Director Shareholding

Pearson PLC
31 March 2005


Non-Executive Directors' Share Purchase Plan

Below are details of purchases of ordinary shares and ADRs made today under the
Non-Executive Directors' Share Purchase Plan:-


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

Lord           343         0.000043%   £6.4877   4,432           0.00055%
Burns

Reuben         447         0.000056%   £6.4877   15,245          0.00190%
Mark

Vernon         344         0.000043%   £6.4877   4,287           0.00053%
Sankey

Dennis         1,147       0.00014%    £6.4877   168,190         0.02094%
Stevenson    

Gurvirendra    1,519       0.000189%   £6.4877   9,671           0.00120%
Talwar       

Name of    No. of ADRs Percentage  Price per  Total Holding    Total Percentage
Director   Purchased   of Issued   ADR        Following        Following
                       Stock                  Notification     Notification

Susan      441         0.000055%   $12.3863   992              0.00012%
Fuhrman


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