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The Pearson plc (PSO) SEC filings page aggregates the company’s regulatory disclosures as a foreign private issuer, primarily through Form 6-K current reports. These filings provide detailed information on Pearson’s capital structure, trading updates, governance changes, and transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities.
Form 6-K filings include trading updates that summarise underlying Group sales growth, segment performance across Assessment & Qualifications, Virtual Learning, Higher Education, English Language Learning, and Enterprise Learning & Skills, and commentary on adjusted operating profit, cash flow conversion, and medium-term outlook. These documents help investors understand how Pearson’s learning, assessment, and skills businesses are performing over time.
Other 6-Ks disclose voting rights and capital, stating the number of ordinary shares of 25 pence each admitted to trading and confirming that each share carries one vote. These filings also note that the company does not hold shares in treasury, information that is relevant for calculating ownership thresholds and voting power.
Pearson’s filings further include notifications of PDMR interests, detailing purchases of ordinary shares or ADRs by non-executive directors and the release and sale of shares under the company’s Long-Term Incentive Plan to cover tax liabilities. A TR-1 notification of major holdings reports when a shareholder crosses a specified voting rights threshold, outlining the percentage of voting rights attached to shares.
Through Stock Titan, users can access these Pearson filings as they are furnished to EDGAR and use AI-powered summaries to interpret the contents. AI tools can highlight key points from trading updates, explain changes in voting rights and capital, and surface notable insider transactions reported on Form 6-K. This helps investors, analysts, and researchers quickly understand the implications of Pearson’s regulatory disclosures without reading every line of each filing.
Cevian Capital II GP Ltd, a Jersey-based investment adviser, reports beneficial ownership of 116,765,346 ordinary shares of Pearson plc, representing 19.17% of the company’s ordinary shares. Cevian has sole voting and dispositive power over this stake.
The shares were purchased for the account of its master fund for total consideration of about USD $1,044,451,904, using British pounds and a USD/GBP rate of 1.35225. The ownership percentage is based on 609,048,113 Pearson ordinary shares outstanding as derived from the company’s reported share count and recent share repurchases. No transactions in Pearson shares were made by Cevian for the master fund in the last sixty days.
Pearson plc reported its current voting share capital position. As at close of business on 31 March 2026, the company had 614,637,552 ordinary shares of 25p each admitted to trading, with each ordinary share carrying one vote at general meetings.
The company holds no shares in treasury, so all issued ordinary shares have voting rights. Shareholders may use the 614,637,552 figure as the denominator when calculating whether they must notify interests or changes in interests under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Pearson plc has released the Notice of its 2026 Annual General Meeting and the related Form of Proxy, which are now available on the company’s website and via the UK National Storage Mechanism. The AGM will be held as a hybrid meeting at 10:30am on 1 May 2026 at 80 Strand, London, allowing shareholders to attend in person or participate, ask questions and vote through a live webcast.
Pearson plc reported its current voting share capital. As at close of business on 18 March 2026, the company had 622,223,780 ordinary shares of 25p each admitted to trading. Each share carries one vote at general meetings, and the company holds no shares in treasury. Shareholders can use the 622,223,780 figure as the denominator when calculating whether they must notify holdings or changes in holdings under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Pearson plc reported that non-executive director Costis Maglaras purchased additional exposure to the company through American Depositary Receipts. On 16 March 2026, he bought 500 ADRs in Pearson plc at a price of $13.15 per ADR, for an aggregated consideration of $6575, on the New York Stock Exchange.
Pearson plc reported the routine issuance of 398,115 ordinary shares of 25 pence each. These shares were issued to satisfy vesting of awards under the company’s Save for Shares and Employee Stock Purchase Plans and were admitted to trading under existing block admissions.
Following this issuance, Pearson now has a total of 628,294,945 ordinary shares in issue and admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange. The transaction reflects ongoing employee equity participation rather than a capital-raising event.
Pearson plc has published its Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025, along with its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the same period. Both documents are now available on the company’s investor website.
The Annual Report has been submitted to the UK National Storage Mechanism in line with UK Listing Rule 6.4.1, and the Form 20-F has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Shareholders can also request a hard copy of the complete audited financial statements free of charge from the Company Secretary.
Pearson plc reports steady progress in 2025, with sales of £3,577m, representing 4% underlying growth, and adjusted operating profit of £614m, up 6% on an underlying basis. The adjusted operating margin improved to 17.2%, reflecting operational discipline and benefits from its AI-driven transformation.
Free cash flow was a strong £527m, with free cash flow conversion of 125%, supporting significant shareholder returns. The Board proposes a full-year dividend of 25.2p per share and completed a £350m share buyback in 2025, followed by an additional £350m programme announced in January 2026. Across Assessment & Qualifications, Virtual Learning, Higher Education, English Language Learning and Enterprise Learning & Skills, Pearson highlights AI-enabled product innovation, new contracts and strategic partnerships with Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud and major professional services firms as key drivers of growth.
Pearson plc reports its current voting share capital. As at close of business on 28 February 2026, the company had 630,257,588 ordinary shares of 25p each admitted to trading, with each share carrying one vote at general meetings.
The company holds no shares in treasury, so all these shares are voting shares. Pearson notes that this figure can be used by shareholders as the denominator when calculating whether they must notify their shareholdings under the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s Disclosure and Transparency Rules.