Pearson PLC - Major Shareholding Notification 2013

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RNS Number : 2839Y

Pearson PLC

20 February 2013


NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

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			Yes
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			Yes
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	BlackRock, Inc.
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:	15th February 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	19th February 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Holding has gone 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		Direct	Indirect		Direct		Indirect
GB0006776081	N/A				N/A			N/A		N/A	38,923,069		N/A		4.76%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date			Exercise/ Conversion Period				Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
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									2,052,376			Nominal				Delta
0.25%				0.25%

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights									Percentage of voting rights
40,975,445									5.01%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 40,975,445 (5.01%)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:	BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team
14. Contact name:	Andrew Manchester
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7743 5773

Natalie Dale

Assistant Company Secretary

Pearson plc

20 February 2013

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