Notification of Major Interes

RNS Number : 7509B

Prudential PLC

20 August 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 :     

18/08/08

 

6.   Date on which issuer notified:     

20/08/08

 

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

Above 3% and below 4%

 

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
Above 4%	Above 4%

 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

No of shares	No of voting rights		% of voting rights
Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
116,274,992	116,274,992		3.90%

 

 

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
97,301,087	3.90%

 

 

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 2,491,205,050

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       

Emma Jacobs

020 7548 3931

 

Company official responsible for making notification

Susan Henderson, Deputy Group Secretary

020 7548 3805

 

 

 

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