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% 


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