Holding(s) in Company

Pearson PLC
16 August 2006


Letter to      RNS
Letter dated   16 August 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 16 August 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
40,387,491 shares, now represents 5.01% of the issued ordinary share capital of
Pearson plc.

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


Letter from    Pearson Plc



Amendment 13

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- U.K. 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                                               Amendment 13


Current ownership percentage:                    5.01%

Total Shares Held:                          40,387,491

Shares in issue:                           805,515,328

Change in holdings since last filing:       +7,071,284 ordinary shares



                                    MANAGEMENT
                        SHARES HELD  COMPANY      NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME

                          7,215,637   FPM         JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
                          2,378,700   FPM         JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
                          1,543,200   FPM         NORTHERN TRUST LONDON
                            545,900   FPM         MELLON BANK
                            477,200   FPM         STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S
                            337,700   FPM         BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS
                            325,700   FPM         BANKERS TRUST LONDON
                            135,600   FPM         MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES
                                300   FMTC        BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO
                          1,905,628  FMRCO        JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
                             27,900  FMRCO        STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO
                          3,520,487   FISL        JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
                         20,505,451   FIL         BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX
                          1,227,588   FIL         JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
                            152,400   FIL         BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS
                             88,100   FIL         NORTHERN TRUST LONDON




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