Director/PDMR Shareholding

Pearson PLC 03 July 2006 Non-Executive Directors' Share Purchase Plan Below are details of purchases of ordinary shares and ADRs made on Friday, 30 June 2006 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 % David Arculus 495 0.00006 7.38 495 0.00006 Lord Burns 297 0.000037 7.38 6,014 0.00075 Ken Hydon 495 0.00006 7.38 495 0.00006 Reuben Mark 68 0.000008 7.38 16,976 0.00211 Vernon Sankey 68 0.000008 7.38 5,631 0.00070 Gurvirendra Talwar 1,172 0.000146 7.38 15,733 0.00196 Name of No. of Percentage of Price per Total Holding Total Percentage Director ADRs Issued Stock ADR $ Following Following Purchased % Notification Notification % Susan Fuhrman 389 0.000048 $13.67 3,070 0.00038 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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