Notification of Major Interes

RNS Number : 7340S
Prudential PLC
15 September 2010
 



 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 :         

 BlackRock Inc.            

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

 N/A      

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

13 September 2010

6.   Date on which issuer notified:      

14 September 2010

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

Holding has gone above 5%

8.   Notified details:

8A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares: GB0007099541

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction:     

No of Shares

No of Voting Rights

125,363,404

125,363,404

 

 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

No of shares

No of voting rights


% of voting rights


Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

n/a

n/a

126,398,052

N/A

4.98

 

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

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

CFD

 N/A

 N/A

N/A

612,617

 0.02%

0.02%

 

Total (A+B+C):

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

127,010,669

5.00%

 

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

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 127,010,669 (5.00%)

 

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:    

 

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    

Anneka Kingan, Group Secretariat 020 7548 3807 

Company official responsible for making notification

Sylvia Edwards, Assistant Group Secretary 020 7548 3826


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