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Pearson plc

Pearson plc's latest dividend of 8.2p per share went ex-dividend on 13 Aug 2026 and is due to be paid on 14 Sep 2026. Pearson plc usually pays two dividends a year, in May and September. Every date below is taken from the company's own regulatory filings.

Data updated

Latest dividend — payment due

Interim dividend

Scrip alternative offered · declared 31 Jul 2026

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 dividends by year

What Pearson plc paid in each of its own financial years, on the basis the company reports. A company’s year and the dates its dividends reach shareholders do not always line up, so a dividend can sit under a different year here than on the payment-dates view. Pearson plc’s financial year ends 31 Dec.

Total dividend per share for each financial year, as stated by the company, since 2015. The outlined bar is the year in progress: the payments declared so far, not a full-year figure. Hover a bar for its value; the table below is the full record, each row linked to its source filing.
Year endedTotalChangeInterimFinalSource
31 Dec 2026In progress8.2p so far———Payments above
31 Dec 202525.2p+5.0%7.8p17.4pFiling ↗
31 Dec 202424p+5.7%7.4p16.6pFiling ↗
31 Dec 202322.7p+5.6%7p15.7pFiling ↗
31 Dec 202221.5p+4.9%6.6p14.9pFiling ↗
31 Dec 202120.5p+5.1%6.3p14.2pFiling ↗
31 Dec 202019.5p0.0%6p13.5pFiling ↗
31 Dec 201919.5p+5.4%6p13.5pFiling ↗
31 Dec 201818.5p+8.8%5.5p13pFiling ↗
31 Dec 201717p−67.3%5p12pFiling ↗
31 Dec 201652p0.0%18p34pFiling ↗
31 Dec 201552p—18p34pFiling ↗

Each year’s total is the figure Pearson plc itself published, linked to the announcement it appeared in, and every payment behind it has been checked against that total. Pearson plc’s financial year ends 31 Dec.

Every annual total above is the figure Pearson plc published in its own results announcement, filed under UK listing rules, and links back to it. This is general information, not investment advice — always confirm against the company’s announcement before acting. Figures are shown in the currency the company declared.