Holding(s) in Company

Pearson PLC
05 September 2006


To: RNS

Notification of Change in Interest in Shares

We write in accordance with rule 9.12, under the continuing obligations section 
of the Listing Rules, to notify you that on 5 September 2006 we received 
information that, pursuant to section 198 of the Companies Act 1985, the 
shareholding of Barclays PLC has been reduced and now represents less than 3% of 
the issued ordinary share capital of Pearson plc.

From: Pearson PLC



Letter to: Pearson PLC
Dated: 5 September 2006


Companies Act 1985 ("The Act") - Part VI

I refer to our previous correspondence and now inform you that as 31 August 2006 
Barclays PLC no longer has a notifiable interest in the capital of your Company.

According to our records your Company's Issued Share Capital is 805,601,503.


From: Geoff Smith
      Barclays PLC


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