Holding(s) in Company

Pearson PLC
7 March 2005


Letter 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 we have today received information
that, pursuant to section 198 of the Companies Act 1985, the shareholding of
Franklin Resources, Inc. equals 89,076,027 shares, representing 11.0865% of the
issued share capital of Pearson plc. 

The registered holders of the shares are listed on the schedule below. 

Letter from Pearson Plc


  
                                       Schedule 
                                     PEARSON PLC 
                                 Outstanding Shares                803,465,794

   Registered Holder                No.of Shares            % Of Class

Bank of New York, London              4,191,283              0.5217%

Bank of New York, Europe                 13,403              0.0017%

CEDE                                      2,900              0.0004%

Citibank Nominees Ltd.                  810,264              0.1008%

Clydesdale Bank Plc                     897,400              0.1117%

Euroclear Bank SA                        38,254              0.0048%

HSBC Bank PLC London                  1,075,698              0.1339%

JP Morgan/Chase Bank                 66,470,175              8.2729%

Mellon Trust                          2,925,188              0.3641%

Merrill Lynch                           809,752              0.1008%

Northern Trust Company                1,781,841              0.2218%

Royal Trust Corp of Canada London     3,234,991              0.4026%

State Street Nominees Limited         6,824,878              0.8494%

TOTAL                                89,076,027             11.0865%






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