Rule 8.3 - PRUDENTIAL

1ORM 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    GBP 0.05
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               23 MARCH 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        120,223,348    (5.01%)     1,005,862   (0.04%)
securities
(2) Derivatives       1,829,840    (0.08%)       419,237   (0.02%)
(other than
options)
(3) Options and       1,150,100    (0.05%)     5,643,486   (0.23%)
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total               123,203,288    (5.13%)     7,068,585   (0.29%)


(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      362                  7.2080
Purchase      260                  7.1940
Purchase      215                  7.2738
Purchase      126                  7.2738
Purchase      20,758               7.2050
Purchase      163                  7.1990
Purchase      485                  7.1738
Purchase      1,089                7.2338
Purchase      751                  7.1588
Purchase      1,026                7.1638
Purchase      127                  7.2738
Purchase      197                  7.1640
Purchase      7,765                7.2656
Purchase      57,364               7.2200
Purchase      1,741                7.1850
Purchase      402                  7.1618
Purchase      30,000               7.2600
Purchase      29,466               7.2250
Sale          900                  7.1612
Sale          715                  7.2362
Sale          600                  7.2750
Sale          550                  7.2412
Sale          500                  7.1612
Sale          77                   7.1962
Sale          700                  7.2412
Sale          366                  7.1420
Sale          455                  7.2460
Sale          735                  Transfer
Sale          623                  7.1840
Sale          500                  7.2312
Sale          280                  7.2462
Sale          29,466               7.2250
Sale          802                  7.1482
Sale          57,364               7.2200
Sale          5,927                7.2468
Sale          3,426                7.2105
Sale          159,300              7.2533
Sale          57,364               7.2200
Sale          29,466               7.2250
Sale          2,195                7.1450
Sale          17,464               7.1530
 Sale          853,935               7.1561


 (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          802                  7.1482
 CFD         Long          57,364               7.2200
 CFD         Long          29,466               7.2250
 CFD         Long          159,300              7.2533
 CFD         Long          3,426                7.2104
 CFD         Long          5,927                7.2468
 CFD         Short         402                  7.1618
 CFD         Short         7,765                7.2656
 CFD         Short         33,633               7.2253
 CFD         Short         26,496               7.2253
 CFD         Short         90,819               7.2253



 (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 (GBP)
                varying etc.      relates(GBP)



  (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                         24 MARCH 2006
 Contact name                               BARCLAYS COMPLIANCE
 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