Holding(s) in Company

Pearson PLC
22 June 2006



LETTER TO:  RNS
DATED:      22 JUNE 2006


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 22 June 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.

I attach correspondence from them to this effect. 


LETTER FROM:  PEARSON PLC


LETTER TO:  PEARSON  PLC
DATED:      20 JUNE 2006


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

I refer to our previous correspondence and now inform you that as 14 June 2006
Barclays PLC has a notifiable interest of 2.88% in the capital of your Company.

According to our records your Company's Issued Share Capital is 804,517,644.



LETTER FROM:  BARCLAYS  PLC




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