Holding(s) in Company

Prudential PLC
28 March 2002

28 March 2002

PRUDENTIAL PLC ANNOUNCEMENT

Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares


  Holding in Prudential plc.



 1     Name of shareholder having a major interest:

     Barclays PLC

 2. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
    of the shareholder named in 1 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:

    Beneficial interest of Barclays PLC through its subsidiary Barclays Bank PLC


 3. Name of registered holder(s) and, if more that one holder, the number of
    shares held by each of them:

    Various
 4. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

    See additional information
 5. Percentage of issued class:

    See additional information
 6. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

    N/A
 7. Percentage of issued class:

    N/A
 8. Class of security:

    Share of 5p each


 9. Date of transaction:

    25 March 2002
10. Date company informed:

    28 March 2002
11. Total holding following this notification:

    66,887,628


12. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:


        3.35%


Additional Information:

Barclays PLC hold a beneficial interest in a total holding of 66,887,628
Prudential plc shares on 25 March 2002, which gave rise to a notifiable holding
of 3.35%



                                     -ENDS-



Contact name for Enquiries

Jennie Webb
0207 548 6027

Company official responsible for making notification

Bob Walker, Deputy Group Secretary

020 7548 3804



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