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23 Share capital

			Number of shares (000's)	£m
Ordinary shares of 25p each
Authorised
At 31 December 2004			1,182,000	296
Called up, allotted and fully paid
At 31 December 2003			802,388	201
Issued under share option and employee share schemes			862	-
At 31 December 2004			803,250	201
Note The consideration received in respect of shares issued during the year was £4m (2003: £5m).
	When granted	Number of shares (000's)	Price (p)	Original subscription exercise period
Options outstanding at 31 December 2004
Worldwide Save for Shares plans	1997	5	530	2004 - 05
	1998	46	687	2005 - 06
	1999	118	913 - 926	2004 - 07
	2000	52	1,277 - 1,481	2005 - 08
	2001	303	957 - 1,096	2004 - 09
	2002	474	696	2005 - 10
	2003	1,978	425 - 426	2006 - 11
	2004	878	495 - 518	2007 - 12
		3,854
Discretionary share option plans	1995	116	487 - 545	1998 - 05
	1996	195	584 - 654	1999 - 06
	1997	943	677 - 758	2000 - 07
	1998	1,483	847 - 1,090	2001 - 08
	1999	2,950	1,081 - 1,922	2002 - 09
	2000	5,432	64 - 3,224	2000 - 10
	2001	11,206	822 - 1,421	2002 - 11
		22,325

Note The subscription prices have been rounded up to the nearest whole penny. The figures include replacement options granted to employees of Dorling Kindersley and the Family Education Network following their acquisition. The discretionary share option plans include all options granted under the Pearson Executive Share Option Plans, the Pearson Reward Plan, the Pearson Special Share Option Plan and the Pearson Long Term Incentive Plan.

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