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Prudential PLC Director's Dealing 2015

Mar 31, 2015

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Director's Dealing

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of March, 2015

PRUDENTIAL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

(Translation of registrant's name into English)

LAURENCE POUNTNEY HILL,

LONDON, EC4R 0HH, ENGLAND

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports

under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F X Form 40-F

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information

contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the

Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes No X

If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant

in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-

Prudential plc (the Company)

Notification of interests of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMRs) and connected persons

Prudential plc (the Company) announces that in line with its normal timetable it has released to PDMRs shares under its various group wide incentive arrangements. Disposals have also been made to cover the cost of taxes and sales fees. Further awards under current incentive arrangements have been made to PDMRs.

In addition, Prudential has today published its Annual Report on the Company's website www.prudential.co.uk which contains the Directors Remuneration Report for 2014. The report summarises Prudential's Remuneration policy and provides more details of share awards made to the executive directors of the Company.

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of DTR 3.1.4R(1)(a).

Release of awards under Company incentive arrangement; notifications of disposal of interests and awards under the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP)

The Company advises that on 30 March 2015 the Prudential plc Employee Share Trust (the Trust) released ordinary shares of 5p and American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) for the benefit of PDMRs in the Company. Details are shown in table 1 and 2 below.

On 31 March 2015, the Company made awards to PDMRs under its AIP arrangement. Under the AIP a percentage of an executive's annual bonus award must be deferred in shares for a period of three years. As a result of bonus awards approved by the Remuneration Committee for the 2014 financial year, the awards shown in the table below have been made at a market price of £16.88. A further award in ADRs has been made at a market price of $50.48. AIP deferred share awards will be released to participants in March 2018. Shares and ADRs acquired to meet these awards will be registered in the name of the Trust and carry an entitlement to dividends which will be used to purchase additional shares on behalf of the recipient to be held in the Trust until the release date. Details of the AIP awards released and made are shown in table 1 and 2 below.

Table 1

The Company was notified on 31 March 2015 that sales to cover taxes and fees were made in London on 30 March 2015 at £16.9047 per share on behalf of PDMRs, as follows:

Name Beneficial interest in shares before release of award Number of conditional awards released Number of 2012 AIP shares released [1] Number of shares sold to cover taxes and costs Number of shares awarded under the 2015 AIP Total beneficial interest following award % of issued share capital held following transaction
T Thiam 690,902 569,381 110,079 319,666 50,284 990,901 0.0386
P-O Bouée 81,665 51,242 11,505 29,521 22,682 126,028 0.0049
J Hunt 86,824 97,948 - 46,082 24,069 162,759 0.0063
M McLintock 443,779 51,242 39,191 42,547 54,312 506,786 0.0197
N Nicandrou 289,845 201,773 47,365 117,213 28,112 402,517 0.0157
M Coltman 90,459 91,099 25,416 54,818 15,630 142,370 0.0055
J Foley 223,207 217,076 48,413 124,905 41,058 356,436 0.0139
J Murray 46,134 119,567 - 56,253 16,876 126,324 0.0050
T Rolfe 15,947 35,582 6,182 19,650 4,146 36,025 0.0014

Table 2

The Company was notified on 31 March 2015 that sales to cover taxes and fees were made in New York on 30 March 2015 at $50.43 per ADR on behalf of PDMRs, as follows:

Name Beneficial interest in ADRs before release of award Number of conditional awards of ADRs released Number of 2012 AIP ADRs released 1 Number of ADRs relinquished or sold to cover taxes and costs Number of ADRs awarded under the 2015 AIP Total beneficial interest following award % of issued share capital held following transaction
B Stowe 142,144 101,011 27,577 64,309 13,662 192,508 0.0150
M Wells 222,790 216,998 50,657 112,282 56,759 384,265 0.0262

Awards under the Prudential Long Term Incentive Plan

On 31 March 2015, the Company made the following awards to PDMRs under the Prudential Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP).

Under the LTIP the Remuneration Committee can make conditional share awards over both ordinary shares of 5p and ADRs to executives. The awards made in 2015 are in line with Prudential's Directors' remuneration policy and will only be released in March 2018 subject to the achievement of performance criteria. As set out in detail in the 2014 Directors' Remuneration Report, awards will only be released in full if stretching performance targets in respect of Total Shareholder Return and IFRS Operating Profit are met.

Details of the LTIP awards made are shown in tables 3 and 4 below.

Table 3

The following awards of ordinary shares of 5p in the Company have been made at a market price of £16.88:

Name Number of conditional shares awarded Total number of conditional shares held following award % of issued share capital held as conditional share awards following transactions
P-O Bouée 96,119 249,458 0.0097
J Hunt 98,341 328,881 0.0128
M McLintock 35,011 126,185 0.0049
N Nicandrou 104,117 359,046 0.0140
J Adams 59,241 59,241 0.0023
M Coltman 41,516 149,644 0.0058
J Foley 122,808 409,988 0.0159
J Murray 54,502 196,380 0.0076
T Rolfe 54,502 99,617 0.0039

Table 4

The following awards of ADRs have been made at a market price of US$50.48:

Name Number of conditional ADRs awarded Total number of conditional ADRs held following award % of issued share capital held as conditional share awards following transactions
B Stowe 56,970 183,084 0.0140
M Wells 104,611 360,823 0.0281

The Prudential Savings-Related Share Option Scheme (the Scheme)

The Prudential Savings-Related Share Option Scheme is an HMRC approved share option scheme available to all employees of participating companies including UK based executive directors and PDMRs.

Table 5

The Company has been advised by Yorkshire Building Society, the Scheme administrator, that on 30 March 2015 the following transactions took place:

Name Number of options exercised Exercise price Total beneficial interest following release % of issued share capital held following transaction
T Thiam 965 £4.658666 991,866 0.0386
J Murray 1,931 £4.658666 128,255 0.0050

Additional Information

Mr Stowe's beneficial interest in shares is made up of 192,508 ADRs (representing 385,016 ordinary shares) and Mr Wells' beneficial interest in shares is made up of 384,265 ADRs (representing 768,530 ordinary shares).

Prudential plc ADRs are issued at a ratio of 1 ADR being equal to 2 Prudential plc ordinary shares of 5p each.

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.

Date of Notification 31 March 2015

Contact

Jennie Webb, Share Plans Manager, 020 7548 2027

Stefan Bort, Deputy Group Secretary, 020 7548 2115

EFPlaceholder [1] Shares and ADRs released under the AIP have previously been disclosed as part of the PDMRs' beneficial interest in shares.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: 31 March 2015

PRUDENTIAL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
By: /s/ Stefan Bort
Stefan Bort
Deputy Group Secretary