Statement re directorate

Pearson PLC
27 February 2005



Dennis Stevenson to retire as Pearson chairman

Pearson announces that Dennis Stevenson intends to retire later this year after
eight years as chairman. A committee of the board, headed by the senior
independent director, Terry Burns, is choosing his successor.

Dennis Stevenson said: "The board and I have naturally been discussing plans for
my succession for some time, and this is a good moment to formalise the process.
Pearson is in excellent shape, looking forward to some very good years under a
strong executive team led by Marjorie. I am looking forward to my 60th birthday
later this year, and planning some new projects outside the plc world."

Dennis Stevenson joined the board of Pearson in 1986 as a non-executive director
and became chairman in May 1997.

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