Annual Financial Report

Pearson plc

("Pearson" or the "Company")

Pearson announces that the following documents have been published today and are available on its website at pearsonplc.com/investors/performance/results-reports-presentations

- Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023 (the "Annual Report")

- Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2023 (the "20-F")

The Annual Report has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1 and will shortly be available for inspection in unedited full text at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

The 20-F has today been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

A hard copy of the complete audited financial statements can be obtained free of charge from the Company Secretary at companysecretary@pearson.com.

This announcement is made in accordance with DTR 6.3.5R(1A).