Prudential plc announced that it cancelled 387,217 ordinary shares on Aug, 17 2026, reducing its outstanding share capital to 2,499,356,914 shares. The cancelled shares had been repurchased on Aug, 13 2026 at GBP 10.162 per share.
In a separate transaction on Aug, 17 2026, the company repurchased 372,457 shares on the London Stock Exchange at prices between GBP 10.365 and GBP 10.54 per share, for a total outlay of about GBP 3.88 million. These shares, together with 382,183 shares repurchased on Aug, 14 2026, are awaiting cancellation.
Under the buyback mandate approved on May, 14 2025, Prudential plc is authorised to repurchase up to 262.67 million shares. To date, it has acquired 113.57 million shares under this mandate, representing roughly 4.36 % of its issued share capital at the time of approval.