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DIVIDEND DECLARATION
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the
month of August, 2026
PRUDENTIAL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
(Translation
of registrant's name into English)
13/F, One International Finance Centre,
1 Harbour View Street, Central,
Hong Kong, China
(Address
of principal executive offices)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports
under
cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form
20-F X
Form 40-F
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the
information
contained
in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to
the
Commission
pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
Yes
No X
If
"Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant
in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-
Prudential plc - First Interim Dividend
Prudential plc ("
Prudential
") has today announced its 2026 first interim
dividend of 8.88 US cents per ordinary share (the
"
Dividend
").
Shareholders holding shares on the UK or Hong
Kong share registers will receive their dividend payments in
either pounds sterling or Hong Kong dollars respectively,
unless they elect to receive dividend payments in US dollars.
Elections for US dollar payments must be made through the relevant
UK or Hong Kong share registrar on or before 2 October 2026.
Further information is available at
https://www.prudentialplc.com/en
/investors/shareholder-centre/cash-dividend-and-currency-election/
.
The
corresponding amount per share in pounds sterling and Hong Kong
dollars is expected to be announced on or around 9 October 2026.
The US dollar to pound sterling and to Hong Kong dollar conversion
rates will be determined by the actual rates achieved by Prudential
buying those currencies.
Holders of American Depositary Receipts ("
ADRs
") will receive their dividend payments in US
dollars through Citibank N.A., the ADR Depositary. Shareholders
holding an interest in Prudential shares through The Central
Depository (Pte) Limited ("
CDP
") in Singapore ("
Singapore
Shareholders
") will receive
their dividend payments in Singapore dollars at the prevailing
market exchange rate.
All shares bought back by Prudential awaiting cancellation on the
Record Date (as defined below) are not eligible for the 2026 first
interim dividend.
A scrip dividend alternative will be offered in respect of the 2026
first interim dividend in accordance with the Evergreen Scrip
Dividend Scheme Terms and Conditions available on Prudential's
website at
https://www.prudentialplc.com/en/investors/shareholder-information/dividend/scrip-dividend
.
The scrip dividend alternative will involve the issuance of
relevant new ordinary shares on the Hong Kong line only. Prudential
will make available a share dealing facility (the
"
Dealing
Facility
") to enable
shareholders who are not able to hold their shares on the Hong Kong
line to participate in the scrip dividend
alternative.
Unless a shareholder has an existing scrip dividend mandate in
place, elections for the scrip dividend alternative must be
received by the deadlines specified in the timetable below. In
particular, shareholders holding shares through CREST or an
intermediary / CCASS, or Singapore Shareholders who cannot apply
for a permanent election, will need to complete a scrip dividend
election by the relevant deadline specified below, as their past
elections cannot be captured.
Prudential will apply to the Listing Committee of the Hong Kong
Stock Exchange ("
HKEX
") and to Singapore Exchange Securities Trading
Limited ("
SGX
") for the new shares to be listed, and to the
HKEX, London Stock Exchange ("
LSE
") and SGX for the shares to be admitted to
trading on the HKEX, LSE and SGX.
Shareholders on the UK register have the option of participating in
the Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP) instead of the scrip dividend
alternative, which enables shareholders to invest their cash
dividend directly in the purchase of Prudential shares in the
market. Further information on the DRIP is available
at
https://www.prudentialplc.com/en/investors/shareholder-centre/dividend-reinvestment-plan/
.
2026 first interim dividend timetable
Ex-dividend
date
10 September 2026 (Hong Kong, UK and Singapore)
(the "
Ex-Dividend
Date
")
Record
date
11 September 2026 (the "
Record Date
")
Announcement of scrip dividend reference
price
(2)
17
September 2026
Expected
publication of mandate forms
On or around 17 September 2026 (Hong
Kong
-
currency and scrip dividend
elections)
On or around 18 September 2026
(Singapore
-
scrip dividend election)
Mandate
forms for UK shareholders (currency, scrip dividend and DRIP
elections) are available to download on Prudential's website at any
time.
Deadline
for receipt of currency elections
5.00pm (UK register) or 4.30pm (Hong Kong
register)
(3)
on
2 October 2026
Deadline
for receipt of scrip dividend elections
5.30pm (Singapore register) on
25
September
2026
5.00pm (UK register) or 4.30pm (Hong Kong
register)
(3)
on
2 October 2026
(the "
Election Deadline
Date
", as
applicable)
Deadline for receipt of
DRIP
elections
5.00pm
(UK register) on 2 October 2026
Announcement
regarding issue of new shares pursuant to scrip dividend
alternative
On
or around 7 October 2026
Pound
sterling and Hong Kong dollar amount per share
announced
On or around 9 October 2026 (the
"
Exchange
Rate Date
")
Payment date, when cash dividends are paid and
applicable CCASS accounts are credited with new scrip
shares
(other
than scrip shares to be sold under the Dealing
Facility
(4)
)
22 October 2026
(Hong
Kong, UK and ADR holders)
On or around
29
October 2026
(Singapore)
(the "
Dividend Payment
Date
", as
applicable)
Notes:
(1)
All
times are local times.
