SAR - Vega Group PLC

Prudential PLC
22 January 2002


                                                        FORM SAR 3


                                       Date of disclosure  22-Jan-02

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

                 
Date of acquisition      21-Jan-02

Acquisition in           Vega Group plc            (name of company)


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

       ORD GBP 0.05              50,000       shares           n/a
                                      0       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)

       3,373,479 (     %)            0      ( 0   %)    3,373,479  (18.22%)


(3) Party making disclosure         Prudential Plc  

(4)  (a)  Name of person acquiring shares or 
          rights over shares:                     M&G Investment Management Ltd 
          and, if different, beneficial holder:-  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

Note. Under SAR 5, the holdings of and acquisitions by persons acting by
agreement or understanding must be aggregated and treated as a holding of or
acquisition by one person.  Note 3 on SAR 5 requires persons who must aggregate
holdings to disclose certain disposals.

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, Monitoring
Section, Tel. No: 020 7638 0129.



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