Prudential : Notification of Major Interests in Shares

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

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:

   Norges Bank

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

   N/A

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

   24 April 2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

   25 April 2017

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

   Below 5%

8. Details notified:

   8A: Voting rights attached to shares

   Class/type of shares	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
   	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
   			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
   Ordinary 5p (GB0007099541)	129,908,869	129,908,869	129,079,401	129,079,401	4.99%

   8B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

   Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

   Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	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	Exercise Price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Number of voting rights instrument referes to	% of voting rights
   N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

   Total (A+B+C):

   Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
   129,079,401	4.99%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

   N/A Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

    Norges Bank

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:

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.

Chris Smith, Deputy Company Secretary, +44 (0)20 7548 2115

Helen Archbold, Head of Corporate Secretariat 25 April 2017, 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), 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 FCA, Alice Davey Schroeder and Jonathan Adair Lord Turner FRS

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