Issue of EUR650,000,000 Bonds Due 2007

Pearson PLC
14 January 2000


ISSUE OF EURO 650,000,000 BONDS DUE 2007 

Pearson plc, the international media company, announces the issue of euro
650,000,000 Bonds due February 2007 ('the Bonds').  The Bonds were priced to
yield a margin of 82 basis points over the gross redemption yield of the 6 per
cent. Bund due January 2007. The Bonds carry an annual coupon of 6.125 per
cent. with an issue/re-offer price of 99.695 per cent.  The Bonds will redeem
on 1 February 2007.  The joint lead managers and bookrunners to the issue are
Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and JP Morgan.

The proceeds of the issue will be used for the repayment of existing bank
debt.