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               18 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          137,481,962  (5.76%)       1,383,923  (0.06%)
securities
(2) Derivatives         2,353,221  (0.10%)         937,581  (0.04%)
(other than
options)
(3) Options and         1,040,141  (0.04%)       6,442,236  (0.27%)
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total                 140,875,324  (5.90%)       8,763,740  (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      712                  5.6974
Purchase      695                  5.6986
Purchase      115,940              5.7025
Purchase      22,143               5.6974
Purchase      7,102                5.7025
Purchase      2,523                5.7025
Purchase      350                  5.7186
Purchase      59,972               5.7025
Purchase      8,991                5.7025
Purchase      5,685                5.6974
Purchase      360                  5.5186
Purchase      114,989              5.7025
Purchase      8,184                5.7025
Purchase      272                  5.5745
Purchase      550                  5.7236
Purchase      3,398                5.7025
Purchase      700                  5.7075
Purchase      10,630               5.7025
Purchase      18,072               5.7025
Purchase      336                  5.5236
Purchase      943                  5.6974
Purchase      4,820                5.6974
Purchase      336                  5.5386
Purchase      875                  5.6536
Purchase      7,106                5.7025
Purchase      48,438               Transfer
Purchase      4,846                5.5589
Purchase      142,219              5.5264
Purchase      14,878               5.5465
Sale          16,971               5.6400
Sale          1,457                5.7014
Sale          1,057                5.5713
Sale          431                  5.6914
Sale          959                  5.7164
Sale          850                  5.7014
Sale          350                  5.6514
Sale          3,326                5.6400
Sale          65                   5.5614
Sale          164                  5.5764
Sale          116                  5.5265
Sale          5,300                5.6513
Sale          385                  5.6914
Sale          1,674                5.5164
Sale          296                  5.5664
Sale          828                  5.6564
Sale          602                  5.6950
Sale          365                  5.5092
Sale          14,489               5.5409




(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          365                   5.5092
CFD        Long          14,489                5.5409
CFD        Short         4,846                 5.5589
CFD        Short         142,219               5.5264
CFD        Short         14,878                5.5465
CFD        Short         8,153                 5.5250



(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                         19 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