Pearson : Holdings in Company

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Pearson plc

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached.

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Schroders plc.

4. Full name of shareholder(s)

(if different from 3.):

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

24 November 2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:

25 November 2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Above 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary shares GB0006776081

Below 5%

Below 5%

43,354,783

N/A

42,272,781

N/A

5.149%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial

Expiration

Exercise/

Number of voting

% of voting

rights that may be

instrument

date

Conversion Period

acquired if the

rights

instrument is

exercised/ converted.

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

CFD

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Nominal

Delta

N/A

N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

42,272,781

5.149%

Schroder & Co. Limited

2,447,017

0.298%

Schroders (C.I.) Limited

200,172

0.024%

Schroder Investment Management Limited

39,625,592

4.826%

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. This disclosure has been calculated based on issue share capital amount 821,062,449

14. Contact name:

Chloe Talbot

15. Contact telephone number:

+44 207 658 6000