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Pearson plc ("Pearson" or the "Company") Results of Annual General Meeting 2025
Pearson plc held its annual general meeting ("AGM") at 10:30am today. All resolutions set out in the Company's Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 27 March 2025 were proposed and approved on a poll.
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