Prudential plc: Holding(s) in Company


London UK, July 12, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- PRUDENTIAL PLC ANNOUNCEMENT

Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1. Name of Company

Prudential plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest:

Legal & General Investment Management Limited

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 1 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18:

Notifiable interest of Legal & General Investment Management Limited

4. Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them:

Various

5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

Not Known

6. Percentage of issued class:

Not Known

7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

N/A

8. Percentage of issued class:

N/A

9. Class of security:

Ordinary shares of 5p each

10. Date of transaction:

9 July 2004

11. Date company informed:

12 July 2004

12. Total holding following this notification:

81,326,380

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:

4.02%%

14. Additional Information:

Legal & General Investment Management Limited notified the Company that it had an interest as at the close of business on 9 July 2004 in 81,326,380 ordinary shares of Prudential plc.

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Contact name for Enquiries

Trish Standaloft

020 7548 3807

Company official responsible for making notification

John Price, Deputy Group Secretary

020 7548 3805


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