Exhibit 8.1
LIST OF SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES
Percentage | ||||||||
Interest/ | ||||||||
Name | Country of Incorporation | Voting Power | ||||||
Pearson Education Inc. | United States | 100 | % | |||||
Pearson Education Ltd | England and Wales | 100 | % | |||||
NCS Pearson Inc. | United States | 100 | % | |||||
Pearson Longman Inc. | United States | 100 | % | |||||
Pearson Education Holdings Inc. | United States | 100 | % | |||||
PN Holdings Inc. | United States | 100 | % | |||||
The Financial Times Limited | England and Wales | 100 | % | |||||
Financial Times Business Ltd | England and Wales | 100 | % | |||||
Interactive Data Corporation | United States | 62 | % | |||||
Les Echos SA | France | 100 | % | |||||
Penguin Group (USA) Inc. | United States | 100 | % | |||||
The Penguin Publishing Co Ltd | England and Wales | 100 | % | |||||
Dorling Kindersley Holdings Ltd | England and Wales | 100 | % | |||||
Pearson Inc. | United States | 100 | % | |||||
Pearson Holdings Inc. | United States | 100 | % | |||||
Pearson Overseas Holdings Ltd | England and Wales | 100 | % | |||||
Pearson International Finance Ltd | England and Wales | 100 | % | |||||
Pearson Dollar Finance plc | England and Wales | 100 | % | |||||
Pearson Capital Company LLC | United States | 100 | % | |||||
Pearson Finance Partnership (Bermuda) | Bermuda | 100 | % | |||||
Testchange Ltd | England and Wales | 100 | % | |||||
Pearson Netherlands BV | Netherlands | 100 | % | |||||
Pearson Loan Finance Unlimited | England and Wales | 100 | % | |||||
Pearson Luxembourg Holdings Ltd | England and Wales | 100 | % | |||||
Pearson Luxembourg Holdings Sarl | Luxembourg | 100 | % | |||||
Blue Wharf Ltd | England and Wales | 100 | % | |||||
Themescene Ltd | England and Wales | 100 | % | |||||
Pearson Investments BV | Netherlands | 100 | % | |||||
Pearson DBC Holdings Inc. | United States | 100 | % | |||||
Rycade Capital Corporation | United States | 100 | % | |||||
Data Broadcasting Corporation | British Virgin Islands | 62 | % |