Rule 8.3 - PRUDENTIAL
This disclosure replaces the disclosure that was made on 09 January 2006. The
details of the options transaction were omitted from the previous disclosure.
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 06 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 137,639,016 (5.77%) 1,968,746 (0.08%)
securities
(2) Derivatives 2,737,747 (0.11%) 1,059,022 (0.04%)
(other than options)
(3) Options and 1,040,141 (0.04%) 6,442,236 (0.27%)
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 141,416,904 (5.93%) 9,470,004 (0.40%)
(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
than the class dealt in (Note 3)
Class of Long Short
relevant
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 680 5.6887
Purchase 412 5.7036
Purchase 500 5.6826
Purchase 206 5.6836
Purchase 412 5.6887
Purchase 201 5.6877
Purchase 334 5.7486
Purchase 829 5.6838
Purchase 133 5.6923
Purchase 400 5.7536
Purchase 500 5.6826
Purchase 690 5.7136
Purchase 220,000 5.6800
Purchase 3,275 5.6800
Purchase 2,207 5.6800
Purchase 932 5.6952
Purchase 7,100 5.6800
Purchase 47,380 5.7171
Sale 1,800 5.7212
Sale 400 5.6812
Sale 361 5.7164
Sale 4,250 5.7162
Sale 1,180 5.6823
Sale 482 5.6812
Sale 596 5.6764
Sale 183 5.7414
Sale 933 5.7212
Sale 862 5.7214
Sale 580 5.7023
Sale 1,166 5.7212
Sale 188 Transfer
Sale 550 5.6864
Sale 360 5.6863
Sale 3,539 5.7044
Sale 19,970 5.7004
Sale 177,841 5.7523
Sale 106,365 5.7373
Sale 21,453 5.7328
Sale 80,764 5.7591
Sale 28,301 5.7500
(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 202 5.7536
CFD Long 106,365 5.7373
CFD Long 177,841 5.7523
CFD Long 15,600 5.7471
CFD Long 3,539 5.7044
CFD Short 932 5.6952
CFD Short 7,100 5.6800
CFD Short 4,369 5.6750
(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)
Put Option Purchase 2,000,000 4.42 American 15/12/06 0.08p
(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 10 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