RNS Number : 8928D

Pearson PLC

29 October 2015

PEARSON PLC

(the "Company")

Non-executive director

The Company hereby announces that Elizabeth Corley, a non-executive director of the Company and chairman of its remuneration committee, has been appointed as a non-executive director of BAE Systems plc with effect from 1 February 2016.

This notification is made in accordance with LR 9.6.14.

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