FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or
15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of May, 2006
PRUDENTIAL PLC
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
LAURENCE POUNTNEY HILL, LONDON, EC4R 0HH, UK
(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.
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If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-
Company Number: 1397169
THE COMPANIES ACT 1985 (AS AMENDED)
Company limited by shares
RESOLUTIONS
of
PRUDENTIAL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
At the Annual General Meeting of the above named Company duly convened and held on 18 May 2006 the following resolutions were passed as ordinary resolutions:
Resolution 13
“THAT the Group Performance Share Plan (Group PSP) the principal terms of which are summarised at Appendix 2a to this Notice and the rules of which are produced to the Meeting and initialled by the Chairman for the purpose of identification, be and are hereby approved and that the directors be authorised to do all acts and things which they may consider necessary or expedient to carry the Group PSP into effect including the making of any amendments to the rules as they may consider necessary or desirable.”
Resolution 14
“THAT the Business Unit Performance Plan (BUPP) the principal terms of which are summarised at Appendix 2b to this Notice and the rules of which are produced to the Meeting and initialled by the Chairman for the purpose of identification, be and are hereby approved and that the directors be authorised to do all acts and things which they may consider necessary or expedient to carry the BUPP into effect including the making of any amendments to the rules as they may consider necessary or desirable.”
Resolution 15
“THAT, subject to the passing of Resolution 15 and without prejudice to any other authority conferred on the directors by or pursuant to Article 12 of the Company’s Articles of Association, the authority conferred on the directors by Article 12 of the Company’s Articles of Association to allot generally and unconditionally relevant securities (as defined in Section 80 of the Companies Act 1985) be renewed for a period expiring at the end of the next Annual General Meeting and for that period the Section 80 amount in respect of the Company’s ordinary shares shall be £40,360,000.”
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The following were passed as special resolutions:
“THAT the directors be authorised to allot equity securities (within the meaning of Section 94 of the Companies Act 1985) for cash pursuant to the power conferred on the directors by Article 13 of the Company’s Articles of Association (subject to Resolution 16 being passed) and for this purpose allotment of equity securities shall include a sale of relevant shares as provided in Section 94(3A) of that Act as if Section 89(1) of that Act did not apply to such allotment provided that (i) the maximum aggregate nominal amount of equity securities that may be allotted or sold pursuant to the authority under Article 13(b) is £6,050,000 and (ii) the authority conferred by this resolution shall expire at the end of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the date on which this resolution is passed.”
“THAT the Company be and is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised, pursuant to Article 58 of the Company’s Articles of Association and in accordance with Section 166 of the Companies Act 1985 to make market purchases (within the meaning of Section 163(3) of the Companies Act 1985) of ordinary shares of five pence each in the capital of the Company provided that:
(a) the maximum aggregate number of ordinary shares hereby authorised to be purchased is 242 million;
(b) the maximum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for each ordinary share is an amount equal to 105 per cent of the average of the middle market quotations for an ordinary share as derived from the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which the share is contracted to be purchased;
(c) the minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for each ordinary share is five pence; and
(d) further provided that this authority shall, unless renewed, varied or revoked prior to such time, expire at the end of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2007 or 18 months from the date of this resolution (whichever is earlier), save that the Company may before such expiry make a contract or contracts to purchase ordinary shares under the authority hereby conferred which would or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of such authority and may make a purchase of ordinary shares in pursuance of any such contract or contracts as if the power conferred hereby had not expired.
All ordinary shares purchased pursuant to said authority shall be either:
(i) cancelled immediately upon completion of the purchase; or
(ii) held, sold, transferred or otherwise dealt with as treasury shares in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 1985.”
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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.
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PRUDENTIAL PLC |
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Date May 19, 2006 |
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/s/Susan Henderson |
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SUSAN HENDERSON, DEPUTY GROUP SECRETARY |
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