Holding(s) in Company
28 Januar 2004 - 2:45PM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:7325U
Pearson PLC
28 January 2004
LETTER TO: RNS
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 we have today received information
that, pursuant to section 198 of the Companies Act 1985, the shareholding of
Franklin Resources, Inc. equals 48,400,695 shares, representing 6.0322% 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)
SCHEDULE
PEARSON PLC
Outstanding Shares 802,371,835
Registered Holder No. of Shares % of Class
Bank of New York 453,710 0.0565%
Chase Nominees Ltd 39,017,198 4.8627%
Citibank Nominees Ltd. 597,178 0.0744%
Euroclear 7,398 0.0009%
HSBC Bank PLC 61,540 0.0077%
Mellon Trust 2,346,725 0.2925%
Merrill Lynch 454,390 0.0566%
Northern Trust Company 780,947 0.0973%
Royal Trust Corp of Canada 1,433,876 0.1787%
State Street Nominees Limited 3,247,733 0.4048%
TOTAL 48,400,695 6.0322%
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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