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 are				PEARSON 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
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or			03/10/2019
reachedvi:
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):		07/10/2019
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
		% of voting rights	% of voting rights			Total number of
		through financial in-	Total of both in %
		attached to shares		voting rights of
			struments	(8.A + 8.B)
		(total of 8. A)			issuervii
		(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)
Resulting situation
on the date on which		0.19%			0.68%	0.87%		782,054,530
threshold was
crossed or reached
Position of previous
notification (if		0.47%			5.51%	5.98%
applicable)

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

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			996,239			0.13%
US7050151056			489,800			0.06%
SUBTOTAL 8. A		1,486,039	0.19%

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 in-	Expiration	that may be acquired if	% of voting rights
Conversion Peri-
strument	x	the instrument is
date	odxi
			exercised/converted.
Securities Lending	Open		5,159,061	0.66%
		SUBTOTAL 8. B.1	5,159,061	0.66%

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

		Exercise/	Physical or	Number of
Type of financial	Expiration	Conver-
cash			% of voting rights
instrument	datex	sion		xii	voting rights
		Period xi	settlement
Swap	20/05/2020			Cash	159,411	0.02%
CFD	01/10/2029			Cash	13,454	0.002%
			SUBTOTAL	172,865	0.02%
				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 in-
	equals or is higher	equals or is higher
Namexv	struments 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 & Co. LLC
The Goldman Sachs
Group, Inc.
GSAM Holdings LLC
Goldman Sachs Asset
Management, L.P.
Goldman Sachs Asset
Management International
Holdings L.L.C.
Goldman Sachs Asset
Management Co., Ltd.
The Goldman Sachs
Group, Inc.
IMD Holdings LLC
United Capital Financial
Partners, Inc.
United Capital Financial
Advisers, LLC
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
The number and % of voting rights held	N/A

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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	07/10/2019

Natalie White

Deputy Company Secretary

Pearson plc

08 October 2019

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