PRUDENTIAL PLC ANNOUNCEMENT
London, UK, Nov. 11, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) --
Holders in Prudential plc
No of Reports in announcement:
1. Name of director:
JW Bloomer, PAJ Broadley, MGA McLintock, M Norbom, GM Wood,
C Manning
2. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect
of holding of the director named in 1 above or holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of
a non-beneficial interest:
N/A
3. Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them (if notified):
BWCI Trust Company Limited
4. Please state whether notification relates to a person(s)
connected with the director named in 1 above and identify the
connected person(s):
Employee Benefit Trust
5. Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions
please indicate whether general/single/Company on PEP and if
discretionary/non-discretionary:
In relation to the Prudential plc Rights Issue announced on
19 October 2004, on 11 November 2004, the trustees of the
Prudential plc Employee Share Trust exercised their rights to
acquire 649,594 additional ordinary shares of 5p nominal value in
Prudential plc at a price of 308p. The trust is a discretionary
trust in which each of the executive directors is, together
with other employees of the Group, a beneficiary and each of the
executive directors is therefore treated as having an interest in
all of the shares in the trust.
6. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
649,594
7. Percentage of issued class:
Less than 0.03%
8. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
N/A
9. Percentage of issued class:
N/A
10. Class of security:
Shares of 5p each
11. Price per share:
308p
12. Date of transaction:
11th November 2004
13. Date company informed:
11th November 2004
14. Total holding following this transaction:
4,601,320
15. Total percentage holding of issued class following this
notification:
Less than 0.2%
If a director has been granted options by the company, please
complete the following fields:
16. Date of grant:
N/A
17. Period during which or date on which exercisable:
N/A
18. Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option:
N/A
19. Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number:
N/A
20. Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that
price is to be fixed at time of exercise:
N/A
21. Total number of shares or debentures over which options held
following this notification:
N/A
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