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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;30, 2011</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 8pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 8pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 8pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE<BR>
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 8pt"><B>PEARSON PLC</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>England and Wales</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>None</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or Other Jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 8pt"><B>80 Strand<BR>
London, England W2CR 0RL</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>The Pearson PLC Employee Stock Purchase Plan<BR>
The Pearson Annual Bonus Share Matching Plan<BR>
The Pearson Long Term Incentive Plan</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Pearson Inc.<BR>
1330 Avenue of the Americas<BR>
New York, NY 10019<BR>
(212)&nbsp;641-2400</B><BR>
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)<BR>
<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 8pt"><B>Copy to:</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 8pt"><B>Howard Kenny<BR>
Morgan, Lewis &#038; Bockius LLP<BR>
101 Park Avenue<BR>
New York, New York 10178<BR>
(212)&nbsp;309-6000<BR>
Fax: (212)&nbsp;309-6001</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer
<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Smaller reporting company <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 8pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>aggregate</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>securities to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>price per</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>offering</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"><B>registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>share</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>price</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Pearson PLC, Ordinary Shares,
nominal value of 25 pence each (1)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">16,540,280 shares(2)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$17.39(3)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$287,635,470(3)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$33,395(3)</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(1)&nbsp;Under certain
circumstances, shares may
be issued in the form of
American Depositary
Shares. A registration
statement on Form F-6
(File No.&nbsp;333-129599) is
effective with respect to
the American Depositary
Shares represented by
American Depositary
Receipts issuable on a
one-for-one basis for the
Pearson PLC Ordinary
Shares registered hereby
upon deposit of such
Ordinary Shares.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(2)&nbsp;Covers shares
under the Pearson PLC
Employee Stock Purchase
Plan (4,174,502 shares),
The Pearson Annual Bonus
Share Matching Plan
(558,235 shares), and the
Pearson Long Term
Incentive Plan
(11,807,543 shares) (the
&#147;Plans&#148;) and, pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;416 under the
Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), an
indeterminate number of
additional shares which
may be offered and issued
pursuant to the Plans to
prevent dilution
resulting from stock
splits, stock dividends
or similar transactions.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(3)&nbsp;Pursuant to
Rule 457(c) and Rule
457(h) under the
Securities Act, the
proposed maximum offering
price per share and the
registration fee for
shares to be issued
pursuant to the Plans are
based on the reported
average of the high and
low prices for the
American Depositary
Shares representing the
Pearson PLC Ordinary
Shares, on
the New York Stock
Exchange on March&nbsp;28,
2011.
</DIV>


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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#U10871000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#U10871001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#U10871002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#U10871003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#U10871004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#U10871005">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#U10871006">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#U10871007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#U10871008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#U10871009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#U10871010">Index to Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information specified in Item&nbsp;1 and Item&nbsp;2 of Part&nbsp;I of the Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of
Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part&nbsp;I of the Registration
Statement. The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I will be delivered to the
participants in the Plans covered by this Registration Statement as
required by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1).
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pearson PLC hereby incorporates by reference in this Registration Statement the following
documents which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;):
</DIV>

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    <TD>The Annual Report of Pearson PLC on Form 20-F filed
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), for the fiscal year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2010;</TD>
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    <TD>All other reports filed by Pearson PLC, respectively,
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
since December&nbsp;31, 2010; and</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by Pearson PLC pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to
the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also
is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The  Companies Act of 2006 (the &#147;Act&#148;) does not permit a company to indemnify a
director or an officer of the company against any liability which by virtue of any rule of law
would otherwise attach to him in respect of negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust
in relation to the company. Subject to the provisions of the Act, but without prejudice to any
indemnity to which the person concerned may otherwise be entitled, Pearson PLC&#146;s Articles of
Association provide that every director or officer of the Company shall be indemnified out of the
assets of the Company against any liability incurred by him for negligence, default, breach of duty
or breach of trust in relation to the affairs of the Company, to the extent that such
indemnification would not be treated as void under the Act.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pearson PLC has directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance policies that insure directors
and officers against the cost of defense, settlement or payment of claims and judgments under
certain circumstances.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Articles of Association of Pearson PLC (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;1.1 to the 2010 Annual Report on Form
20-F)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen certificate for ordinary shares of Pearson PLC, nominal value of 25 pence each (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to
Pearson&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;F-1 (No.&nbsp;333-43198))</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Amended Deposit Agreement between Pearson PLC and The Bank of New York and Form of ADR (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to Pearson&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;F-1 (No.&nbsp;333-43198))</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Freshfields, Bruckhaus, Deringer LLP as to the validity of the Pearson PLC Ordinary Shares (filed herewith)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, London, England, regarding the consolidated financial statements of Pearson
