Prudential plc — Major Shareholding Notification 2011

Jan 5, 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

TR-1: 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 (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

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

Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)

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

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)

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

30 December 2010

1. Date on which issuer notified:

31 December 2010

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

L&G (from 4% to 3%)

1. Notified details:

8A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares:

Ordinary 5p

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction:

No of Shares102,426,001	No of Voting Rights
	102,426,001

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

No of shares101,803,187	No of voting rightsDirectIndirect101,803,187	% of voting rightsDirectIndirect3.99%

8B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

Type of	Expiration date	Exercise/	Number of voting rights	% of voting
financial		Conversion	that may be acquired if	rights
instrument		Period/Date	the Instrument is
			exercised/ converted

N/A

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Number of voting rights % of voting rights

Total (A+B+C):

101,803,187

3.99%

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

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (101,803,187 – 3.99% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (79,669,257 – 3.12% = PMC)

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) (79,669,257 – 3.12% = PMC)

Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)

Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL) Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)

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

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13. Additional information:

Notification using the total voting rights figure of 2,545,594,506

Notification under DTR Sourcebook

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

Anneka Kingan +44 20 7548 3807

Company official responsible for making notification

Clive Burns, Head of Group Secretariat +44 20 7548 2027

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

Executive Directors	Independent Non-executive Directors
Cheick Tidjane Thiam (Group Chief Executive)	Harvey Andrew McGrath (Chairman)
Nicolaos Andreas NicandrouACA	Keki Bomi DadisethFCA
Robert Alan Devey	Howard John Davies
John William Foley	Michael William Oliver Garrett
Michael George Alexander McLintock	Ann Frances GodbehereFCGA
Barry Lee Stowe	Bridget Ann Macaskill
Michael Andrew Wells	Paul Victor Falzon Sant Manduca
	Kathleen Anne O’DonovanACA
	James Hood Ross
	Lord Andrew TurnbullKCB CVO

* For identification purpose

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