Pearson : Holdings in Company

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer andto the FCA in Microsoft

Word format if possible)i

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer

of existing shares to which voting rights arePEARSON PLC attachedii:

1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)

Non-UK issuer

2.Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments	X
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify)iii

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv

Name				The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
City and country of registered office (if applicable)		Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street,
	Wilmington DE 19801, USA
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v
Name				Goldman Sachs International
City and country of registered office (if applicable)		Peterborough Court, 133 Fleet Street, London
	EC4A 2BB, UK
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or		15/05/2019
reachedvi:
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):		17/05/2019
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights at-	% of voting rights			Total number of
	through financial		Total of both in %
	tached to shares		voting rights of
	instruments		(8.A + 8.B)
	(total of 8. A)		issuervii
	(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)
Resulting situation
on the date on which	0.49%		6.92%		7.41%	781,417,120
threshold was
crossed or reached
Position of previous
notification (if	0.69%		6.72%		7.41%
applicable)

8.Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii

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A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of	Number of voting rightsix	% of voting rights
shares
ISIN code (if possible)	Direct		Indirect	Direct		Indirect
	(Art 9 of Directive	(Art 10 of Directive	(Art 9 of Directive		(Art 10 of Directive
	2004/109/EC)		2004/109/EC)	2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		2004/109/EC)
	(DTR5.1)		(DTR5.2.1)			(DTR5.2.1)
GB0006776081			3,476,082			0.44%
US7050151056			348,325			0.04%
SUBTOTAL 8. A		3,824,407	0.49%

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))

		Exercise/	Number of voting rights
Type of financial	Expiration	that may be acquired if	% of voting rights
instrument	datex	Conversion Periodxi	the instrument is
			exercised/converted.
Securities Lending	Open		8,908,305	1.14%
		SUBTOTAL 8. B 1	8,908,305	1.14%

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))

Type of financial	Expiration	Exercise/	Physical or	Number of
Conversion	cash	% of voting rights
	x
instrument	date	Period xi	settlementxii	voting rights

Refer to Annex-
ure
SUBTOTAL	45,175,105	5.78%
8.B.2

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9.Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an "X")

Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuerxiii

Fullchain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv X (please add additional rows as necessary)

	% of voting rights if it	% of voting rights	Total of both if it
	through financial
	equals or is higher	equals or is higher
Namexv	instruments if it equals
	than the notifiable	or is higher than the	than the notifiable
	threshold	threshold
	notifiable threshold
The Goldman Sachs
Group, Inc.
Goldman Sachs (UK)
L.L.C.
Goldman Sachs Group
UK Limited
Goldman Sachs		5.83%	5.88%
International
The Goldman Sachs
Group, Inc.
Goldman Sachs & Co.
LLC
The Goldman Sachs
Group, Inc.
GSAM Holdings LLC
Goldman Sachs Asset
Management, L.P.
Goldman Sachs Asset
Management Interna-
tional Holdings L.L.C.
Goldman Sachs Asset
Management Co., Ltd.
The Goldman Sachs
Group, Inc.
GSAM Holdings LLC
Goldman Sachs Asset
Management, L.P.

10.In case of proxy voting, please identify:

Name of the proxy holder	N/A

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The number and % of voting rights held	N/A
The date until which the voting rights will be held	N/A

11. Additional informationxvi

Please note, total amount of voting rights have been rounded to 2 decimal places therefore there is a possibility of a rounding error.

General email contact: [e-mail]

Place of completion	London
Date of completion	17/05/2019

Natalie White

Deputy Company Secretary

Pearson plc

20 May 2019

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Annexure

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))

Type of financial	Expiration	Exercise/Conversion	Physical or cash	Number of	% of voting
instrument	datex	periodxi	settlementxii	voting rights	rights
CFD	15/09/2028		Cash	3,000,000	0.38%
CFD	10/12/2025		Cash	2,800,138	0.36%
CFD	20/04/2029		Cash	1,977,494	0.25%
CFD	20/10/2027		Cash	1,879,542	0.24%
CFD	23/09/2020		Cash	1,834,093	0.23%
CFD	23/02/2024		Cash	1,800,000	0.23%
CFD	04/12/2023		Cash	1,577,609	0.20%
CFD	21/02/2024		Cash	1,300,000	0.17%
CFD	07/02/2024		Cash	1,240,000	0.16%
CFD	21/02/2024		Cash	1,100,000	0.14%
CFD	14/02/2024		Cash	970,000	0.12%
CFD	12/02/2024		Cash	865,494	0.11%
CFD	26/01/2024		Cash	865,000	0.11%
CFD	26/02/2024		Cash	860,000	0.11%
Swap	28/07/2021		Cash	851,294	0.11%
CFD	22/02/2024		Cash	800,000	0.10%
CFD	28/03/2029		Cash	761,455	0.10%
Swap	28/07/2021		Cash	757,148	0.10%
CFD	28/03/2029		Cash	688,417	0.09%
CFD	20/04/2029		Cash	685,506	0.09%
CFD	29/01/2024		Cash	663,999	0.08%

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