Director/PDMR Shareholding

Pearson PLC
03 October 2005





Non-Executive Directors' Share Purchase Plan


Below are details of purchases of ordinary shares and ADRs made on Friday, 30
September 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              337     0.000042   6.6081           5,118            0.00064
Burns
Reuben            438     0.000054   6.6081          16,127            0.00201
Mark
Vernon            337     0.000042   6.6081           4,964            0.00062
Sankey
Dennis
Stevenson       1,127      0.00014   6.6081         174,517            0.02171
Gurvirendra
Talwar          1,142     0.000142   6.6081          12,015            0.00149


Name of    No. of ADRs Percentage   Price per Total Holding    Total Percentage
Director   Purchased   of Issued    ADR $     Following        Following
                       Stock %                Notification     Notification
Susan            434     0.000054   11.7423            1,868           0.00023
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