Exhibit 8.1
List of Subsidiaries
Country of | ||
Company | Incorporation | |
Addison Wesley Longman Australia Pty Ltd | Australia | |
Adelphi Finance Limited | Jersey | |
African Business Channel (Pty) Ltd | South Africa | |
AGS Inc | USA | |
AW Iberoamericana SA de CV | Mexico | |
Axis Finance Inc | USA | |
Bath Road Corporation | USA | |
BDFM Publishers (Pty) Ltd | South Africa | |
Beijing Rongjin Advertising Company Ltd | China | |
Berkhout Nijmegen BV | Netherlands | |
Blue Wharf Ltd | England and Wales | |
BS ZAO | Russia | |
Burmedia Investments Ltd | England and Wales | |
Camshaw USA Inc | USA | |
Chatelain Properties Ltd | England and Wales | |
Children’s Character Books Ltd | England and Wales | |
Chronicle Australasia pty Ltd | Australia | |
Data Broadcasting Corp. BVI | Virgin Islands | |
Detective Nominees Inc | USA | |
Dominie Press Inc | USA | |
Dorling Kindersley — Civilizacao, Editores, Lda | Portugal | |
Dorling Kindersley Australia Pty Ltd | Australia | |
Dorling Kindersley Holdings Ltd | England and Wales | |
Dorling Kindersley Inc | USA | |
Dorling Kindersley India Private Limited | India | |
Dorling Kindersley Ltd | England and Wales | |
Dorling Kindersley Publishers (South Africa) Pty Ltd | South Africa | |
Dorling Kindersley Publishing Inc | USA | |
Dorling Kindersley Publishing Pty Ltd | Australia | |
Dorling Kindersley Verlag GmbH | Germany | |
eCollege inc | USA | |
E-College Lanka (Private) Ltd | Sri Lanka | |
Edexcel China Ltd | Hong Kong | |
Edexcel Ltd | England and Wales | |
Edexcel South Africa Pty Ltd | South Africa | |
Editions Du Renouveau Pedagogique Inc | Canada | |
Education by Association (Pty) Ltd | South Africa | |
Educational Publishers LLP | USA | |
Embankment Finance Ltd | England and Wales | |
English Language Learning and Instruction System Inc | USA | |
eSignal (Europe) Ltd | England and Wales | |
eSignal .com Inc | USA | |
eSignal Inc | USA | |
Exec-Appointments Ltd | England and Wales | |
Exshare Financial (US) Ltd | England and Wales | |
Exshare Financial Inc | USA | |
Exshare Statistical Services Ltd | England and Wales | |
Family Books at Home Inc | USA | |
FDI Intelligence Limited | England and Wales |
Country of | ||
Company | Incorporation | |
FEN (Delaware) Inc | USA | |
Financial Times (Europe) GmbH | Germany | |
Financial Times Business Ltd | England and Wales | |
Financial Times Electronic Publishing (HK) Ltd | Hong Kong | |
Financial Times Group Ltd | England and Wales | |
Financial Times Information Ltd | England and Wales | |
Financial Times Investor Ltd | England and Wales | |
Forum Deutschland Consulting GmbH | Germany | |
Frederick Warne & Co Ltd | England and Wales | |
Frederick Warne & Co Inc | USA | |
Fronter AB | Sweden | |
Fronter AS | Norway | |
Fronter GmbH | Germany | |
Fronter Oy | Finland | |
Fronter SA | Switzerland | |
Fronter spZoo | Poland | |
Fronter UK Limited | England and Wales | |
FT CareerPoint Ltd | England and Wales | |
FT Electronic Publishing (Philippines) Inc | Philippines | |
FT Group Inc | USA | |
FT Information Philippines Inc | Philippines | |
FT Knowledge (Holdings) Inc | USA | |
FT Knowledge Ltd | England and Wales | |
FT Personal Finance Ltd | England and Wales | |
FT Publications Inc | USA | |
FT Search Inc | USA | |
Gamma Master China Ltd | Hong Kong | |
GTIS Corporation | USA | |
Guangzhou Crescent Software Co Ltd | China | |
Green Wharf Limited | England and Wales | |
Harcourt Assessment BVBA | Belgian | |
