London, UK, Sept. 2, 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: Lehman Brothers International (Europe) 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 Lehman Brothers International (Europe) 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: 25th August 2004 11. Date company informed: 2nd September 2004 12. Total holding following this notification: 74,042,089 ordinary shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 3.66% 14. Additional Information: Lehman Brothers International (Europe) notified the Company that it had an interest as at the close of business on 25th August 2004 in 74,042,089 ordinary shares of Prudential plc. -ENDS- This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
Contact name for Enquiries Sylvia Mitchell 020 7548 3826 Company official responsible for making notification Bob Walker, Deputy Group Secretary 020 7548 3848
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