Holding(s) in Company

Pearson PLC
03 October 2005

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 we have today received information that, 
pursuant to section 198 of the Companies Act 1985, the shareholding of Franklin 
Resources, Inc. equals 104,485,808 shares, representing 13.00% of the issued 
share capital of Pearson plc.

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

                                Schedule
                               PEARSON PLC
                           Outstanding Shares                     803,989,183

Registered Holder                   No.of Shares                   % of class
Bank of Now York, London               8,060,271                      1.0025%
Bank of New York, Europe                  10,893                      0.0013%             
CEDE                                          80                      0.0000%
Citibank Nominees Ltd.                   975,118                      0.1213%
Clydesdale Bank PLC                      862,210                      0.1072%
Euroclear Bank SA                         38,254                      0.0048%
HSBC Bank PLC                            883,625                      0.1099%
JP Morgan/Chase Bank                  74,143,237                      9.2219%
Mellon Trust                           4,456,835                      0.5543%
Marrill Lynch                          1,413,256                      0.1758%     
Northern Trust Company                 2,270,585                      0.2824%
Royal Trust Corp of Canada             3,674,810                      0.4571%
State Street Nominees Limited          7,696,834                      0.9573%
TOTAL                                104,485,808                       13.00%              


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