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


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  April 2010 
 

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


 

This Report includes the following documents:
 
1. A press release from Pearson plc announcing 'Director/PDMR Shareholding' 
 

    


 


 
 
PEARSON PLC
(the "Company")
 
 
Notification of Directors' Interests
 
Below are details of purchases, made under the Company's Annual Bonus Share Matching Plan (the "Plan"), of ordinary shares of 25p each and American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) made on the London Stock Exchange on and notified to the Company on Wednesday, 21 April
 
2010:-
 

Name of Director
No. of shares purchased
Percentage of issued stock
Price per share
Total holding following notification
Total percentage following notification
 
Robin Freestone
 
 
18,357
 
 
0.00226%
 
£10.24
 
187,267
 
0.02308%
 
Marjorie Scardino
 
 
38,098
 
0.00469%
 
£10.24
 
1,151,617
 
0.14191%


 
 

Name of director
No. of ADRs purchased
Percentage of issued stock
Price per ADR
Total holding following notification
Total percentage following notification
 
Will Ethridge
 
 
4,728
 
0.00058%
 
$15.86
 
333,395
 
0.04108%


 
The Plan is designed to encourage executives to build up their shareholding in Pearson by investing up to half of their after-tax annual bonus in ordinary shares.  Subject to Pearson meeting a corporate performance target, participants are then entitled to receive, after allowing for tax on their original investment, up to one additional matching share for each of their own shares held for three years.
 
Details of the Plan are included in the company's remuneration report at 
http://www.pearson.com/investor/ar2009/governance/remuneration-report.html
 
This notification is made in accordance with DTR 3.1.2R and LR9.8.6R(1).
 

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:   22 April, 2010


  
By:   /s/ STEPHEN JONES

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Stephen Jones
Deputy Secretary