Director/PDMR Shareholding

Pearson PLC 27 September 2006 Pearson plc (the Company) In 2001, the Company established the Pearson Long Term Incentive Plan (the Plan) for the purpose of providing a long-term share incentive for executive directors and senior executives of the Pearson group. The Plan provided for the grant of two separate categories of award relating to ordinary shares in the Company (Shares) - option awards and restricted share awards. Restricted Share Awards Granted on 26 September 2003 The first tranche of the restricted share awards granted on 26 September 2003, to executive directors and other members of the Pearson Management Committee, vested on 26 September 2006. As a result of these Shares being released, the following executive directors have become entitled to the number of Shares shown in the second column below. The number of Shares shown in the third column below were sold on 26 September 2006 at a price of 746.878 pence per share in order to discharge tax and social security liabilities on the Shares received, leaving the after-tax number of Shares set out in the final column below. Name of Director Shares Released Shares Sold to Shares Retained discharge tax liabilities David Bell 16,480 6,757 9,723 Rona Fairhead 16,480 6,757 9,723 John Makinson 16,480 6,757 9,723 Marjorie Scardino 24,040 9,857 14,183 Interests of the Directors As a result of the above transactions, the executive directors are interested in the following Shares (excluding Shares to which they are notionally entitled or may become entitled, subject to the satisfaction of any relevant conditions, under the Company's employee share plans) : Name of Director Number of Shares % of Capital David Bell 122,518 0.01521 Rona Fairhead 62,593 0.00777 John Makinson 172,872 0.02146 Marjorie Scardino 212,160 0.02633 The Shares required to satisfy these awards have been sourced from an employee benefit trust established by the Company. As a result of the release of Shares described above, the number of Shares held by Halifax EES Trustees International Limited (as trustee of the Pearson Employee Share Ownership Trust) is now 2,520,843 Shares (representing 0.313% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital). Each of the executive directors of the Company is for Companies Act purposes, regarded as interested in all the shares held by this trust. Despite the technical interest in all the Shares each executive director will only be entitled to receive from the Trust that number of Shares to which he or she is entitled under share plans operated by the Company in which he or she participates. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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