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               17 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         136,925,582   (5.74%)     1,536,603   (0.06%)
securities
(2) Derivatives        2,495,440   (0.10%)       924,558   (0.04%)
(other than
options)
(3) Options and        1,040,141   (0.04%)     6,442,236   (0.27%)
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total                140,461,163   (5.89%)     8,903,397   (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      720                  5.6536
Purchase      377                  5.7086
Purchase      260                  5.7186
Purchase      6,439                5.6001
Purchase      815                  5.7136
Purchase      446                  5.6636
Purchase      385                  5.6786
Purchase      246                  5.6977
Purchase      860                  5.7236
Purchase      7,774                5.6550
Purchase      1,156                5.6550
Purchase      6,431                5.6550
Purchase      7,106                5.7025
Purchase      7,013                5.6550
Purchase      3,921                5.6550
Purchase      3,377                5.6550
Purchase      2,687                5.6550
Purchase      8,098                5.6550
Purchase      2,905                5.6550
Purchase      2,523                5.7025
Purchase      1,193                5.7028
Purchase      1,212                5.6498
Purchase      12,269               5.6794
Sale          466                  5.6614
Sale          808                  5.6661
Sale          135,318              5.6893
Sale          13,000               5.7064
Sale          3,058                5.7094



(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          808                   5.6661
CFD        Long          135,318               5.6893
CFD        Long          13,000                5.7064
CFD        Long          3,058                 5.7094
CFD        Short         1,212                 5.6498
CFD        Short         12,269                5.6794
CFD        Short         39,477                5.6893
CFD        Short         135,318               5.6893


(c)  Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)  Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

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


(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                         18 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