Holding(s) in Company

Pearson PLC 2 July 2004 TO: RNS We write in accordance with rule 9.12, under the continuing obligations section of the Listing Rules, to notify you that we have today received information that, pursuant to section 198 of the Companies Act 1985, the shareholding of Franklin Resources, Inc, equals 64,881,578 shares, representing 8.0841% of the issued share capital of Pearson plc. The registered holders of the shares are listed on the schedule below. FROM: PEARSON PLC SCHEDULE PEARSON PLC Outstanding Shares Registered Holder No. of Shares % of Class Bank of New York, London 1,022,012 0.1273% BONY Europe 10,070 0.0013% JP Morgan/Chase Bank 50,481,815 6.2899% Citibank Nominees Ltd. 546,564 0.0681% Clydesdale Bank Plc 772,440 0.0962% Euroclear Brussels 9,986 0.0012% HSBC Bank PLC London 554,692 0.0691% Mellon Trust 2,728,447 0.3400% Merrill Lynch 751,595 0.0936% Northern Trust Company 1,489,570 0.1856% Royal Trust Corp of Canada London 2,154,198 0.2684% State Street Nominees Limited 4,360,189 0.5433% TOTAL 64,881,578 8.0841% This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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