Notification of Major Interests in Shares

RNS Number : 1560E

Prudential PLC

07 May 2013

 



  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 May 2013

6.   Date on which issuer notified:

6 May 2013

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

Below 10%

8.   Details notified:

8A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares: Ordinary 5p; GB0007099541

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction:     

No of Shares	No of Voting Rights
256,051,954	256,051,954

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

No of shares		No of voting rights		% of voting rights
Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
0	255,851,954	0	255,851,954	0	9.9972%

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
255,851,954	9.9972%

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:	255,851,954	9.997%
Capital Guardian Trust Company	25,310,228	0.989%
Capital International Limited	1,683,400	0.066%
Capital International  SArl	1,821,500	0.071%
Capital International, Inc.	2,663,449	0.104%
Capital Research and Management Company             EuroPacific Growth Fund	224,373,377	8.767%

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    

Julia Herd, Group Secretariat, 020 3480 6249

Company official responsible for making notification

Alan F. Porter, Group Company Secretary

 

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