Interim dividend
Amount
8.2p / share
Ex-dividend
13 Aug 2026
Record date
14 Aug 2026
Payment
14 Sep 2026
Source: issuer announcement, UK National Storage Mechanism · filed 31 Jul 2026
Pearson plc
Pearson plc's most recent dividend was 8.2p per share, its interim dividend, paid on 14 Sep 2026. Pearson plc usually pays two dividends a year, in May and September. No further dividend has been declared yet — this page updates when the next one is filed.
Data updated
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Enter the shares you hold to see what each payment is worth. Every amount links to the announcement it came from.
Shares of Pearson plc (PSON). Every figure below is per share, exactly as announced, multiplied by this number.
Payments since 7 May 2021
| Dividend | Paid | Shares held | Your payment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.2pInterim | 14 Sep 2026 | £82.00 | |
| 17.4pFinal | 8 May 2026 | £174.00 | |
| 7.8pInterim | 15 Sep 2025 | £78.00 | |
| 16.6pFinal | 9 May 2025 | £166.00 | |
| 7.4pInterim | 16 Sep 2024 | £74.00 | |
| 15.7pFinal | 3 May 2024 | £157.00 | |
| 7pInterim | 18 Sep 2023 | £70.00 | |
| 14.9pFinal | 5 May 2023 | £149.00 | |
| 6.6pInterim | 20 Sep 2022 | £66.00 | |
| 14.2pFinal | 6 May 2022 | £142.00 | |
| 6.3pInterim | 20 Sep 2021 | £63.00 | |
| 13.5pFinal | 7 May 2021 | £135.00 |
Change any row to match what you held at the time — the number at the top fills them all. Shares bought on or after the ex-dividend date do not receive that payment.
Over the longer run: from 2015 to 2025 Pearson plc’s dividend went 52p → 25.2p, so the income on an unchanged holding changed −51.5% — an average of −7.0% a year over 10 years. Past changes are not a guide to future ones. See every year.
What this assumes. That the number in each row is what you held when that dividend was paid, and that you did not reinvest.
Every per-share figure comes from Pearson plc’s own announcements, filed under UK listing rules. This is general information, not investment advice.
Working out the tax? The dividend tax calculator takes a total and applies this year’s rates and allowance. To see the effect of buying more shares with each payment, try the reinvestment calculator, and to build a whole portfolio’s payment calendar use the dividend income calculator.