PLC (filed herewith)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Freshfields, Bruckhaus, Deringer LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The Pearson PLC Employee Stock Purchase Plan, adopted by the directors of Pearson PLC on May&nbsp;12 2000 (filed herewith)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The Pearson Annual Bonus Share Matching Plan, adopted by the directors of Pearson PLC on April&nbsp;25, 2008 (filed
herewith)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Pearson PLC Long Term Incentive Plan, adopted by the directors of Pearson PLC on April&nbsp;21 2006 (filed herewith)</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
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    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</TD>
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    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the Registration Statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the
Registration Statement; and</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
Registration Statement or any material change to such
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by such registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the city of London, England on March&nbsp;30, 2011.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">PEARSON PLC<BR>
Registrant<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Robin Freestone
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Robin Freestone&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Know all persons by these presents, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Robin Freestone his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution, and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to execute one or more amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statements on Form S-8 and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and does hereby
grant unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Power of Attorney has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities
indicated as of the 30th day of March, 2011.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on March&nbsp;30, 2011:
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    <TD nowrap align="center">TITLE</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Marjorie Scardino
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Marjorie Scardino
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robin Freestone
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robin Freestone
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer<br>
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Glen Moreno
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Glen Moreno
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David Arculus
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David Arculus
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Patrick Cescau
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Patrick Cescau
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William Ethridge
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William Ethridge
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Rona Fairhead
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Rona Fairhead
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Susan Fuhrman
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Susan Fuhrman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ken Hydon
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ken Hydon
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joshua Lewis
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joshua Lewis
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John Makinson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John Makinson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
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<BR>
PEARSON INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Phil Hoffman
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Phil Hoffman&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Executive Vice President&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Articles of Association of Pearson PLC (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;1.1 to the 2010 Annual Report on Form
20-F)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen certificate for ordinary
shares of Pearson PLC, nominal value of 25 pence each (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to
Pearson&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;F-1 (No.&nbsp;333-43198))</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Amended Deposit Agreement between Pearson PLC and The Bank of New York and Form of ADR (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to Pearson&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;F-1 (No.&nbsp;333-43198))</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Freshfields, Bruckhaus, Deringer LLP as to the validity of the Pearson PLC Ordinary Shares (filed herewith)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, London, England, regarding the consolidated financial statements of Pearson
PLC (filed herewith)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Freshfields, Bruckhaus, Deringer LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The Pearson PLC Employee Stock Purchase Plan, adopted by the directors of Pearson PLC on May&nbsp;12 2000 (filed herewith)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The Pearson Annual Bonus Share Matching Plan, adopted by the directors of Pearson PLC on April&nbsp;25, 2008 (filed
herewith)</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2011
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PEARSON PLC
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
England and Wales
None
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
80 Strand
London, England W2CR 0RL
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
The Pearson PLC Employee Stock Purchase Plan
The Pearson Annual Bonus Share Matching Plan
The Pearson Long Term Incentive Plan
Pearson Inc.
1330 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
(212) 641-2400
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Howard Kenny
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
101 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10178
(212) 309-6000
Fax: (212) 309-6001
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
maximum
maximum
Title of
offering
aggregate
Amount of
securities to be
Amount to be
price per
offering
registration
registered
registered
share
price
fee
Pearson PLC, Ordinary Shares,
nominal value of 25 pence each (1)
16,540,280 shares(2)
$17.39(3)
$287,635,470(3)
$33,395(3)
(1) Under certain
circumstances, shares may
be issued in the form of
American Depositary
Shares. A registration
statement on Form F-6
(File No. 333-129599) is
effective with respect to
the American Depositary
Shares represented by
American Depositary
Receipts issuable on a
one-for-one basis for the
Pearson PLC Ordinary
Shares registered hereby
upon deposit of such
Ordinary Shares.
(2) Covers shares
under the Pearson PLC
Employee Stock Purchase
Plan (4,174,502 shares),
The Pearson Annual Bonus
Share Matching Plan
(558,235 shares), and the
Pearson Long Term
Incentive Plan
(11,807,543 shares) (the
"Plans") and, pursuant to
Rule 416 under the
Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the
"Securities Act"), an
indeterminate number of
additional shares which
may be offered and issued
pursuant to the Plans to
prevent dilution
resulting from stock
splits, stock dividends
or similar transactions.
(3) Pursuant to
Rule 457(c) and Rule
457(h) under the
Securities Act, the
proposed maximum offering
price per share and the
registration fee for
shares to be issued
pursuant to the Plans are
based on the reported
average of the high and
low prices for the
American Depositary
Shares representing the
Pearson PLC Ordinary
Shares, on
the New York Stock
Exchange on March 28,
2011.
