Directors Shareholding - Amendment

Prudential PLC
20 March 2000

The Issuer has made the following amendment to the Directors Shareholding
announcement released on 17 March 2000 at 17:06 under RNS Number 5166H.

15  Total holding following this notification:

    should read 255,909 and not 312,768 as previously disclosed.

The full corrected version appears below.




Schedule 11 - Notification of interests of Directors and Connected Persons

1   Name of company:
Prudential plc

2   Name of director:
Derek A Higgs

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of     
holding of the director named in 2 above or holding of that person's spouse or
children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non- beneficial interest:
Director named above

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of 
shares held by each of them (if notified):
Derek A Higgs

5   Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with  
the director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s):
N/A

6   Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please  
indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary:
Vesting in the beneficial ownership of the above named director an option over
the maximum number of shares (56,859) by virtue of an award under the rules of
the Prudential Restricted Share Plan, the acquisition of which award was
previously announced on 7 May 1997 AVS No. 309945

7   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
56,859

8   Percentage of issued class:
Less than 0.01%

9   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
n/a

10  Percentage of issued class:
n/a

11  Class of security:
Shares of 5p each

12  Price per share:
Nil

13  Date of transaction:
17 March 2000

14  Date company informed:
17 March 2000

15  Total holding following this notification:
255,909 

16  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
Less than 0.02%

If a director has been granted options by the company, please complete the
following fields:

17  Date of grant:
n/a

18  Period during which or date on which exercisable:
n/a

19  Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option:
n/a

20  Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number:
n/a

21  Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to
be fixed at time of exercise:
n/a

22  Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following
this notification:
n/a

23  Contact name for queries:
Robert Walker

24  Contact telephone number:
020 7548 3804

25  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Robert Walker
Deputy Group Secretary