28 April 2014
Pearson plc ("Pearson" or the "Company")
Appointment of Elizabeth Corley as a Non-Executive Director
On 17 April 2014, Pearson announced that Elizabeth Corley would join the board as a non-executive director of the Company with effect from 1 May 2014.
In accordance with LR 9.6.13, we provide the following confirmation regarding Ms Corley:
(1) Details of all directorships held by Ms Corley in any other publicly quoted company at any time in the previous five years, indicating whether or not she is still a director:
None
(2) Any unspent convictions in relation to indictable offences:
None
(3) Details of any receiverships, compulsory liquidations, creditors, voluntary liquidations, administrations, company voluntary arrangements or any composition or arrangement with its creditors generally or any class of its creditors of any company where Ms Corley was an executive director at the time of, or within the 12 months preceding, such events:
None
(4) Details of any compulsory liquidations, administrations or partnership voluntary arrangements of any partnerships where Ms Corley was a partner at the time of, or within the 12 months preceding, such events:
None
(5) Details of receiverships of any asset of Ms Corley or of a partnership of which Ms Corley was a partner at the time of, or within the 12 months preceding, such event:
None
(6) Details of any public criticisms of Ms Corley by statutory or regulatory authorities (including designated professional bodies) and whether she has ever been disqualified by a court from acting as a director of a company or from acting in the management or conduct of the affairs of any company:
None