Prudential plc — Capital/Financing Update 2015

Sep 23, 2015

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(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales under the number 01397169) (Stock code: 2378)

GRANT OF SHARE OPTIONS

This announcement is made pursuant to Rule 17.06A of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “ Listing Rule ”).

The Company announces that on 22 September 2015, options were granted over a total of 2,231,946 shares (the “ Options ”) to certain eligible employees and agents of the Company, under the Company’s Savings Related Share Option Schemes. A summary is set out below:

Date of grant : 22 September 2015

Exercise price of Options granted : GBP 11.11 per share

Closing price of a Prudential : GBP 13.515 GBP 0.05 Ordinary Share on the date of grant

Validity periods of the Options : Three (3) years, exercisable from 1 December 2018 to 31 May 2019 Five (5) years, exercisable from 1 December 2020 to 31 May 2021

The Options include the following grants to the directors:

Name of Grantee Number of shares under option Michael Andrew Wells (Group Chief Executive) 1,620 Penelope Jane James (Executive Director) 1,620

The grant of options to the executive directors of the Company has been approved by the independent nonexecutive directors of the Company in accordance with the Listing Rules. Save as disclosed in this announcement, none of the Grantees of the Options is a director, chief executive or substantial shareholder of the Company, nor an associate (as defined in the Listing Rules) of any of them.

Name of contact and telephone number for enquiries:

Group Secretariat Jennie Webb +44 (0)20 7548 2027 Stefan Bort +44 (0)20 7548 2115

Note:

Prudential plc is not affiliated in any manner with Prudential Financial, Inc., a company whose principal place of business is in the United States of America.

By order of the Board Prudential plc Alan F. Porter Group Company Secretary

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23 September 2015, London

As at the date of this announcement, the Board of Directors of Prudential plc comprises:

Chairman

Paul Victor Falzon Sant Manduca

Executive Directors

Michael Andrew Wells (Group Chief Executive) , Nicolaos Andreas Nicandrou ACA, Penelope Jane James ACA, Jacqueline Hunt, Michael George Alexander McLintock, Barry Lee Stowe and Tony Paul Wilkey

Non-executive Director

David John Alexander Law ACA

Independent Non-executive Directors

Sir Howard John Davies, Ann Frances Godbehere FCPA FCGA, Alexander Dewar Kerr Johnston CMG FCA, Kaikhushru Shiavax Nargolwala FCA, Anthony John Liddell Nightingale CMG SBS JP, The Hon. Philip John Remnant CBE ACA, Alice Davey Schroeder and Lord Jonathan Adair Turner

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