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Payment of dividends to mandated accounts
Where shareholders have given instructions for payment to be made direct into a bank or building society, this is done through the Bankers Automated Clearing System (BACS), with the associated tax voucher showing the tax credit attributable to the dividend payment sent direct to the shareholder at the address shown on our register. If you wish the tax voucher to be sent to your bank or building society, please contact Equiniti, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex BN99 6DA. Telephone 0871 384 2043* or, for those shareholders with hearing difficulties, textphone number 0871 384 2255*.
Dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP)
The DRIP gives shareholders the right to buy the company’s shares on the London stock market with the cash dividend. If you would like further information about the DRIP, please contact Equiniti on 0871 384 2268*.
12BIndividual Savings Accounts (ISAs)
Equiniti offers ISAs in Pearson shares. For more information please call them on 0871 384 2244*.
Share dealing facilities
A telephone and internet dealing service has been arranged through
Equiniti which provides a simple way of buying and selling Pearson
shares. Commission rates are shown at www.shareview.co.uk
or call
the telephone sales number. For telephone sales call 08456 037 037
between 8.30 am and 4.30 pm, Monday to Friday, and for internet
sales log on to www.shareview.co.uk/dealing. You will need your
shareholder reference number as shown on your share certificate.
A postal facility, which provides a simple, low cost way of buying and selling Pearson shares, is also available through the company’s stockbroker, JPMorgan Cazenove Limited, 20 Moorgate, London EC2R 6DA. Telephone 020 7588 2828. An alternative weekly postal dealing service is available through our registrars. Please telephone 0871 384 2248* for details.
ShareGift
Shareholders with small holdings of shares, whose value makes them
uneconomic to sell, may wish to donate them to ShareGift, the share
donation charity (registered charity number 1052686). ShareGift is
particularly designed to accept unwanted shares and uses the ultimate
proceeds to support a wide range of UK charities. Over £11m has been
given by ShareGift so far to over 1,400 different UK charities. Further
information about ShareGift and the charities it has supported may
be obtained from their website, www.ShareGift.org or by contacting
ShareGift at 17 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH.
Shareholder information online
Equiniti provides a range of shareholder information online. You can
check your holding and find practical help on transferring shares or
updating your details at www.shareview.co.uk. Equiniti can be
contacted for information on 0871 384 2030*.
Information about the Pearson share price
The current price of Pearson ordinary shares can be obtained from
the company’s website, www.pearson.com or from www.ft.com
American Depositary Receipts (ADRs)
Pearson’s ordinary shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange
in the form of ADRs and traded under the symbol PSO. Each ADR
represents one ordinary share. All enquiries regarding registered ADR
holder accounts and payment of dividends should be directed to
The Bank of New York, the authorised depositary bank for Pearson’s
ADR programme, at The Bank of New York, Investor Services,
P.O. Box 11258, Church Street Station, New York, NY 10286-1258,
telephone 1-888-BNY-ADRS (toll free within the US) or 1 212 815
3700 (outside the US), or e-mail shareowners@bankofny.com, or
sign-in at www.stockbny.com. Voting rights for registered ADR
holders can be exercised through The Bank of New York, and for
beneficial ADR holders (and/or nominee accounts) through your
US brokerage institution. Pearson will file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission a Form 20-F.
Share register fraud: protecting your investment
Pearson does not contact its shareholders directly to provide recommendation advice and neither does it appoint third parties to do so. As required by law, our shareholder register is available for public inspection but we cannot control the use of information obtained by persons inspecting the register. Please treat any approaches purporting to originate from Pearson with caution.
Tips on protecting your shares
- Keep any documentation that contains your shareowner reference number in a safe place and destroy any documentation which you no longer need by shredding it.
- Inform the registrars promptly when you change your address.
- Be aware of dividend payment dates and contact the registrars if you do not receive your dividend cheque or better still, make arrangements to have the dividend paid directly into your bank account.
- Consider holding your shares electronically in a CREST account via a nominee.
For more information on how you can protect your shares from fraud please visit our website at www.pearson.com.
Advisers
- Auditors
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Bankers
- HSBC Bank plc
- Brokers
- JPMorgan Cazenove Limited and Citigroup
- Financial advisers
- Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Lazard
- Solicitors
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Herbert Smith and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
| Ex-dividend date | 9 April |
| Record date | 11 April |
| Last date for dividend reinvestment election | 15 April |
| Annual general meeting | 25 April |
| Payment date for dividend and share purchase date for dividend reinvestment |
9 May |
| Interim results | 28 July |
| Payment date for interim dividend | 19 September |
| *Calls to these numbers are charged at 8p per minute from a BT landline. Other provider costs may vary. |
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