Holding(s) in Company

Pearson PLC
18 October 2007



TR-1: notification of major interests in shares

1. Identity of the issuer or                             Pearson Plc
the underlying issuer of                            
existing shares to which voting
rights are attached:

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)

                                                                       
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights              YES

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are            
attached

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):______________

3. Full name of person(s)                      Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)
subject to the notification                        
obligation:

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management)
 Limited (PMC)
(if different from 3.):                           

5. Date of the transaction (and                          16/10/2007
date on which the threshold is                    
crossed or reached if
different):

6. Date on which issuer                                  17/10/2007
notified:                                          

7. Threshold(s) that is/are                           From 4% - 3%(L&G)
crossed or reached:                                


8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/   Situation previous to the   Resulting situation after the triggering 
transaction type of  Triggering transaction shares if possibleusing     

Number of        Number of     Number of     Number of voting       % of voting
the ISIN Shares  Voting Rights shares        rights                 rights
CODE
                          Direct        Direct        Indirect Direct  Indirect

ORD 25P   32,616,707    32,616,707    32,263,307    32,263,307             3.99

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of     Expiration Exercise/     Number of voting rights that may   % of
financial   date       Conversion    be acquired if the instrument is   voting
instrument             Period/ Date  exercised/ converted.              rights


Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights                      % of voting rights
      32,263,307                                3.99





9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the 
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited
(LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect)
(LGIM)
    Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (32,263,307- 3.99% = LGAS, LGPL
 & PMC)
Legal & General Investment Management           Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited
(Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)            (Direct) (LGIH)
(27,871,660- 3.44 % = PMC)
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Legal & General Assurance Society 
                                                 Limited
Limited (PMC) (27,871,660- 3.44 % = PMC)        (LGAS & LGPL)
                                                Legal & General Pensions Limited 
                                                (Direct)
                                                (LGPL)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                               N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:                N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:            N/A

13. Additional information: Notification using the total voting rights figure of
                                                                   807,954,077
14. Contact name:                            Helen Lewis (LGIM)
15. Contact telephone
number:                                        020 3124 3851




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