Holding in Company

Prudential PLC
12 April 2001


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Prudential plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
CGNU plc

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:
CGNU plc

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
Various CGNU plc

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:
Additional Information

8   Percentage of issued class:
Additional Information

9   Class of security:
Shares of 5p each

10  Date of transaction:
Not known

11  Date company informed:
11 April 2001

12  Total holding following this notification:
58,346.907

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
2.94%

14  Contact name for queries:
Jackie Cross

15 Contact telephone number:
020 7548 3821

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

17  Date of notification:
12 April 2001





Additional Information:
CGNU plc notified that it ceased to have a notifiable interest on 9 April
2001. The current holding is 58,346,907 shares which represent a material
interest of 2.94%. In addition CGNU plc also holds 15,507,734 shares which are
non-beneficial as they are held in a Authorised Unit Trust Scheme or Open
Ended Investment Company.