-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, ADkKBQiSaZ1MPPsDaMUjZqWo8C0vlhP3M48r+1+cdXb7Q1OcItuF1vOsk84BNwQC vpu77LN6UDAM+h1+cQEcKA== 0001191638-06-002427.txt : 20061006 0001191638-06-002427.hdr.sgml : 20061006 20061006132124 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001191638-06-002427 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20061006 FILED AS OF DATE: 20061006 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20061006 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PEARSON PLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000938323 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BOOKS: PUBLISHING OR PUBLISHING AND PRINTING [2731] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: X0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-16055 FILM NUMBER: 061133200 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 80 STRAND CITY: LONDON ENGLAND STATE: X0 ZIP: WC2R 0RL BUSINESS PHONE: 442070102000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 80 STRAND CITY: LONDON ENGLAND STATE: X0 ZIP: WC2R 0RL 6-K 1 pson200610066k.txt HOLDING(S) IN COMPANY UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FORM 6-K REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the month of October, 2006 PEARSON plc (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) N/A (Translation of registrant's name into English) 80 Strand London, England WC2R 0RL 44-20-7010-2000 (Address of principal executive office) Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F: Form 20-F X Form 40-F Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Yes No X - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Report includes the following documents: 1. A press release from Pearson plc announcing Holding(s) in Company Letter to RNS Letter dated 6 October 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 6 October 2006 we received information that, pursuant to section 198 of the Companies Act 1985, the shareholding of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Ltd, which equals 52,006,031 shares, now represents 6.46% of the issued ordinary share capital of Pearson plc. The registered holders of the shares are listed on the schedule below. Letter from Pearson Plc Amendment 14 NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- U.K. COMPANIES ACT 1. Company in which shares are held: Pearson Plc 2. Notifiable Interest: Ordinary Shares (A) FMR Corp. 82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109 Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings.) (B) Fidelity International Limited (FIL) P.O. Box HM 670 Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIA(K)L), Fidelity Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and Fidelity Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients. 3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of: Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d 82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109 A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited. 4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985. 5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarity and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these notifications on a joint basis. 6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4)(b) of the Act, namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively. Schedule A Security: PEARSON PLC Amendment 14 Current ownership percentage: 6.46% Total Shares Held: 52,006,031 Shares in issue: 805,666,627 Change in holdings since last filing: +11,618,540 ordinary shares MANAGEMENT SHARES HELD COMPANY NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME 11,757,077 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 2,488,400 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 1,624,400 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 538,800 FPM MELLON BANK 514,400 FPM STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 335,900 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 292,000 FPM BANKERS TRUST LONDON 135,600 FPM MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES 2,900 FMTC BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO 5,518,900 FMRCO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 1,028,000 FMRCO BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO 125,043 FMRCO STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 3,981,287 FISL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 22,179,936 FIL BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX 1,233,088 FIL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 139,400 FIL BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 110,900 FIL NORTHERN TRUST LONDON SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. PEARSON plc Date: 06 October 2006 By: /s/ STEPHEN JONES ----------------------- Stephen Jones Deputy Secretary -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----