Headland Digital Media Inc | USA | |
Heinemann Education Botswana Publishers (Pty) Ltd | Botswana | |
Heinemann Publishers (Pty) Ltd | South Africa | |
IDCO Overseas Capital Management Ltd | England and Wales | |
IDCO Overseas Holdings Ltd | England and Wales | |
IDCO Worldwide Holdings Ltd | England and Wales | |
Infinata Inc | USA | |
Infotec Capital Management Corporation | USA | |
Infotec Holdings Corp | USA | |
Interactive Data (Australia) Ltd | Australia | |
Interactive Data (Europe) Ltd | England and Wales | |
Interactive Data (France) SAS | France | |
Interactive Data (Hong Kong) Ltd | Hong Kong | |
Interactive Data (Ireland) Ltd | Ireland | |
Interactive Data (Jersey) Ltd | Jersey | |
Interactive Data (Singapore) PTE Ltd | Singapore | |
Interactive Data Canada Inc | USA | |
Interactive Data Corporation | USA | |
Interactive Data Corporation France SAS | France | |
Interactive Data Managed Solutions AG | Switzerland | |
Interactive Data Managed Solutions AG | Germany | |
Interactive Data Managed Solutions LLC | USA | |
Interactive Data Managed Solutions Ltd | England and Wales | |
Interactive Data Managed Solutions Nordic Oy | Finland |
Country of | ||
Company | Incorporation | |
Interactive Data Managed Solutions S.r.l | Italy | |
Interactive Data Managed Solutions SL | Spain | |
Interactive Data Management & Services GmbH & Co KG | Germany | |
Interactive Data Management and Services Verwaltungs GmbH | Germany | |
Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data Inc | USA | |
Interactive Data Real-Time Services, Inc. | USA | |
Kirihara Logitec Co | Japan | |
Kirihara Shoten Co | Japan | |
L Green Ltd | England and Wales | |
Ladybird Books Ltd | England and Wales | |
Lakeside Trading Estate Ltd | England and Wales | |
Leading Edge Economics Pty Ltd | Australia | |
Learning Network Direct Inc | USA | |
Les Editions du Centre de Psychologie Appliquee SA | France | |
Lesson Lab Inc | USA | |
Longman Australasia Pty Ltd | Australia | |
Longman Botswana (Proprietary) Ltd | Botswana | |
Longman Communications Ltd | England and Wales | |
Longman Group (Overseas) Holdings Ltd | England and Wales | |
Longman House Ltd | England and Wales | |
Longman Indochina Acquisition LLC | USA | |
Longman Kenya Ltd | Kenya | |
Longman Lesotho (Proprietary) Ltd | Lesotho | |
Longman Malawi Ltd | Malawi | |
Longman Mocambique Ltda | Mozambique | |
Longman Namibia (Pty) Ltd | Namibia | |
Longman Nigeria plc | Nigeria | |
Longman Publishing Company SA (Pty) Ltd | South Africa | |
Longman Swaziland (Proprietary) Ltd | Swaziland | |
Longman Tanzania Ltd | Tanzania | |
Longman Uganda Ltd | Uganda | |
Longman Zambia Ltd | Zambia | |
Longman Zimbabwe (Private) Ltd | Zimbabwe | |
Macro Educational Systems Inc | USA | |
Mandatewire Limited | England and Wales | |
Maskew Miller Longman (Pty) Ltd | South Africa | |
Maskew Miller Longman Holdings (Pty) Ltd | South Africa | |
Marblemirror Ltd | England and Wales | |
Mergermarket (U.S.) Ltd | USA | |
Mergermarket Consulting (Australia) Pty Ltd | Australia | |
Mergermarket Consulting (Singapore) Pte Ltd | Singapore | |
Mergermarket Consulting Ltd | Hong Kong | |
Mergermarket Ltd | England and Wales | |
MetaMetrics Inc | USA | |
Money Media Inc | USA | |
National Computer Systems Japan Co Ltd | Japan | |
NCS Information Services Technology (Beijing) Co Ltd | China | |
NCS Pearson Puerto Rico Inc | Puerto Rico | |
NCS Pearson (India) private Ltd | India | |
NCS Pearson Inc | USA | |
NCS Pearson Pty Ltd | Australia | |
