Purchase of Own Securities

Pearson PLC
04 March 2003





Company Announcements Office
The London Stock Exchange
Old Broad Street
London
EC2N 1HP



Dear Sirs



Bond Repurchase



Pearson plc announce the repurchase of €30.0m in aggregate of the €250m 5.0%
Notes due 17 October 2003 for cancellation. Following the repurchase, the amount
of such securities outstanding is €201.1m.



Contact: Michael Day (Tel: [phone]).

Yours faithfully





Stephen Jones
Deputy Secretary


SAJ/DC






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