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               19 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        137,581,757    (5.76%)     1,326,316   (0.06%)
securities
(2) Derivatives       2,295,614    (0.10%)       957,159   (0.04%)
(other than
options)
(3) Options and       1,040,141    (0.04%)     6,442,236   (0.27%)
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total               140,917,512    (5.90%)     8,725,711   (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      2,000                5.5336
Purchase      173                  5.5736
Purchase      900                  5.5037
Purchase      2,500                5.5186
Purchase      1,800                5.5037
Purchase      280                  5.5286
Purchase      1,250                5.5736
Purchase      12,000               5.5267
Purchase      7,231                5.5700
Purchase      13,431               5.5740
Purchase      1,562                5.6150
Purchase      1,212                5.5997
Purchase      22,662               5.5873
Purchase      88,600               5.5698
Purchase      3,814                5.5606
Sale          250                  5.5114
Sale          640                  5.5314
Sale          1,539                5.5000
Sale          18,088               5.5750
Sale          2,826                5.6005
Sale          24,293               5.6234
Sale          11,984               5.6006




(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          2,826                 5.6005
CFD        Long          24,293                5.6234
CFD        Long          11,984                5.6006
CFD        Short         1,212                 5.5997
CFD        Short         22,662                5.5873
CFD        Short         88,600                5.5698
CFD        Short         3,814                 5.5606





(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                         20 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