Director Shareholding

Pearson PLC
3 January 2001


Non-Executive Directors' Share Purchase Plan

Please find below details of purchases of ordinary shares made on 2 January 2001
under the Non-Executive Directors' Share Purchase Plan:-

Name of     No. of    Percentage of  Price per    Total            Total
Director    Shares    Issued Stock   Share        Holding          Percentage
            Purchased                             Following        Following
                                                  Notification     Notification

Lord Burns   93 
                       0.000012%     £15.9675p    345              0.000043%

Gillian
Lewis        93
                       0.000012%     £15.9675p    346              0.000043%

Rouben
Mark        121
                       0.000015%     £15.9675p    10,121           0.00127%

Vernon
Sankey       93
                       0.000012%     £15.9675p    346              0.000043%

Gurvirendra
Talwar      425
                       0.000053%     £15.9675p    1,338            0.000168%