s198 Notifications

Prudential PLC
29 March 2004



PRUDENTIAL PLC ANNOUNCEMENT

Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares



 1. Name of Company

    Prudential plc

 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest:

    Lehman Brothers International (Europe)

 3. 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:

    Notifiable interest of Lehman Brothers International (Europe)

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

    Not known

 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

    N/A

 6. Percentage of issued class:

    N/A

 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

    See additional information

 8. Percentage of issued class:

    See additional information

 9. Class of security:

    Ordinary shares of 5p each

10. Date of transaction:

    23rd March 2004

11. Date company informed:

    29 March 2004

12. Total holding following this notification:

    83,760,737 ordinary shares

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

    4.17%

14. Additional Information:

    Lehman Brothers International (Europe) notified the Company that it had
    an interest as at the close of business on 23 March 2004 in 83,760,737
    ordinary shares of Prudential plc.

                                     -ENDS-



Contact name for Enquiries

Jennie Webb

020 7548 6027

Company official responsible for making notification

Bob Walker, Deputy Group Secretary

020 7548 3848



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