Holding(s) in Company

Pearson PLC
14 July 2006



Letter to      RNS
Letter dated   14 July 2006

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 14 July 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 24,779,572 shares, now 
represents 3.08% of the issued ordinary share capital of Pearson plc.

The registered holders of the shares are listed on the schedule below this 
letter. 

Letter from Pearson Plc


NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK 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.

Schedule A

Security: PEARSON PLC

Current ownership 
percentage:                    3.08%
Total Shares Held        24,779,572
Shares In issue:        804,563,536

                                      MANAGEMENT
                        SHARES HELD   COMPANY     NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME

                          6,543,580   FPM         JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
                            846,600   FPM         NORTHERN TRUST LONDON
                            322,800   FPM         MELLON BANK
                            245,400   FPM         STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S
                            201,500   FPM         BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS
                            193,700   FPM         BANKERS TRUST LONDON
                             84,800   FPM         MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES
                          1,017,354   FISL        JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
                         14,522,800   FIL         BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX
                             92,000   FIL         BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS
                             63,600   FIL         NORTHERN TRUST LONDON


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