Director/PDMR Shareholding

Pearson PLC
21 December 2005





Non-Executive Directors' Share Purchase Plan


Below are details of purchases of ordinary shares and ADRs made on Tuesday, 20
December 2005 under the Non-Executive Directors' Share Purchase Plan:-

Name of     No. of      Percentage   Price    Total Holding   Total Percentage
Director    Shares      of Issued    per      Following       Following
            Purchased   Stock %      Share    Notification    Notification %
                                     £
Lord          321       0.000040%   6.9131         5,439            0.00068%
Burns

Reuben        419       0.000052%   6.9131        16,546            0.00206%
Mark

Vernon        321       0.000040%   6.9131         5,285            0.00066%
Sankey

Gurvirendra
Talwar       1,088      0.000135%   6.9131        13,103            0.00163%



Name of    No. of ADRs Percentage of Price   Total Holding    Total Percentage
Director   Purchased   Issued Stock  per ADR Following        Following
                       %             $       Notification     Notification

Susan         416      0.000052%    12.26      2,284            0.00028%
Fuhrman








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