LONDON, March 19, 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:
Cater Allen International 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 Cater Allen International Limited
4. Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them:
Not known
5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
See additional information
6. Percentage of issued class:
See additional information
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:
Not known
11. Date company informed:
19 March 2004
12. Total holding following this notification:
90,343,121 ordinary shares
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
4.50%
14. Additional Information:
Cater Allen International Limited informed the Company on 19 March 2004 that its interest in the ordinary shares of Prudential plc had increased to 90,343,121 ordinary shares as of 17 March 2004, being 4.50% of the issued share capital. This holding had arisen from stock loan transactions done under the relevant approved documentation as a principal trading member of the London Stock Exchange.
Company official responsible for making notification
John Price, Deputy Group Secretary 020 7548 3805 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange