Transaction in Own Shares

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Prudential PLC has repurchased a total of 2,414,266 ordinary shares from JP Morgan Securities plc between May 26th and May 29th, 2026, with volume-weighted average prices ranging from 10.7935 GBP to 11.3335 GBP per share. These shares will be cancelled, reducing the total number of shares in issue to 2,519,037,065. Since the buy-back program began on January 6th, 2026, Prudential has acquired 34,909,904 shares at an average price of 1,121.3576 pence.

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Prudential PLC
01 June 2026
 

PRUDENTIAL PLC

 

Transaction in own shares

 

Prudential plc ("Prudential" or the "Company") announces it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each from JP Morgan Securities plc (''JPM'') in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's 2025 Annual General Meeting under the arrangement entered into with JPM announced on 6 January 2026.

 

Date

Trading Venue

Aggregate number of shares purchased

Lowest price per share

Highest price per share

Volume-weighted average price

26 May 2026

XLON

395,464

11.2950

11.4300

11.3335

27 May 2026

XLON

656,870

11.0950

11.2700

11.1831

28 May 2026

XLON

965,643

10.8050

11.1050

10.8889

29 May 2026

XLON

486,289

10.7300

10.8650

10.7935


 

The Company intends to cancel the repurchased shares. Following these transactions, the Company will have 2,519,037,065 shares in issue and the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 2,519,037,065. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator when determining whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

 

The shares were repurchased from JPM as an on-exchange transaction subject to the Listing Rules of the London Stock Exchange and as an on-market purchase for the purposes of the Hong Kong Code on Share Buy-Backs.

 

Issuer name: Prudential plc

ISIN: GB0007099541

Intermediary name: JP Morgan Securities plc

Intermediary code: JPMSGB2L

Currency: GBP

 

Disaggregated information

 

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018), a full breakdown of the individual trades made by JPM on behalf of the Company is available via the link 

below.

 

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3236G_1-2026-5-29.pdf

 

This announcement will also be available on Prudential's website at: LSE - Prudential plc

 

Since the commencement of the share buy-back programme announced on 6 January 2026, the Company has purchased 34,909,904 ordinary shares in aggregate at a volume weighted average price of 1,121.3576p per ordinary share.

 

Additional information

 

About Prudential plc

 

Prudential provides life and health insurance and asset management in Greater China, ASEAN, India and Africa. Prudential's mission is to be the most trusted partner and protector for this generation and generations to come, by providing simple and accessible financial and health solutions. The business has dual primary listings on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (HKEX: 2378) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE: PRU). It also has a secondary listing on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX: K6S) and a listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: PUK) in the form of American Depositary Receipts. It is a constituent of the Hang Seng Composite Index and is also included for trading in the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme and the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme.

 

Prudential is not affiliated in any manner with Prudential Financial, Inc. a company whose principal place of business is in the United States of America, nor with The Prudential Assurance Company Limited, a subsidiary of M&G plc, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom.

 

www.prudentialplc.com

 

Contact

 

Media


Investors/analysts


Simon Kutner

+44 7581 023260 UK

Patrick Bowes

+852 2918 5468 HK

Sonia Tsang

+852 5580 7525 HK

William Elderkin

+44 20 3977 9215 UK



Ming Hau

+44 20 3977 9293 UK



Bosco Cheung

+852 2918 5499 HK



Tianjiao Yu

+852 2918 5487 HK


 

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