Holding in Company

Prudential PLC
19 September 2000



Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Prudential plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Janus Capital Corporation

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18:
Non beneficial interest. Janus Capital Corporation holds all shares attributed
to it solely in its capacity as investment advisor to its clients.

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
Various JCC clients accounts - Number of shares held by each account not
notified to Company.

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
N/A

6   Percentage of issued class:
N/A

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
17,685,594 -See Additional Information

8   Percentage of issued class:
Less than 0.91%

9   Class of security:
Shares of 5p each

10  Date of transaction:
Not known

11  Date company informed:
19 September 2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
58,725,329

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
2.99%

14  Contact name for queries:
Robert Walker

15 Contact telephone number:
0207 548 3804

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Robert Walker - Deputy Group Secretary


17  Date of notification:
19 September 2000



Additional Information:
Paragraph 7. Number of shares/amount of stock sold:
17,685,594 shares represents the drop in the aggregate shareholding held by
Janus Capital Corporation since the previous notification on 29 August 2000