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 October, 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   6 October 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 6 October 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
52,006,031 shares, now represents 6.46% 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 14

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 14


Current ownership percentage:                    6.46%

Total Shares Held:                          52,006,031

Shares in issue:                           805,666,627

Change in holdings since last filing:      +11,618,540 ordinary shares



                                    MANAGEMENT
                        SHARES HELD  COMPANY      NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME

                         11,757,077   FPM         JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
                          2,488,400   FPM         JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
                          1,624,400   FPM         NORTHERN TRUST LONDON
                            538,800   FPM         MELLON BANK
                            514,400   FPM         STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S
                            335,900   FPM         BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS
                            292,000   FPM         BANKERS TRUST LONDON
                            135,600   FPM         MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES
                              2,900   FMTC        BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO
                          5,518,900  FMRCO        JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
                          1,028,000  FMRCO        BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO
                            125,043  FMRCO        STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO
                          3,981,287   FISL        JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
                         22,179,936   FIL         BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX
                          1,233,088   FIL         JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
                            139,400   FIL         BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS
                            110,900   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: 06 October 2006

                             By:   /s/ STEPHEN JONES
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                                   Stephen Jones
                                   Deputy Secretary