Director Shareholding

Pearson PLC
30 June 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    Total Holding   Total Percentage
Director    Shares      of Issued    per      Following       Following
            Purchased   Stock %      Share £  Notification    Notification %
                                     
Lord              341     0.000042     6.53           4,781            0.00059
Burns

Reuben            444     0.000055     6.53          15,689            0.00195
Mark

Vernon            340     0.000042     6.53           4,627            0.00058
Sankey

Dennis
Stevenson       1,141      0.00014     6.53         205,350            0.02138

Gurvirendra
Talwar          1,202     0.000150     6.53          10,873            0.00135



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

Susan            442      0.000055   11.90            1,434            0.00018
Fuhrman








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