Major Shareholding Notification

RNS Number : 2382O

Prudential PLC

05 February 2016

 

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:

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

3.   Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

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

See answer to Question 9

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

      3 February 2016

6.   Date on which issuer notified:

4 February 2016

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

Above 10%

8.   Details notified:

8A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary 5p (GB0007099541)	252,307,999	252,307,999			259,909,559		10.103%
ADRs (US74435K2042)	405,522	811,044			813,186		0.032%

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	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

8C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments 

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
				Nominal	Delta
n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Total (A+B+C):

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
260,722,745	10.135%

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

The Capital Group Companies, Inc. (CG) holdings	Number of Shares	Percent of Outstanding
Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:	260,722,745	10.1345%
Capital Research and Management Company	246,939,021	9.599%

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:         

n/a

Prudential plc is not affiliated in any manner with Prudential Financial, Inc. a company whose principal place of business is in the United States of America.

Contact name for enquiries    

Emma Abdul, Group Secretariat, [phone]

Company official responsible for making notification

Helen Archbold, Head of Corporate Secretariat  

 

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