Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Pearson plc

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS

(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.

KEY INFORMATION

(a)

Name of exempt principal trader:

BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD

(b)

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

PEARSON PLC

relevant securities this form relates:

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

Apollo Global Management, Inc. and its subsidiaries

principal trader is connected

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

18 March 2022

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

NO

trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

2.

POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree

to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:

25p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

7,055,355

0.93%

3,896,197

0.51%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

3,618,224

0.48%

2,831,688

0.37%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

10,673,579

1.41%

6,727,885

0.89%

(b)

Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive

options)

Class of relevant security in relation to

which subscription right exists

Details, including nature of the rights

concerned and relevant percentages:

3.

DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchases and sales

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Total number of

Highest price per unit

Lowest price per unit

security

securities

paid/received

paid/received

25p ordinary

Purchase

1,329,802

8.1020 GBP

7.82 GBP

25p ordinary

Sale

1,109,595

8.0812 GBP

7.858 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

831

8.0480 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,383

7.9113 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,006

7.9418 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,242

7.8936 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,464

7.8643 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,962

7.8500 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

28,029

7.8850 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

29,004

8.0655 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

38,757

7.9400 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

40,337

8.0800 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

83,667

7.8729 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

131,103

7.9038 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Long

137,748

8.0059 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

134

8.0321 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

396

8.0352 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

758

7.9253 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,652

7.9211 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

35,000

8.0532 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Decreasing Short

371,172

7.8624 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

46

7.8795 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

4,802

7.9194 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

21,470

7.9207 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Long

22,626

7.8877 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

356

7.8666 GBP

25p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Short

516

8.1067 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

1,000

7.8592 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Increasing Short

2,500

7.9007 GBP

25p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Short

2,598

8.0097 GBP

25p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Short

3,760

8.0793 GBP

25p ordinary

 CFD

Increasing Short

40,009

7.9419 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Long

16,378

8.0795 GBP

25p ordinary

 SWAP

Opening Short

30,000

8.1020 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

Product

Writing,

Number

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

date

money

relevant

selling,

securities

per unit

paid/

security

varying etc

to which

received

option

per unit

relates

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

Exercise price per

security

securities

unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

security

applicable)

4.

OTHER INFORMATION

(a)

Indemnity and other dealings arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,

formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal

or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party

to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

NONE

(b)

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between

the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which

any derivative is referenced:

NONE

(c)

Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

21 Mar 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213