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)
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 :
13 September 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:
14 September 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
L&G (from 3% to 4%)
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 |
98,291,088 |
98,291,088 |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:
No of shares |
No of voting rights |
|
% of voting rights |
|
|
Direct |
Indirect |
Direct |
Indirect |
102,426,001 |
102,426,001 |
|
4.03% |
|
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+C):
Number of voting rights |
% of voting rights |
102,426,001 |
4.03% |
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)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (102,426,001 - 4.03% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (83,078,679 - 3.27% = PMC)
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) (83,078,679 - 3.27% = 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 the total voting rights figure of 2,539,213,686
Notification under DTR Sourcebook
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
020 7548 3807
Company official responsible for making notification
Sylvia Edwards, Assistant Group Secretary
020 7548 3826