Notification of Major Interests in Shares

RNS Number : 8419D
Prudential PLC
29 March 2011
 



 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

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments   

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

 BlackRock Inc.            

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

 N/A      

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

24th March 2011

6.   Date on which issuer notified:      

28th March 2011

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

Holding has gone below 5%

8.   Notified details:

8A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares: GB0007099541

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction:     

No of Shares

No of Voting Rights

126,685,887

126,685,887

 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

No of shares

No of voting rights


% of voting rights


Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

n/a

n/a

124,830,761

N/A

4.90%

 

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

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

 

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

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

CFD

 N/A

 N/A

N/A

1,262,821

 0.05%

0.05%

 

Total (A+B+C):

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

126,093,582

4.95%

 

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

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 126,093,582 (4.95%)

Proxy Voting:

10.  Name of the proxy holder:           

N/A

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

N/A 

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

N/A

13.  Additional information:    

 

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    

Anneka Kingan Anneka.kingan@prudential.co.uk 020 7548 3807

Company official responsible for making notification

Clive Burns, Head of Group Secretariat, 020 7548 3805


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