Prudential : (1) Date of Board Committee Meeting and (2) proposed record date for 2016 Interim Dividend

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

The board of directors (the "Board") of Prudential plc (the "Company") announces that a meeting of a committee of the Board will be held on Tuesday, 9 August 2016 at 12 Arthur Street, London, EC4R 9AQ, United Kingdom, at which the committee of the Board will, among other matters, approve the release of the 2016 interim results of the Company and its subsidiaries, and consider the payment of the 2016 interim dividend. It is expected that the announcement of the 2016 interim results will be released at or around 4:30 p.m. (Hong Kong time) on Wednesday, 10 August 2016.

The Company also announces that, subject to the approval and confirmation of a committee of the Board of the Company at a meeting to be held on Tuesday, 9 August 2016 in the United Kingdom:

1. The 2016 interim dividend will be payable to (a) shareholders on the United Kingdom register at 6:00 p.m. (London time) on Friday, 26 August 2016; (b) shareholders on the Hong Kong branch register at 4:30 p.m. (Hong Kong time) on Friday, 26 August 2016; and (c) shareholders with shares standing to the credit of their securities accounts with The Central Depository (Pte) Limited ("CDP Shareholders") at 5:00 p.m. (Singapore time) on Friday, 26 August 2016.

2. Any person who has acquired shares registered on the Hong Kong branch register but who has not lodged the share transfer with Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at Shops 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong should do so before 4:30 p.m. (Hong Kong time) on Friday, 26 August 2016 in order to receive the 2016 interim dividend.

3. The ordinary shares of the Company will be quoted ex dividend for shareholders on the Hong Kong branch register on Thursday, 25 August 2016.

4. The ordinary shares of the Company will be quoted ex dividend for CDP Shareholders at 9:00 a.m. (Singapore time) on Wednesday, 24 August 2016.

By order of the Board Prudential plc Alan F. Porter

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

28 July 2016, Hong Kong

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), Nicolaos Andreas Nicandrou ACA, Penelope Jane James ACA,

John William Foley, Anne Helen Richards, Barry Lee Stowe and Tony Paul Wilkey

Independent Non-executive Directors

Sir Howard John Davies, Ann Frances Godbehere FCPA FCGA, David John Alexander Law ACA, Kaikhushru Shiavax Nargolwala FCA, Anthony John Liddell Nightingale CMG SBS JP,

The Hon. Philip John Remnant CBE ACA, Alice Davey Schroeder and Jonathan Adair Lord Turner

* For identification purposes