AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MARCH 14, 2024 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 20-F (Mark One) ☐ REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 or ☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 or ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 for the transition peri ...

人工智能相关风险 - 公司正在利用人工智能技术(包括生成式AI)来开发新产品和服务,但如果这些应用程序产生的内容存在缺陷或不准确,可能会对公司声誉造成不利影响[2361] - 如果竞争对手比公司更快或更成功地将AI应用于产品,可能会损害公司的竞争力[2363] - 政府和监管机构对AI的日益关注带来了监管不确定性,可能会增加成本和责任,并可能对公司的运营产生不利影响[2364] - 公司在保护使用AI开发的知识产权方面存在不确定性[2365] 合同续签和政府政策风险 - 公司在2024年面临大量合同到期需要续签,特别是在美国学校评估业务,任何合同损失都会减少销售和利润[2355] - 公司美国教育服务和评估业务的业绩和潜在增长取决于联邦和州教育资金的水平,这又取决于州财政的稳健程度和教育计划的资金分配[2356] - 公司面临政府限制非本地公司竞争和/或限制利润汇回的风险,同时还面临关税或其他监管限制等风险[2357][2358] - 针对某些经济体、实体和/或个人的制裁可能会导致公司需要退出某个市场,任何监管调查或调查都可能产生高昂成本[2359] 新产品和服务发展 - 公司在2023年推出了多项新产品和服务,如AI学习工具、视频内容试运营等,这些新产品显示出良好的发展势头,但如果未能保持积极势头,将导致收入和利润下降[2362] - 如果公司未能成功投资和提供合适的产品和服务,以及应对政府关切和竞争威胁,其销售和利润可能会受到不利影响[2366] 数字化转型和客户体验 - 数字化内容和分销渠道的增加正在改变消费者的价值观,并要求公司调整产品和内容分销[2367,2368,2369] - 如果公司未能快速适应这些变化,可能会失去业务机会,并需要投入大量资源来适应竞争环境[2370,2371] - 公司需要有效利用数据来提高产品和服务的质量和范围,以改善学习成果,但这可能受到一些因素的限制[2372,2373] - 公司正在进行直接面向消费者的战略重点和新产品的推出，但存在未能满足客户体验预期的风险[2404] - 公司在直接面向消费者市场上观察到客户期望更高的证据，特别是在Mondly方面，获取和留住新学习者的成本较高[2405] - 公司的技术和数据依赖型产品和服务可能无法满足客户和潜在客户的无障碍性要求[2406] 并购整合风险 - 公司收购、兼并和其他业务合并可能无法产生预期的销售增长、协同效应和/或成本节约,可能导致商誉和无形资产减值[2407] 品牌管理风险 - 公司的业务依赖于强大的品牌,任何未能维护、保护和增强其品牌的失败都会损害其保留或扩展业务的能力[2411] 信息安全和网络风险 - 信息安全和网络风险不断演变,包括来自各种威胁行为者的数据泄露[2415] 测试业务风险 - 公司的测试业务存在固有风险,服务故障可能导致财务损失和声誉损害[2420] 合规风险 - 公司面临遵守全球和当地反贿赂和反腐败法规的风险[2425] - 公司面临遵守反垄断和竞争法规的风险,以及可能产生的法律或监管诉讼[2427] - 公司面临无法充分保护员工、学习者和其他利益相关方健康、安全和福祉的风险[2429] 市场竞争 - 公司在高度竞争的市场中经营业务[2451] - 公司在评估和资格认证、虚拟学习、机构英语学习、高等教育等领域面临激烈竞争[2446,2447,2448,2449,2450] 知识产权管理 - 公司主要知识产权资产包括商标、版权和专利[2452,2453,2454] - 公司并非依赖于任何特定许可、专利或新制造工艺[2455,2456] 原材料和运营风险 - 纸张是公司主要原材料,公司有多种方式应对价格波动[2457,2458] - 公司在一些国家的运营受到资本汇回和对冲货币风险的管制[2459,2460] - 公司拥有或租赁约700处物业,包括测试中心和办公室[2462,2463,2465] - 公司无重大的表外安排[2466]

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 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 March 2024 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 unde ...

Pearson plc (NYSE:PSO) Q3 2023 Earnings Conference Call October 30, 2023 4:30 AM ET Company Participants Joanne Russell - SVP, Investor Relations Andy Bird - CEO Sally Johnson - CFO Conference Call Participants Luke Holbrook - Morgan Stanley Adam Berlin - UBS Thomas Singlehurst - Citigroup Inc. Lisa Yang - Goldman Sachs Nicholas Dempsey - Barclays Joanne Russell Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Pearson's 2023 9-month trading update. Today, we'll host a presentation followed by a Q&A session. There w ...

Pearson Plc (NYSE:PSO) Q2 2023 Results Earnings Conference Call July 31, 2023 4:30 AM ET Company Participants Andy Bird - Chief Executive Officer Sally Johnson - Chief Financial Officer Tony Prentice - Chief Product Officer and Co-President of Direct to Consumer Joanne Russell - Senior Vice President, Investor Relations Conference Call Participants Matthew Walker - Credit Suisse Nick Dempsey - Barclays Capital Adam Berlin - UBS Tom Singlehurst - Citigroup James Tate - Goldman Sachs Luke Holbrook - Morgan St ...

Pearson​ 2023 Interim Results​ 31st July 2023 Forward-looking statements Key messages Significant profit growth ...

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 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 March 2023 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 unde ...

Table of Contents AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MARCH 31, 2023 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 20-F (Mark One) ☐ REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 or ☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 or ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 for t ...

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 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 March 2023 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 unde ...

Pearson plc (NYSE:PSO) Full Year 2020 Results Earnings Conference Call March 8, 2021 3:30 AM ET Company Participants Andy Bird - Chief Executive Andy Jassy - CEO, AWS Sally Johnson - CFO Conference Call Participants Adam Berlin - UBS Sami Kassab - Exane Patrick Wellington - Morgan Stanley Tom Singlehurst - Citi Nick Dempsey - Barclays Matt Walker - Credit Suisse Sarah Simon - Berenberg Silvia Cuneo - Deutsche Bank Luke Smith - Premier Miton Andy Bird Hi, everyone. I'm Andy Bird, Pearson's, Chief Executive. ...