SAR - Martin Currie Capitl

Prudential PLC
8 February 2002

                                                         FORM SAR 5

                                       Date of disclosure..08-Feb-02...


             DISCLOSURE UNDER NOTE 3 OF RULE 5 OF THE RULES GOVERNING
                   SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF SHARES ('SARs')

                 
Date of sale...07-Feb-02...................................................

Sale of........Martin Currie Capital Return Trust plc.....(name of company)


(1) Class of voting shares    Number of shares/rights   If rights over shares
    (eg ordinary shares)      over shares sold          sold, as opposed
                                                        to the shares
                                                        themselves, specify
                                                        nature of rights

    ..B Shares GBP 0.01...    ....100,000......shares   ......n/a.........
                              ......N/A........rights


(2) Resultant total holding   Resultant total holding   Total percentage
    of voting shares (and %   of rights over shares
    of total voting shares    (and % of total voting
    in issue)                 shares in issue)

    ...7,370,456........(%)   .......0.........(0%)..   ..7,370,456..(18.81%)


(3) Party making disclosure.....Prudential plc..............................  

(4)  (a)  Name of person selling shares or rights over shares   M&G Investment 
                                                                Management Ltd                                        
          and, if different, beneficial owner                   Prudential plc 

     (b)  Names of any other persons acting by
          agreement or understanding (see SAR 5)......n/a...................


Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above...................

(Also print name of signatory)....Tom Dowler................................

Telephone and extension number....020 7548 3427.............................


For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of the
SARs.  If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, 
Tel. No: 020 7382 9026.




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