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Pearson Announces the Expiration of its Offers to Purchase for Cash 3.75% Notes due 2022 and 3.25% Notes due 2023
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14 August 2017
London - On 4th August 2017, Pearson announced the launch of market tenders, through its subsidiaries Pearson Funding Four plc and Pearson Funding Five plc (the "Issuers"), to repurchase all or any of its $500m 3.75% US Dollar Notes due 2022 (the "2022 Notes") and $500m 3.25% US Dollar Notes due 2023 (the "2023 Notes"). The tenders have now closed, and $385,389,000 of the 2022 Notes and $406,049,000 of the 2023 Notes will be bought back and cancelled. The Issuers or Pearson may in future make further market purchases of the 2022 Notes and/or the 2023 Notes as part of Pearson's ongoing treasury management activities.
For more information:
Telephone: +44 20 7010 2310
Investors: Tom Waldron
Press: Tom Engel, Tom Steiner
Treasury: Katharine Good, Sunil Boorman