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               13 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          137,255,168  (5.75%)      1,361,261  (0.06%)
securities
(2) Derivatives         2,506,360  (0.11%)      1,145,187  (0.05%)
(other than
options)
(3) Options and         1,040,141  (0.04%)      6,442,236  (0.27%)
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total                 140,801,669  (5.90%)      8,948,684  (0.37%)




(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      177                  5.5927
Purchase      500                  5.6136
Purchase      218                  5.6086
Purchase      870                  5.6136
Purchase      900                  5.6027
Purchase      187                  5.5936
Purchase      1,500                5.5986
Purchase      408                  5.6036
Purchase      1,580                5.5786
Purchase      50,000               5.5950
Purchase      606                  5.6231
Purchase      49,700               5.5796
Purchase      1,008                5.6158
Purchase      12,322               5.5572
Sale          255                  5.6364
Sale          1,200                5.5814
Sale          1,166                5.6464
Sale          1,033                5.5914
Sale          862                  5.7214
Sale          396                  5.6514
Sale          248                  5.5914
Sale          94                   5.6364
Sale          216                  5.6013
Sale          1,166                5.6364
Sale          933                  5.6514
Sale          1,006                5.6464
Sale          875                  5.5934
Sale          500                  5.6414
Sale          804                  5.6464
Sale          113                  5.6364
Sale          1,033                5.6364
Sale          4,216                5.6463
Sale          6,059                5.6100
Sale          2,252                5.5700
Sale          169,474              5.5900
Sale          1,211                5.6028
Sale          3,100                5.6250
Sale          16,811               5.6133

Please note that the following trade, which was reported on 09/01/2006, has been
cancelled.

Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit
                                   (GBP)
Sale          862                  5.7214



(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          1,211                 5.6028
CFD        Long          3,100                 5.6250
CFD        Long          16,811                5.6133
CFD        Short         606                   5.6231
CFD        Short         49,700                5.5796
CFD        Short         1,008                 5.6158
CFD        Short         12,322                5.5572




(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                         16 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