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Transaction in Own Shares

18th May 2026 07:00

RNS Number : 6079E
Prudential PLC
18 May 2026
 

PRUDENTIAL PLC

 

Transaction in own shares

 

Prudential plc ("Prudential" or the "Company") announces it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each from JP Morgan Securities plc (''JPM'') in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's 2025 Annual General Meeting under the arrangement entered into with JPM announced on 6 January 2026.

 

Date

Trading Venue

Aggregate number of shares purchased

Lowest price per share

Highest price per share

Volume-weighted average price

11 May 2026

XLON

252,608

11.2800

11.4250

11.3811

12 May 2026

XLON

250,931

11.1400

11.3550

11.2383

13 May 2026

XLON

257,617

11.4000

11.5700

11.4721

14 May 2026

XLON

257,846

11.5350

11.6750

11.6115

15 May 2026

XLON

257,433

11.3100

11.5450

11.4063

 

The Company intends to cancel the repurchased shares. During the week, the Company also allotted 5,721,904 in connection with the scrip dividend alternative and 2,442 in connection with employee share plans. Following these transactions, the Company will have 2,523,184,026 shares in issue and the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 2,523,184,026. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator when determining whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

 

The shares were repurchased from JPM as an on-exchange transaction subject to the Listing Rules of the London Stock Exchange and as an on-market purchase for the purposes of the Hong Kong Code on Share Buy-Backs.

 

Issuer name: Prudential plc

ISIN: GB0007099541

Intermediary name: JP Morgan Securities plc

Intermediary code: JPMSGB2L

Currency: GBP

 

Disaggregated information

 

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018), a full breakdown of the individual trades made by JPM on behalf of the Company is available via the link 

below.

 

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/6079E_1-2026-5-15.pdf

 

This announcement will also be available on Prudential's website at: LSE - Prudential plc

 

Since the commencement of the share buy-back programme announced on 6 January 2026, The Company has purchased 30,244,552 ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange in aggregate at a volume weighted average price of 1,121.9893p per ordinary share.

 

Additional information

 

About Prudential plc

 

Prudential provides life and health insurance and asset management in Greater China, ASEAN, India and Africa. Prudential's mission is to be the most trusted partner and protector for this generation and generations to come, by providing simple and accessible financial and health solutions. The business has dual primary listings on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (HKEX: 2378) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE: PRU). It also has a secondary listing on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX: K6S) and a listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: PUK) in the form of American Depositary Receipts. It is a constituent of the Hang Seng Composite Index and is also included for trading in the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme and the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme.

 

Prudential is not affiliated in any manner with Prudential Financial, Inc. a company whose principal place of business is in the United States of America, nor with The Prudential Assurance Company Limited, a subsidiary of M&G plc, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom.

 

www.prudentialplc.com

 

Contact

 

Media

Investors/analysts

Simon Kutner

+44 7581 023260 UK

Patrick Bowes

+852 2918 5468 HK

Sonia Tsang

+852 5580 7525 HK

William Elderkin

+44 20 3977 9215 UK

Ming Hau

+44 20 3977 9293 UK

Bosco Cheung

+852 2918 5499 HK

Tianjiao Yu

+852 2918 5487 HK

 

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