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Pearson PLC 27 November 2006 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 on 27 November 2006 we received information that, pursuant to section 198 of the Companies Act 1985, the shareholding of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Ltd, which equals 49,801,548 shares, now represents 6.18% of the issued ordinary share capital of Pearson plc. The registered holders of the shares are listed on the schedule attached. From: Jenni Burton (Assistant Company Secretary) Amendment 16 NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 193 TO 202 - - U.K. COMPANIES ACT 1. Company in which shares are held; Pearson Plc 2. Notifiable Interest: Ordinary Shares (A) FMR Corp. 82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109 Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings). (B) Fidelity International Limited (FIL) P.O. Box HM 670 Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIA(K)L), Fidelity Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and Fidelity Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients. 3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of: Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d 82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109 A principal shareholder of FMR Corp, and Fidelity International Limited. 4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit trust schemes in the U.K,, notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1 )(h) of the Companies Act 1985. 5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarity and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these notifications on a joint basis. 6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4) (b) of the Act, namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively. From: Rani Jandu (Regulatory Reporting Senior Manager, FIL - Investment Compliance) Schedule A Amendment 16 Security: PEARSON PLC Current ownership percentage 6.18% Total Shares Held 49,801,548 Shares in Issue: 805,807,011 Change in holdings since last filing: +1,525,850 ordinary shares MANAGEMENT SHARES HELD COMPANY NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME 1,820,857 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 2,528,600 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 1,524,600 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 559,900 FPM STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 538,800 FPM MELLON BANK 350,300 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 292,000 FPM BANKERS TRUST LONDON 135,600 FPM MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES 31,800 FPM CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S 19,400 FPM JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 6,900 FPM DEXIA PRIVATBANK 177,400 FMTC STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 110,000 FMTC BANK OF NEW YORK 63,600 FMTC NORTHERN TRUST CO 24,100 FMTC JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 11,100 FMTC MELLON BANK N.A. 2,900 FMTC BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO 15,749,100 FMRCO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 1,214,000 FMRCO BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO 144,443 FMRCO STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 24,700 FMRCO NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 15,800 FMRCO MELLON BANK N.A. 9,300 FMRCO NORTHERN TRUST CO 3,550,687 FISL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 19,127,513 FIL BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX 1,356,588 FIL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 180,400 FIL NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 57,300 FIL JPMORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 25,100 FIL STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 134,400 FICL STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 13,700 FIA(K)L STATE STREET HONG KONG This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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