Director Shareholding

Prudential PLC
27 April 2005

27 April 2005

PRUDENTIAL PLC ANNOUNCEMENT

Schedule 11 - Notification of Interests of Directors and Connected Persons

Holders in Prudential plc

No of Reports in announcement:

 1. Name of director:

    Jonathan Bloomer, Philip Broadley, Mark Norbom, Michael McLintock, G Mark
    Wood, Clark Manning

 2. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
    of the director named in 1 above or holding of that person's spouse or
    children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial interest:

    Directors named above

 3. Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
    shares held by each of them (if notified):

    BWCI Trust Company Limited

 4. Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the
    director named in 1 above and identify the connected person(s):

    N/A

 5. Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please
    indicate whether general/single/Company on PEP and if discretionary/
    non-discretionary:

    See additional information

 6. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

    See additional information

 7. Percentage of issued class:

    See additional information

 8. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

    N/A

 9. Percentage of issued class:

    N/A

10. Class of security:

    Ordinary shares of 5p each in Prudential plc

11. Price per share:

    £4.372

12. Date of transaction:

    27 April 2005

13. Date company informed:

    27 April 2005

14. Total holding following this transaction:

    See additional information

15. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:

    See additional information


    If a director has been granted options by the company, please complete the
    following fields:

16. Date of grant:

    N/A

17. Period during which or date on which exercisable:

    N/A

18. Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option:

    N/A

19. Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number:

    N/A

20. Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be
    fixed at time of exercise:

    N/A

21. Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this
    notification:

        N/A


Additional information:

An interest in a maximum number of shares capable of vesting in the beneficial
ownership of the above named directors in April 2008 by virtue of a conditional
award under the rules of the Prudential Restricted Share Plan.

Director                    No of shares         Percentage holding of    Total holding          Percentage of class
                            acquired             class

Jonathan Bloomer            365,966              Less than 0.02           1,895,081              Less than 0.08
Philip Broadley             182,983              Less than 0.008          551,136                Less than 0.03
Michael McLintock           58,555               Less than 0.003          281,229                Less than 0.02
G Mark Wood                 193,962              Less than 0.009          657,243                Less than 0.03
Mark Norbom                 182,983              Less than 0.008          967,483                Less than 0.05
Clark Manning               163,352              Less than 0.007          532,527                Less than 0.03



                              -ENDS-

Contact name for Enquiries

Jennie Webb

020 7548 2027

Company official responsible for making notification

Vanessa Jones, Deputy Group Secretary

020 7548 3805






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