For immediate release
PRUDENTIAL PLC
(the "Company")
7 April 2010
Annual Financial Report and Annual General Meeting
The Company announces that, pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.1R, two copies of its Annual Report 2009, Notice of Annual General Meeting 2010 and Forms of Proxy for shareholders in the UK and Ireland and ADR holders in the US have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority. Copies of all the above documents will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at:
Document Disclosure Team
UK Listing Authority
The Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7066 1000
The Annual Report 2009 and Notice of Annual General Meeting 2010 and Explanation of Business is available to download from the Company's website at http://www.prudential.co.uk/prudential-plc/investors/agminfo/2010/
The Annual Report 2009 contains the following statement regarding responsibility for the financial statements and directors' report included in the report (references in the following statement are to pages of the Annual Report 2009):
"The directors of Prudential plc, whose names and positions are set out on pages 76 to 78 confirm that to the best of their knowledge:
· The financial statements, prepared in accordance with the applicable set of accounting standards, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole; and
· the directors' report includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that they face."
Prudential plc is not affiliated in any manner with Prudential Financial, Inc, a company whose principal place of business is in the United States of America
Contact name for Enquiries
Sylvia Edwards, Assistant Group Secretary
020 7548 3826
Company official responsible for making notification
Clive Burns, Head of Secretariat
020 7548 3805