Prudential plc Announces Holding(s) in Company


LONDON, UK, Oct. 27, 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:

     FMR Corp and Fidelity International Limited (FIL)

  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:

     Non beneficial interest. FMR Corp and Fidelity International
     Limited hold all shares attributed to them solely for investment
     purposes.

  4. Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
     number of shares held by each of them:

     Various

  5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

     N/A

  6. Percentage of issued class:

     N/A

  7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

     4,291,951 since 25 October 2004, being the date the company was
     last notified.

  8. Percentage of issued class:

     0.21%

  9. Class of security:

     Ordinary Shares of 5p each

 10. Date of transaction:

     Not known

 11. Date company informed:

     27 October 2004

 12. Total holding following this notification:

     78,275,627

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

     3.87%

 14. Additional Information:

     Fidelity Investment notified the Company that as at 26 October
     2004 it has a non beneficial interest of 3.87% in the ordinary
     share capital of Prudential plc.


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Contact name for Enquiries

Chris Barton
0207 548 3423

Company official responsible for making notification

Bob Walker, Deputy
Secretary
020 7548 3848


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