29th Mar 2011 15:07
PRUDENTIAL PLC ANNOUNCEMENT
Notification of Major Interests in Shares
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
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 (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation :
BlackRock Inc.
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 :
24th March 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:
28th March 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Holding has gone below 5%
8. Notified details:
8A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares: GB0007099541
Situation previous to the Triggering transaction:
No of Shares | No of Voting Rights |
126,685,887 | 126,685,887 |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:
No of shares | No of voting rights | % of voting rights | ||
Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect |
n/a | n/a | 124,830,761 | N/A | 4.90% |
8B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:
Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date | 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/ Date | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights | |
Nominal | Delta | |||||
CFD | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1,262,821 | 0.05% | 0.05% |
Total (A+B+C):
Number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
126,093,582 | 4.95% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 126,093,582 (4.95%)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
N/A
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.
Contact name for Enquiries
Anneka Kingan [email protected] 020 7548 3807
Company official responsible for making notification
Clive Burns, Head of Group Secretariat, 020 7548 3805
Related Shares:
Prudential