UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


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                                    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 August 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

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        This Report includes the following documents:

1. A press release from Pearson plc announcing Holding(s) in Company







Letter to      RNS
Letter dated   16 August 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 16 August 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
40,387,491 shares, now represents 5.01% 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 13

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 13


Current ownership percentage:                    5.01%

Total Shares Held:                          40,387,491

Shares in issue:                           805,515,328

Change in holdings since last filing:       +7,071,284 ordinary shares



                                    MANAGEMENT
                        SHARES HELD  COMPANY      NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME

                          7,215,637   FPM         JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
                          2,378,700   FPM         JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
                          1,543,200   FPM         NORTHERN TRUST LONDON
                            545,900   FPM         MELLON BANK
                            477,200   FPM         STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S
                            337,700   FPM         BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS
                            325,700   FPM         BANKERS TRUST LONDON
                            135,600   FPM         MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES
                                300   FMTC        BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO
                          1,905,628  FMRCO        JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
                             27,900  FMRCO        STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO
                          3,520,487   FISL        JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
                         20,505,451   FIL         BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX
                          1,227,588   FIL         JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
                            152,400   FIL         BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS
                             88,100   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: 16 August 2006

                             By:   /s/ STEPHEN JONES
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                                   Stephen Jones
                                   Deputy Secretary