Notification of Major Interes

RNS Number : 7277D

Prudential PLC

07 December 2009

 



 PRUDENTIAL PLC ANNOUNCEMENT

Notification of Major Interests in Shares

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 

1.        Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:    

           Prudential plc

2.         Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights    

Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation :    

            BlackRock Inc.     

3.        Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):    

          N/A     

4.       Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached :     

          1st December 2009

5.       Date on which issuer notified:    

          4th December 2009 

6.       Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:    

          Holding has gone above 5%

7.       Notified details:

8A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares: Ordinary 5p

 Situation previous to the Triggering transaction:      

No of Shares	No of Voting Rights
Below 5%	Below 5%

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

No of shares	No of voting rights		% of voting rights
Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
		160,592,329	N/A	6.34%

8B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the Instrument is exercised/ converted	% of voting rights
N/A

8C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments 

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the Instrument is exercised/ converted	% of voting rights
				Nominal	Delta
CFD	NA	NA	1,193,308	0.05%

 Total (A+B+C):

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
161,785,637	6.39%

8.      Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, 
         if applicable:

         N/A

Proxy Voting:

9.      Name of the proxy holder:    

         N/A

10.     Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:    

         N/A 

11.    Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:    

         N/A

12.     Additional information:    

On 1 December 2009, the Barclays Global Investors (BGI) business was acquired by BlackRock Inc. The combined holdings of BlackRock, Inc following this acquisition triggered this disclosure requirement.

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    

Penny Follows

020 7548 3821

Company official responsible for making notification

Penny Follows, Shareholder Services and Share Plans Manager

020 7548 3821

 

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