Major Interests notification

Prudential PLC
19 March 2003

PRUDENTIAL PLC ANNOUNCEMENT

Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

        Holding in Prudential plc.


1.  Name of shareholder having a major interest:

    BNP Paribas

 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.

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

    BNP Paribas Arbitrage SNC & Cardif

 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:

    Shares of 5p each


 9. Date of transaction:

    13 March 2003

10. Date company informed:

    19 March 2003

11. Total holding following this notification:

    61,494,082

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

    3.07%


Additional Information:

BNP Paribas notified us on 19 March 2003 that it has a beneficial interest of
3.07% in the capital of Prudential plc.


                                     -ENDS-



Contact name for Enquiries

Jennie Webb

0207 548 6027

Company official responsible for making notification

John Price, Deputy Group Secretary

020 7548 3805




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