Prudential plc — Major Shareholding Notification 2011

Jun 3, 2011

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

OVERSEAS REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Prudential plc

1. Reason for the notification:

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

1. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation :

BlackRock, Inc.

1. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

n/a

1. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached :

31 May 2011

1. Date on which issuer notified:

1 June 2011

1. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Above 5%

1. Details notified:

8A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares: Ordinary 5p share; GB0007099541

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction:

No of Shares

No of Voting Rights

126,025,573

126,025,573

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

No of sharesDirectIndirectn/an/a	No of votingrightsDirectIndirectn/a126,969,028	% of votingrightsDirectIndirectn/a4.98%

8B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

Type of financial	Expiration date	Exercise/	Number of voting	% of voting rights	% of voting rights
instrument		Conversion	rights that may be
		Period/ Date	acquired if the
			Instrument is
			exercised/
			converted
n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
8C: Financial Instruments with similar		economic effect to	Qualifying Financial Instruments
Type of financial	Expiration date	Exercise/	Number of voting	% of voting	rights
instrument		Conversion	rights that may be
		Period/ Date	acquired if the
			Instrument is	Nominal	Delta
			exercised/
			converted
CFD	n/a	n/a	726,888	0.03%	0.03%
Total (A+B+C):
Number of voting	rights	% of voting rights
127,695,916		5.01%

1. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited – 127,695,916 (5.01%)

Proxy Voting:

1. Name of the proxy holder:

n/a

1. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

n/a

1. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

n/a

13. Additional information:

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.

Contact name for enquiries

Colleen Sutcliffe, Group Secretariat

020 7548 3229

Company official responsible for making notification

Clive Burns, Head of Group Secretariat

2 June 2011, London

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

Chairman

Harvey Andrew McGrath

Executive Directors

Cheick Tidjane Thiam (Group Chief Executive) , Nicolaos Andreas Nicandrou ACA, Robert Alan Devey, John William Foley, Michael George Alexander McLintock, Barry Lee Stowe and Michael Andrew Wells

Independent Non-executive Directors

Keki Bomi Dadiseth FCA, Sir Howard John Davies, Michael William Oliver Garrett, Ann Frances Godbehere FCGA, Bridget Ann Macaskill, Paul Victor Falzon Sant Manduca, Kathleen Anne O’Donovan ACA and Lord Andrew Turnbull KCB CVO

• For identification purposes