Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5895H

Prudential PLC

06 November 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 :    

                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 :     

3/11/2008

6.    Date on which issuer notified:    

5/11/2008

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

From 5% -  4% (L&G)

            8.    Notified details:

8A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares: 

Ord 5p

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction:      

No of Shares	No of Voting Rights
127,877,621	127,877,621

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

No of shares	No of voting rights		% of voting rights
Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
124,029,884	124,029,884		4.96%

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):

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
124,029,884	4.96%

 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) (133,876,073 - 5.36% = Total Position)     

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) (133,876,073 - 5.36% = Total Position)    

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (133,876,073 - 5.36% = Total Position)    

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (124,029,884 - 4.96 % = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)    

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (92,284,464 - 3.69%=PMC)      

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) (92,284,464 - 3.69% = PMC)      

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 shares in issue figure of 2,496,922,002

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    

Jennie Webb

020 7548 2027

Company official responsible for making notification

Susan Henderson, Deputy Group Secretary

020 7548 3805

 

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