TR-1 Notification of Major In

RNS Number : 7025F

Prudential PLC

18 January 2010

 



 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    

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

                Legal & General Group Plc (L&G), Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM)

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

              Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)

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

14 January 2010

      6.   Date on which issuer notified:    

15 January 2010

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

Group - below 5%

LGIM - below 5%

      8.   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
133,876,073	133,876,073

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

No of shares	No of voting rights		% of voting rights
Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Below 5%	Below 5%	Below 5%	Below 5%	Below 5%

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

 Total (A+B):

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Below 5%	Below 5%

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

       applicable:

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) (Below 5% = Total Position)     

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)  (Below 5% = Total Position)    

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (Below 5% = Total Position)    

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (112,754,676 - 4.45% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)    

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (87,606,507 - 3.45%=PMC)      

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) (87,606,507 - 3.45% = PMC)      

Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)

Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL) 

Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)

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:    

Notification using shares in issue figure of 2,532,240,410

Notification under DTR Sourcebook

Prudential plc is not affiliated in any manner with Prudential Financial, Inc. a company whose principle place of business is in the United States of America.

Contact name for Enquiries    

Jennie Webb

020 7548 2027

Company official responsible for making notification

Penny Follows, Shareholder Services and Share Plans Manager

020 7548 3821

 

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