Director Shareholding

Pearson PLC
2 July 2001



Please find below details of purchases of ordinary shares made on 29 June
2001 under the Non-Executive Directors' Share Purchase Plan:- 

                                                                              
   Name of      No. of     Percentage     Price     Total              Total
   Director     Shares      of Issued       per   Holding         Percentage
                Purchased     Stock       Share  Following          Following
                                                 Notification   Notification
 
  Lord Burns         128   0.000016%   1156.5p            598        0.00007% 
  Gillian Lewis       38   0.000005%   1156.5p            504        0.00006% 
  Reuben Mark        168   0.000021%   1156.5p         10,445        0.00131% 
  Vernon Sankey      128   0.000016%   1156.5p            594        0.00007% 
  Gurvirendra Talwar 531   0.000066%   1156.5p          2,415        0.00030%