4th Sep 2006 11:43
Pearson PLC04 September 2006 Notification of Change in Interest in Shares We write in accordance with rule 9.12, under the continuing obligations section of the Listing Rules, to notify you that on 4 September 2006 we received information that, pursuant to section 198 of the Companies Act 1985, the shareholding of Barclays PLC, which equals 34,344,083 shares, now represents 4.27% of the issued ordinary share capital of Pearson plc. The registered holders of the shares are listed on the schedule attached to thisannouncement LEGAL ENTITY REPORT PEARSON SEDOL: 0263494 As at 29 August 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 34,344,083 ORD GBP0.25 representing 4.27% of the issued share capital of 804,517,585 units. Legal Entity Holding Percentage Gerrard Ltd 1,965,505 0.2443 Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 37,201 0.0046Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking 905,122 0.1125Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 1,073,619 0.1334Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd 57,296 0.0071Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 71,338 0.0089Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 2,000 0.0002Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 5,628,480 0.6996Barclays Private Bank Ltd 22,104 0.0027Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 14,495,101 1.8017Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 82,900 0.0103Barclays Capital Inc 597,142 0.0742Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 33,908 0.0042 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 6,706,217 0.8336Barclays Global Fund Advisors 2,666,150 0.3314 Group Holding 34,344,083 4.2687 As at 29 August 2006 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 34,344,083 ORD GBP0.25 representing 4.27% of the issued share capital of 804,517,585 units. Registered Holder Account Destination Holding BANK OF NEW YORK 56,892BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 416,530BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 521,452 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 13,791,530Barclays Capital Securities Ltd. 180,612Barclays Capital Securities Ltd. 182,119Barclays Global Investors Canada 57,296Barclays Trust Co & Others 485Barclays Trust Co DMC69 C 0000000000OO0OOO00 19,808Barclays Trust Co E99 C 000000000000000000 255Barclays Trust Co R69 C 000000000000000000 16,653CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 389,562CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 266,201Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69326901 4,000Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69447801 19,000Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 120142001 10,000Clydesdale Nominees HGB0225 120146302 908Gerrard Nominees Limited 602698 445Gerrard Nominees Limited 617906 1,590Gerrard Nominees Limited 633484 445Gerrard Nominees Limited 635860 1,000Gerrard Nominees Limited 637739 584Gerrard Nominees Limited 643975 2,000Gerrard Nominees Limited 654151 1,800Gerrard Nominees Limited 660574 300Gerrard Nominees Limited 768557 1,975 Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1) 67,784INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 3,824,338INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO, 821,923INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO, 67,778INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 136,434INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 206,172INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 6,950INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 244,969INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,137,184INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 5,816 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 22,945INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 100,670INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 48,255INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 12,687INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 74,323INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 54,880JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 209,855JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16338 47,611JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 435,500JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16342 100,640JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 6,282,286JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 17011 13,812 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18408 34,369JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 71,338JPMorgan Chase Bank 40,355JPMORGAN Chase Bank 436,844JPMorgan Chase Bank 116,567JPMorgan Chase Bank 107,846JPMorgan Chase Bank 26,168JPMorgan Chase Bank 6,547JPMorgan Chase Bank 7,651JPMorgan Chase Bank 85,827JPMorgan Chase Bank 22,646JPMorgan Chase Bank 80,839JPMorgan Chase Bank 7,566JPMorgan Chase Bank 49,043JPMorgan Chase Bank 4,485Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN / 31,639Mitsui Asset 13,048R C Greig Nominees Limited 1,028,399R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AKl 456,681R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 110,772R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 64,798R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 147,113R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 234092 750R C Greig Nominees Limited SAl 79,069Reflex Nominees Limited 2,000STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST CO 675STATE STREET BOSTON 413,932Trust & Custody Services Bank 8,127Trust & Custody Services Bank 631ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 22,104 Total 34,344,083 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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