006776081) 

 

Date of purchases:         21 May 2025

 

Investment firm:              Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc

 

Aggregate information:

 

Venue

Volume-weighted average price

Aggregated volume

Lowest price per share

Highest price per share

London Stock Exchange

1,212.27p

1,047

1,212.00p

1,212.50p

CHI-X Europe

1,214.37p

1,396

1,212.00p

1,216.00p

 

 

Individual transactions:

 

Transaction Date

Time

Volume

Price

(GBP)

Trading Venue

Transaction Reference Number

21/05/2025

09:21:51

483

1212.00

XLON

E0N8QgoZTLfT

21/05/2025

11:59:02

50

1212.50

CHIX

2977838292282

21/05/2025

12:18:29

204

1212.00

CHIX

2977838295305

21/05/2025

12:18:29

322

1212.00

CHIX

2977838295306

21/05/2025

13:14:12

481

1212.50

XLON

E0N8QgoZXBxl

21/05/2025

13:14:12

83

1212.50

XLON

E0N8QgoZXBxn

21/05/2025

16:20:44

820

1216.00

CHIX

2977838359319

 

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