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PEARSON PLC (the "Company")

Notification of Interest of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMRs")

Below are details of an acquisition of American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") following a reinvestment of dividend under the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan in the USA on
6 May 2015, notified to the Company on 18 May 2015:-

Name of PDMR

No. of ADRs Purchased

Percentage of Issued Stock

Price per ADR

Total Holding Following Notification

Total Percentage Following Notification

Philip Hoffman

105

0.00001%

$20.31

77,725

0.00948%

Luyen Chou

31

0%

$20.31

1,281

0.00016%

This notification is made in accordance with DTR 3.1.4R.

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