NCS Services (UK) Ltd | England and Wales | |
NCSP Holdings Inc | USA | |
New York Institute of Finance Inc | USA |
Country of | ||
Company | Incorporation | |
NYIF Holdings Inc | USA | |
O & B Ltd | England and Wales | |
Ordinate Corporation | USA | |
P. Ed. Aust Pty Ltd | Australia | |
Pearson Canada Holdings Inc | Canada | |
Pearson America LLC | USA | |
Pearson Amsterdam BV | Netherlands | |
Pearson Amsterdam Finance Limited | England and Wales | |
Pearson Assessment & Information BV | Netherlands | |
Pearson Assessment & Information Sweden AB | Sweden | |
Pearson Assessment & Information GmbH | Germany | |
Pearson Australia Finance Unlimited | England and Wales | |
Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd | Australia | |
Pearson Australia Holdings Pty Ltd | Australia | |
Pearson Australia Pty Ltd | Australia | |
Pearson Business Services Inc | USA | |
Pearson Canada Assessments Inc | Canada | |
Pearson Canada Finance Unlimited | England and Wales | |
Pearson Canada Inc | Canada | |
Pearson Capital Company LLC | USA | |
Pearson Charitable Foundation | USA | |
Pearson DBC Holdings Inc | USA | |
Pearson Digital Learning Puerto Rico Inc | Puerto Rico | |
Pearson Dollar Finance plc | England and Wales | |
Pearson Dollar Finance Two plc | England and Wales | |
Pearson Driving Assessments Ltd | England and Wales | |
Pearson Educacion de Chile Ltda | Chile | |
Pearson Educacion de Colombia Ltda | Colombia | |
Pearson Educacion de Mexico SA de CV | Mexico | |
Pearson Educacion de Peru SA | Peru | |
Pearson Educacion Do Brasil Limitada | Brazil | |
Pearson Educacion S.A | Spain | |
Pearson Education (South Africa) Pty Ltd | South Africa | |
Pearson Education (Singapore) Pte Ltd | Singapore | |
Pearson Education Achievement Solutions (Pty) Ltd | South Africa | |
Pearson Education Asia Ltd | Hong Kong | |
Pearson Education Australia Superannuation Fund Pty Ltd | Australia | |
Pearson Education Benelux BV | Belgium | |
Pearson Education de Chile Ltda | Chile | |
Pearson Education de Mexico SA de CV (1 Share) | Mexico | |
Pearson Education Deutschland GmbH | Germany | |
Pearson Education France SAS | France | |
Pearson Education Hellas SA | Greece | |
Pearson Education Holdings Inc | USA | |
Pearson Education Inc | USA | |
Pearson Education Indochina Ltd | Thailand | |
Pearson Education Italia Srl | Italy | |
Pearson Education Japan KK | Japan | |
Pearson Education Korea Ltd | Korea | |
Pearson Education Ltd | England and Wales | |
Pearson Education Nordic AB | Sweden | |
Pearson Education Central Europe Spzoo | Poland | |
Pearson Education S.A | Uruguay | |
Pearson Education S.A. | Argentina |
Country of | ||
Company | Incorporation | |
Pearson Education Schweiz AG | Switzerland | |
Pearson Education South Asia Pte Ltd | Singapore | |
Pearson Education Taiwan Ltd | Taiwan | |
Pearson Education Yayincilik Sirketi | Turkey | |
Pearson Educational Measurement Canada Inc | Canada | |
Pearson Educational Publishers LLC | USA | |
Pearson Finance Partnership | Bermuda | |
Pearson Funding One plc | England and Wales | |
Pearson Heinemann Ltd | England and Wales | |
Pearson Holdings Italy Srl | Italy | |
Pearson Holdings Inc | USA | |
Pearson Inc | USA | |
Pearson India PvT Ltd | India | |
Pearson International Finance Ltd | England and Wales | |
Pearson Investment Holdings Inc | USA | |
Pearson Investment Services Ltd | England and Wales | |
Pearson Knowledge Technologies LLC | USA | |