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PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
Index to Exhibits
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
EX-99.1
EX-99.2
EX-99.3
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of the Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (the "Registration Statement") is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of
Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of the Registration
Statement. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the
participants in the Plans covered by this Registration Statement as
required by Rule 428(b)(1).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Pearson PLC hereby incorporates by reference in this Registration Statement the following
documents which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):
(a)
The Annual Report of Pearson PLC on Form 20-F filed
pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2010;
(b)
All other reports filed by Pearson PLC, respectively,
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
since December 31, 2010; and
All documents filed by Pearson PLC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to
the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also
is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The  Companies Act of 2006 (the "Act") does not permit a company to indemnify a
director or an officer of the company against any liability which by virtue of any rule of law
would otherwise attach to him in respect of negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust
in relation to the company. Subject to the provisions of the Act, but without prejudice to any
indemnity to which the person concerned may otherwise be entitled, Pearson PLC's Articles of
Association provide that every director or officer of the Company shall be indemnified out of the
assets of the Company against any liability incurred by him for negligence, default, breach of duty
or breach of trust in relation to the affairs of the Company, to the extent that such
indemnification would not be treated as void under the Act.
Pearson PLC has directors' and officers' liability insurance policies that insure directors
and officers against the cost of defense, settlement or payment of claims and judgments under
certain circumstances.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
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4.1
Articles of Association of Pearson PLC (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 1.1 to the 2010 Annual Report on Form
20-F)
4.2
Specimen certificate for ordinary shares of Pearson PLC, nominal value of 25 pence each (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.1 to
Pearson's Registration Statement on Form F-1 (No. 333-43198))
4.3
Form of Amended Deposit Agreement between Pearson PLC and The Bank of New York and Form of ADR (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit 4.2 to Pearson's Registration Statement on Form F-1 (No. 333-43198))
5.1
Opinion of Freshfields, Bruckhaus, Deringer LLP as to the validity of the Pearson PLC Ordinary Shares (filed herewith)
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, London, England, regarding the consolidated financial statements of Pearson
PLC (filed herewith)
23.3
Consent of Freshfields, Bruckhaus, Deringer LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto)
99.1
The Pearson PLC Employee Stock Purchase Plan, adopted by the directors of Pearson PLC on May 12 2000 (filed herewith)
99.2
The Pearson Annual Bonus Share Matching Plan, adopted by the directors of Pearson PLC on April 25, 2008 (filed
herewith)
99.3
Pearson PLC Long Term Incentive Plan, adopted by the directors of Pearson PLC on April 21 2006 (filed herewith)
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the Registration Statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the
Registration Statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by such registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
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controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the city of London, England on March 30, 2011.
PEARSON PLC
Registrant
By:
/s/ Robin Freestone
Robin Freestone
Chief Financial Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all persons by these presents, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Robin Freestone his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution, and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to execute one or more amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statements on Form S-8 and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and does hereby
grant unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
This Power of Attorney has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities
indicated as of the 30th day of March, 2011.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on March 30, 2011:
SIGNATURE
TITLE
/s/ Marjorie Scardino
Marjorie Scardino
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Robin Freestone
Robin Freestone
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Glen Moreno
Glen Moreno
Chairman
/s/ David Arculus
David Arculus
Director
/s/ Patrick Cescau
Patrick Cescau
Director
/s/ William Ethridge
William Ethridge
Director
/s/ Rona Fairhead
Rona Fairhead
Director
/s/ Susan Fuhrman
Susan Fuhrman
Director
/s/ Ken Hydon
Ken Hydon
Director
/s/ Joshua Lewis
Joshua Lewis
Director
/s/ John Makinson
John Makinson
Director
U.S. AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
PEARSON INC.
By:
/s/ Phil Hoffman
Phil Hoffman
Executive Vice President
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Index to Exhibits
4.1
Articles of Association of Pearson PLC (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 1.1 to the 2010 Annual Report on Form
20-F)
4.2
Specimen certificate for ordinary
shares of Pearson PLC, nominal value of 25 pence each (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.1 to
Pearson's Registration Statement on Form F-1 (No. 333-43198))
4.3
Form of Amended Deposit Agreement between Pearson PLC and The Bank of New York and Form of ADR (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit 4.2 to Pearson's Registration Statement on Form F-1 (No. 333-43198))
5.1
Opinion of Freshfields, Bruckhaus, Deringer LLP as to the validity of the Pearson PLC Ordinary Shares (filed herewith)
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, London, England, regarding the consolidated financial statements of Pearson
PLC (filed herewith)
23.3
Consent of Freshfields, Bruckhaus, Deringer LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto)
99.1
The Pearson PLC Employee Stock Purchase Plan, adopted by the directors of Pearson PLC on May 12 2000 (filed herewith)
99.2
The Pearson Annual Bonus Share Matching Plan, adopted by the directors of Pearson PLC on April 25, 2008 (filed
herewith)
99.3
Pearson PLC Long Term Incentive Plan, adopted by the directors of Pearson PLC on April 21 2006 (filed herewith)