Prudential plc — Capital/Financing Update 2023

Oct 3, 2023

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(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales with limited liability, registered 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 Rules”).

Prudential plc (“Prudential”) announces that on 1 October 2023, options were granted over a total of 344,367 new ordinary shares (the “Options”) to certain non-employees under the Prudential International SavingsRelated Share Option Scheme for Non-Employees (the “ISSOSNE”) which was approved at the annual general meeting on 25 May 2023. A summary is set out below:

Date of grant	: 1 October 2023
Number of Options granted	: 344,367
Exercise price of the Options granted	: GBP 7.75 per share, representing not less than 80% of the market
	value of the shares
Closing price of a Prudential GBP	: GBP 8.88 per share
0.05 ordinary share on the date of
grant
Exercise period of the Options	: The Options are exercisable during the respective maturity
granted	periods, 1 December 2026 to 31 May 2027 or 1 December 2028 to
	31 May 2029
Vesting period of the Options granted	: The vesting period is 3 or 5 years from the date of grant.
Grants to service providers or	: ISSOSNE is designed to incentivise and retain individuals, such as
related entity participants	insurance agents, who are not employees of Prudential or its
	subsidiaries (the “Group”) but who are closely connected with the
	Group. The Board of Directors of Prudential is of the view that
	these grants will ensure Prudential’s long term interests are aligned
	and the grantees will be motivated to contribute towards the
	Group’s development.

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The Options were granted to the following category of grantees:

	Number of Options granted
Non-Employees	344,367
Total	344,367

None of the grantees of the Options is a director, chief executive or substantial shareholder of Prudential, nor an associate (as defined in the Listing Rules) of any of them.

As at the date of this announcement, the maximum number of shares available for future grant under the scheme mandate of the above plans and any other plans of Prudential is 205,531,402 and the service provider sublimit of the above plans and any other plans of Prudential is 39,621,514.

About Prudential plc

Prudential plc provides life and health insurance and asset management in 24 markets across Asia and Africa. Prudential’s mission is to be the most trusted partner and protector for this generation and generations to come, by providing simple and accessible financial and health solutions. The business has dual primary listings on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (2378) and the London Stock Exchange (PRU). It also has a secondary listing on the Singapore Stock Exchange (K6S) and a listing on the New York Stock Exchange (PUK) in the form of American Depositary Receipts. It is a constituent of the Hang Seng Composite Index and is also included for trading in the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme and the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme.

Prudential is not affiliated in any manner with Prudential Financial, Inc. a company whose principal place of business is in the United States of America, nor with The Prudential Assurance Company Limited, a subsidiary of M&G plc, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom.

https://www.prudentialplc.com/

By order of the Board Prudential plc Tom Clarkson Company Secretary

3 October 2023, London and Hong Kong

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

Chair

Shriti Vinodkant Vadera

Executive Director

Anil Wadhwani (Chief Executive Officer)

Independent Non-executive Directors

Jeremy David Bruce Anderson CBE, Arijit Basu, Chua Sock Koong, David John Alexander Law ACA, Ming Lu, George David Sartorel, Claudia Ricarda Rita Suessmuth Dyckerhoff, Jeanette Kai Yuan Wong and Yok Tak Amy Yip

* For identification purposes

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