Holding in Company

Prudential PLC
3 May 2001


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Prudential plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
CGNU plc

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18:
CGNU plc

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

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
See additional information below

6   Percentage of issued class:
see additional information below

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
see additional information below

8   Percentage of issued class:
see additional information below

9   Class of security:
Shares of 5p each

10  Date of transaction:
2 May 2001

11  Date company informed:
3 May 2001

12  Total holding following this notification:
59,878,744

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.02%

14  Contact name for queries:
Robert Walker

15 Contact telephone number:
020 7548 3804

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Deputy Group Secretary

17  Date of notification:
3 May 2001


Additional Information:

CGNU plc through its subsidiary Morley Fund Management Limited were interested
in a total holding of 59,878,744 shares on 2 May 2001, which gave rise to a
notifiable holding of 3.02%.