Pearson Language Assessments Limited | England and Wales | |
Pearson Learning (Hong Kong) Limited | Hong Kong | |
Pearson Loan Finance No.2 Unlimited | England and Wales | |
Pearson Loan Finance Unlimited | England and Wales | |
Pearson Longman Inc | USA | |
Pearson Luxembourg Holdings Ltd | England and Wales | |
Pearson Luxembourg Holdings No.2 Ltd | England and Wales | |
Pearson Luxembourg Holdings Sarl | Luxembourg | |
Pearson Luxembourg Holdings SeNC | Luxembourg | |
Pearson Luxembourg No. 1 Sarl | Luxembourg | |
Pearson Luxembourg No. 2 Sarl | Luxembourg | |
Pearson Malaysia Sdn Bhd | Malaysia | |
Pearson Management Services Ltd | England and Wales | |
Pearson Netherlands BV | Netherlands | |
Pearson Netherlands Holdings BV | Netherlands | |
Pearson New Entertainment Holdings Ltd | England and Wales | |
Pearson New Zealand Ltd | New Zealand | |
Pearson Overseas Holdings Ltd | England and Wales | |
Pearson Overseas Investments Limited | England and Wales | |
Pearson PEM P.R. Inc | Puerto Rico | |
Pearson Professional Holdings Ltd | England and Wales | |
Pearson Property Investments Ltd | England and Wales | |
Pearson Real Estate Holdings Inc | USA | |
Pearson (Singapore) Pte Ltd | Singapore | |
Pearson Services Ltd | England and Wales | |
Pearson Shared Services Ltd | England and Wales | |
Pearson (Shanghai) Corporate Management Consulting Co Ltd | China | |
Penguin — Highbridge Audio LLC | USA | |
Penguin Books (SA) Pty | South Africa | |
Penguin Books Benelux BV | Netherlands | |
Penguin Books Deutschland GmbH | Germany | |
Penguin Books India Pte Ltd | India | |
Penguin Books Ltd | England and Wales | |
Penguin Books S A | Spain | |
Penguin Capital LLC | USA | |
Penguin Group (USA) Inc | USA | |
Penguin Italia SRL | Italy |
Country of | ||
Company | Incorporation | |
Penguin Television Ltd | England and Wales | |
Phumelela Publishers (Pty) Ltd | South Africa | |
PN Holdings Inc | USA | |
Prentice Hall (South Africa) Pty Ltd | South Africa | |
Prentice Hall Holdings BV | Netherlands | |
Promissor Inc | USA | |
Promissor Ltd | England and Wales | |
Rebus Planning Associates Inc | USA | |
Raupo Publishing (NZ) Ltd | New Zealand | |
Rough Guides Inc | USA | |
Rycade Capital Corporation | USA | |
Salspot Ltd | England and Wales | |
Savoy Finance Unlimited | Jersey | |
Servicios Administrationes Pearson Educacion SA de CV | Mexico | |
Shanghai AWL Education Software Ltd | Shanghai | |
Sound Holdings Inc | USA | |
Southwark Administracao e Participacoes Ltda | Brazil | |
Spear Insurance Ltd | Bermuda | |
St Clements Press Ltd | England and Wales | |
Strand Finance Ltd | England and Wales | |
Testchange Ltd | England and Wales | |
The Financial Times (Benelux) Ltd | England and Wales | |
The Financial Times (France) Ltd | England and Wales | |
The Financial Times (Hong Kong) Ltd | Hong Kong | |
The Financial Times (Japan) Ltd | England and Wales | |
The Financial Times (Spain) Ltd | England and Wales | |
The Financial Times International Publishing Ltd | England and Wales | |
The Financial Times Ltd (Newspaper) | England and Wales | |
The Penguin Publishing Co Ltd | England and Wales | |
The Rough Guides Ltd | England and Wales | |
The SIOP Institute LLC | USA | |
Themescene Ltd | England and Wales | |
Tussauds Espana SA | Spain | |
Ventura Publishing Ltd | England and Wales | |
Virtual University Enterprises Inc | USA | |
VUE Testing Services Israel Ltd | Israel | |
W & W Ltd | England and Wales | |
West Thurrock Estate Ltd | England and Wales |