(2)
The
price used to calculate the number of new ordinary shares offered
under the scrip dividend alternative is the average middle-market
price of the shares of Prudential on the LSE over a five-day
dealing period commencing on the Ex-Dividend Date and converted to
US Dollars using the mid-point WMR spot exchange rates quoted by
Bloomberg in London at or around 11.00am on 16 September
2026.
(3)
The
latest time for returning the mandate form by Hong Kong
shareholders will be extended, as the case may be, in accordance
with (a) and (b) below if a tropical cyclone warning signal number
8 or above, or "extreme conditions" announced by the Government of
Hong Kong, or a "black" rainstorm warning signal is in force in
Hong Kong (all times Hong Kong time):
a. at any time before 12.00 noon and no longer in force after
12.00 noon on Friday, 2 October 2026, in which case the latest time
for the return of the mandate form will be extended to 5.00pm on
the same business day; or
b. at any time between 12.00 noon and 4.00pm on Friday, 2
October 2026, in which case the latest time for the return of the
mandate form will be extended to 4.30pm on the next business day
where none of the above warnings is in force at any time between
9.00am and 4.00pm.
(4)
Distribution
of sale proceeds to shareholders (holding their shares on the UK
share register) participating in the scrip dividend alternative via
the Dealing Facility will be made within 14 Hong Kong trading days
of the completion of the sale of the relevant
shares.
Elections for shares held
on
the UK share register
via
CREST
On 15 September 2026, Prudential's registrar, Computershare
Investor Services PLC ("
Computershare
"),
will distribute Electronic Election Entitlements
("
EEEs
") (Interim ISIN code GB00BT7JH788) to all
Prudential shareholders holding shares on the UK share register
through CREST on the Record Date. To make an election via EEEs,
shareholders holding through CREST will be required to transfer an
appropriate number of entitlement shares into a CREST member
account via an Unmatched Stock Event ("
USE
") transaction. There will be a separate account
designated to each option, and these details will be made available
in the CREST system.
Elections via CREST should be received by Computershare no later
than 5.00pm on 2 October 2026. If the USE is not settled by such
deadline, the dividend will be paid in cash in the default
currency. Shareholders holding shares through CREST will need to
ensure that their election is made to the appropriate CREST Member
Account as detailed in the Corporate Action Event that will be made
available in the CREST system by Euroclear UK & International
Limited ("
Euroclear
") against the Interim ISIN Code
GB00BT7JH788.
An election via CREST will not apply in respect of future dividends
as Euroclear will centrally delete all existing dividend election
instruction messages submitted on Prudential ordinary shares prior
to the Record Date. Therefore, in order to avoid automatically
receiving the cash dividend in its default currency, elections will
need to be made via Dividend with Options ("
DWO
") for the 2026 first interim dividend and every
future dividend.
Registrars' contact details
Register
Contact details
UK register:
Computershare Investor Services PLC
The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road,
Bristol, BS13 8AE, United
Kingdom.
Telephone: +44 (0)370 707 1507
Lines are open from 8.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday excluding
weekends and bank holidays.
Hong Kong register: Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services
Limited
17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wan
Chai, Hong Kong.
Telephone: +852 2862 8555
Lines are open from 9.00am to 6.00pm, Monday to Friday excluding
weekends and bank holidays.
Singapore CDP
Shareholders who have shares standing to the credit of their
securities accounts with the CDP in
Singapore
may refer queries
to the CDP.
Enquiries regarding shares held in Depository Agent Sub-accounts
should be directed to your Depository Agent
or broker.
Email:
asksgx@sgx.com
Telephone: +65 6535 7511
Lines are open from 8.30am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday
excluding weekends and public holidays.
ADRs
Citibank Shareholder Services, P.O. Box 43077, Providence, RI
02940-3077, USA.
Telephone:
+1 877
248 4237 (toll free within the United
States)
+1 781 575 4555 (for international callers)
Email:
citibank@shareholders-online.com
Contacts
Media
Investors/analysts
Sonia Tsang
+852 5580 7525
HK
Patrick Bowes
+852 2918 5468
HK
Janice Wong
+852 6188 6381
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
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.
The ISIN code for the ordinary shares of Prudential is GB0007099541
and the TIDM code is PRU.
https://www.prudentialplc.com/
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date:
27 August 2026
PRUDENTIAL
PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
By:
/s/
Ben
Bulmer
Ben
Bulmer
Chief
Financial Officer