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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
 (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
 (https://www.prudentialplc.com/en/investors/latest-stock-exchange-announcements/?secureweb=WINWORD)

 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 (https://www.prudentialplc.com/en/)

 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

 

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
(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
(https://www.prudentialplc.com/en/investors/latest-stock-exchange-announcements/?secureweb=WINWORD)

 

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 (https://www.prudentialplc.com/en/)

 

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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