Holding(s) in Company

Prudential PLC
16 April 2008



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 :

Lehman Brothers International (Europe)



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



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

11/04/08



6.      Date on which issuer notified:

15/04/08



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

Above 3%



8.      Notified details:



8A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares:

Ord 5p - GB0007099541



Situation previous to the Triggering transaction:
No of Shares                                               No of Voting Rights

Below 3%                                                   Below 3%



Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:
No of shares            No of voting rights                            % of voting rights
Direct                  Direct                  Indirect               Direct                  Indirect

92,793,502              92,793,502                                     3.75%





8B: Financial Instruments



Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:
Type of financial       Expiration date        Exercise/ Conversion    Number of voting rights % of voting rights
instrument                                     Period/ Date            that may be acquired if
                                                                       the Instrument is
                                                                       exercised/ converted
N/A





Total (A+B):
Number of voting rights                                     % of voting rights

92,793,502                                                  3.75





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



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 2,470,107,022

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

Lee Davis

020 7548 3807



Company official responsible for making notification

Susan Henderson, Deputy Group Secretary

020 7548 3805


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