PRUDENTIAL PLC ANNOUNCEMENT Schedule 10 -- Notification of Major Interests in Shares


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.


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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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