Rule 8.3 - PRUDENTIAL

FORM 8.3

    DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
              (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)


1.   KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing        BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in              PRUDENTIAL PLC
Class of relevant security    ORD GBP 0.05
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               04 JANUARY 2006

2.   INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE

(a)   Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
security dealt in (Note 3)

                                Long                     Short

                          Number       (%)         Number       (%)

(1) Relevant             137,936,305   (5.78%)     1,699,895    (0.07%)
securities
(2) Derivatives            2,445,504   (0.10%)     1,057,529    (0.04%)
(other than options)
(3) Options and            1,040,141   (0.04%)     4,442,236    (0.19%)
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                    141,421,950   (5.93%)     7,199,660    (0.30%)


(b)  Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company,  other
     than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of relevant           Long                    Short
security:

                      Number                   Number
                                       (%)                      (%)
(1) Relevant
securities

(2) Derivatives
(other than options)

(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total


(c)  Rights to subscribe (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:   Details



3.   DEALINGS (Note 4)

(a)  Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit
                                  (GBP)
Purchase      525                  5.5836
Purchase      311                  5.7386
Purchase      375                  5.5765
Purchase      417                  5.7236
Purchase      1,028                5.7486
Purchase      1,400                5.5786
Purchase      3,132                Transfer
Purchase      170                  5.5750
Purchase      12,387               5.5805
Purchase      3,349                5.7400
Purchase      6,050                5.7503
Purchase      144,891              5.7250
Purchase      8,936                5.6706
Sale          750                  5.5914
Sale          6,416                5.5811
Sale          606                  5.5814
Sale          483                  5.5814
Sale          4,000                5.5761
Sale          182,724              5.7268
Sale          41,200               5.7407
Sale          8,936                5.6894
Sale          1,750                5.5714
Sale          933                  5.5564
Sale          246                  5.7364
Sale          1,250                5.5814
Sale          32,689               5.5610
Sale          50,000               5.5875



(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product    Long/Short    Number of Securities  Price Per
name,      (Note 6)      (Note 7)              Unit (GBP)
e.g. CFD
CFD        Long          182,724               5.7268
CFD        Long          41,200                5.7407
CFD        Long          8,936                 5.6894
CFD        Short         6,050                 5.7503
CFD        Short         144,891               5.7250
CFD        Short         8,936                 5.6706
CFD        Short         96,666                5.7373


(c)  Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)  Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product     Writing,     Number of    Exercise    Type,e.g.     Expiry   Option money
name,       selling,     securities   price       American,     date     paid/received
e.g. call   purchasing   to which                 European               per unit (note 5)
option      , varying    the option               etc.
            etc.         relates
                         (Note 7)


(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g.  Number of           Exercise price per
call option         securities          unit (Note 5)



(d)  Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)


Nature of transaction Details           Price per unit
(Note 8)                                (if applicable)
                                        (Note 5)



4.   OTHER INFORMATION

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives


Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of
any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or
relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced.  If none, this should be stated.





Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9)                 NO


Date of disclosure                         05 JANUARY 2006
Contact name                               BARCLAYS CORPORATE SECRETARIAT
Telephone number                           020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of
offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of
connection (Note 10)


Notes

The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk