Holding(s) in Company
January 05 2004 - 6:53AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:8280T
Pearson PLC
5 January 2004
LETTER TO: RNS
Notification of Change to Interest in Shares
We write in accordance with rule 9.12, under the continuing obligations section
of the Listing Rules, to notify you that we have today received information
that, pursuant to section 198 of the Companies Act 1985, the shareholding of
Franklin Resources, Inc. equals 40,785,075 shares, representing 5.0831% of the
issued share capital of Pearson plc.
The registered holders of the shares are listed on the schedule below.
From: Stephen Jones (Deputy Secretary)
PEARSON PLC
SCHEDULE
PEARSON PLC
Outstanding Shares 802,371,835
Registered Holder No. of Shares % of Class
Bank of New York 443,710 0.0553%
Chase Nominees Ltd 32,038,098 3.9929%
Citibank Nominees Ltd. 597,178 0.0744%
Euroclear 7,398 0.0009%
HSBC Bank PLC 42,440 0.0053%
Mellon Trust 2,271,035 0.2830%
Merrill Lynch 454,390 0.0566%
Northern Trust Company 778,827 0.0971%
Royal Trust Corp of Canada 1,251,076 0.1559%
State Street Nominees Limited 2,900,923 0.3615%
TOTAL 40,785,075 5.0831%
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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