Notification of Major Interests in Shares

RNS Number : 0290B

Prudential PLC

10 April 2012

 



  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:

 Acquisition or disposal of voting rights and instruments with a 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 :           

3 April 2012

6.   Date on which issuer notified:

5 April 2012

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

Above  5%

8.   Details notified:

8A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares: Ordinary 5p share; GB0007099541

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction:     

No of Shares	No of Voting Rights
126,616,048	126,616,048

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

No of shares		No of voting rights		% of voting rights
Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
n/a	n/a	n/a	128,527,550	n/a	5.04%

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	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	n/a	n/a	971,548	0.04%	0.04%

Total (A+B+C):

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
129,499,098	5.08%

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 - 129,499,098 (5.08%)

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    

Julia Kitteringham, Group Secretariat

020 7548 6249

Company official responsible for making notification

Clive Burns, Head of Group Secretariat

 

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