LONDON, Oct. 25, 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: FMR Corp and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) 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: Non beneficial interest. FMR Corp and Fidelity International Limited hold all shares attributed to them solely for investment purposes. 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: 5,311,791 ordinary shares of 5p each since 21 July 2004, being the date the company was last notified. 6. Percentage of issued class: 0.263% 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: 25 October 2004 12. Total holding following this notification: 82,567,578 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 4.08% 14. Additional Information: Fidelity Investment notified the Company that as at 21 October 2004 it has a non beneficial interest of 4.08% in the ordinary share capital of Prudential plc. -ENDS- This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
-0- Contact name for Enquiries Chris Barton 0207 548 3423 Company official responsible for making notification John Price, Deputy Group Secretary 020 7548 3805
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