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(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales under the number 01397169)

(Stock code: 2378)

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

HELD ON 17 MAY 2018

Prudential plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today, Resolutions 1 to 23 (inclusive) and Resolution 25 as ordinary resolutions together with Resolution 24 and Resolutions 26 to 29 (inclusive) as special resolutions, were duly passed and the results of the polls are as follows:

RESOLUTION

VOTES

FOR

% OF VOTES CAST

VOTES AGAINST

% OF VOTES CAST

VOTES CAST IN TOTAL

TOTAL VOTES CAST AS A %

OF ISSUED SHARE CAPIT

AL

VOTES WITHHELD

1

To receive and consider the accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2017, together with the Strategic Report, Director's Remuneration Report, Directors' Report and the Auditor's Report on those Accounts

2,000,694,115

98.57

29,078,941

1.43

2,029,773,056

78.32%

45,552,563

2

To approve the Directors'

Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2017

1,944,563,586

94.91

104,204,573

5.09

2,048,768,159

79.05%

26,571,316

3

To elect Mr Mark FitzPatrick as a Director

2,042,842,989

98.50

31,082,282

1.50

2,073,925,271

80.02%

1,410,505

4

To elect Mr James Turner as a Director

2,047,543,177

98.73

26,311,483

1.27

2,073,854,660

80.02%

1,481,116

5

To elect Mr Thomas Watjen as a Director

2,063,456,843

99.48

10,863,020

0.52

2,074,319,863

80.04%

1,015,913

6

To re-elect Sir Howard Davies as a Director

2,049,416,818

98.80

24,902,989

1.20

2,074,319,807

80.04%

1,015,970

7

To re-elect Mr John Foley as a Director

2,047,619,960

98.73

26,312,305

1.27

2,073,932,265

80.02%

1,403,511

8

To re-elect Mr David Law as a Director

2,050,636,957

98.86

23,666,652

1.14

2,074,303,609

80.03%

1,032,167

9

To re-elect Mr Paul Manduca as a Director

1,898,778,716

93.61

129,553,907

6.39

2,028,332,623

78.26%

47,003,152

10

To re-elect Mr Kaikhushru Nargolwala as a Director

2,061,465,167

99.38

12,845,181

0.62

2,074,310,348

80.03%

1,025,428

11

To re-elect Mr Nicolaos Nicandrou as a Director

2,047,581,127

98.73

26,346,593

1.27

2,073,927,720

80.02%

1,408,056

12

To re-elect Mr Anthony Nightingale as a Director

1,788,748,086

87.20

262,657,287

12.80

2,051,405,373

79.15%

23,930,404

13

To re-elect Mr Philip Remnant as a Director

2,048,461,804

98.75

25,859,442

1.25

2,074,321,246

80.04%

1,016,525

14

To re-elect Ms Anne Richards as a Director

2,048,111,979

98.75

25,841,187

1.25

2,073,953,166

80.02%

1,384,605

15

To re-elect Ms Alice Schroeder as a Director

2,065,332,102

99.57

8,989,233

0.43

2,074,321,335

80.04%

1,014,441

16

To re-elect Mr Barry Stowe as a Director

2,047,448,136

98.73

26,331,634

1.27

2,073,779,770

80.01%

1,556,006

17

To re-elect Lord Turner as a Director

2,063,523,548

99.48

10,795,015

0.52

2,074,318,563

80.04%

1,017,213

18

To re-elect Mr Michael Wells as a Director

2,052,685,200

98.98

21,232,033

1.02

2,073,917,233

80.02%

1,420,692

19

To re-appoint KPMG LLP as the Company's auditor

2,019,210,130

97.34

55,173,127

2.66

2,074,383,257

80.04%

952,519

20

To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the amount of the auditor's remuneration

2,063,478,844

99.47

10,923,551

0.53

2,074,402,395

80.04%

935,531

21

To renew the authority to make political donations

2,040,420,806

98.79

24,897,716

1.21

2,065,318,522

79.69%

10,018,903

22

To renew the authority to allot ordinary shares

2,036,158,258

98.43

32,532,291

1.57

2,068,690,549

79.82%

6,172,887

23

To renew the extension of authority to allot ordinary shares to include repurchased shares

2,051,755,309

99.16

17,391,759

0.84

2,069,147,068

79.84%

6,186,369

24

To renew the authority for disapplication of pre-emption rights

2,054,572,958

99.01

20,577,952

0.99

2,075,150,910

80.07%

182,526

25

To renew the authority for issuance of mandatory convertible securities (MCS)

2,031,766,225

98.20

37,333,598

1.80

2,069,099,823

79.83%

6,233,612

26

To renew the authority for disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with an issuance of MCS

2,013,340,518

97.02

61,799,412

2.98

2,075,139,930

80.07%

193,505

27

To renew the authority for purchase of own shares

2,037,172,685

98.28

35,678,172

1.72

2,072,850,857

79.98%

2,486,547

28

To renew the authority in respect of notice for general meetings

1,912,763,542

92.60

152,963,198

7.40

2,065,726,740

79.70%

9,606,696

29

To adopt the new Articles of Association

2,064,577,892

99.99

196,342

0.01

2,064,774,234

79.67%

10,559,202

As at 6.00pm on 15 May 2018, the number of issued shares of the Company was 2,591,762,523 ordinary shares, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against all the resolutions at the AGM. In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, on a poll every member present in person or by proxy has one vote for every share held.

There were no restrictions on shareholders to cast votes on any of the resolutions proposed at the AGM. Votes withheld are not votes in law and therefore have not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against a resolution. Equiniti Limited was appointed as the scrutineer for vote-taking at the AGM.

Pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.2 of the UK Listing Rules, copies of all resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed at the AGM on 17 May 2018, will shortly be available to view via the National Storage Mechanism athttp://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

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:

Chris Smith, Deputy Group Secretary +44 (0)20 7548 2115 Alan F. Porter, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

By order of the Board

Prudential plc

Alan F. Porter

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

17 May 2018, London

As at the date of this announcement, the Board of Directors of Prudential plc comprises:

Chairman

Paul Victor Falzon Sant Manduca

Executive Directors

Michael Andrew Wells (Group Chief Executive), Mark Thomas FitzPatrick CA, Stuart James Turner FCA, John William Foley, Nicolaos Andreas Nicandrou ACA, Anne Helen Richards and Barry Lee Stowe

Independent Non-executive Directors

Sir Howard John Davies, David John Alexander Law ACA, Kaikhushru Shiavax Nargolwala FCA, Anthony John Liddell Nightingale CMG SBS JP, The Hon. Philip John Remnant CBE FCA,

Alice Davey Schroeder, Jonathan Adair Lord Turner FRS and Thomas Ros Watjen

* For identification purposes

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