Prudential PLC Announces Holding(s) in Company


LONDON, UK, Aug. 26, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- 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:

     See additional information

  6. Percentage of issued class:

     See additional information

  7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

     N/A

  8. Percentage of issued class:

     N/A

  9. Class of security:

     Ordinary shares of 5p each

 10. Date of transaction:

     20th August 2004

 11. Date company informed:

     26th August 2004

 12. Total holding following this notification:

     108,413,123 ordinary shares

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

     5.36%

 14. Additional Information:

     Lehman Brothers International (Europe) notified the Company that
     it had an interest as at the close of business on 20th August
     2004 in 108,413,123 ordinary shares of Prudential plc.


                                 -ENDS-


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