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LONDON - Prudential plc (LSE:PRU) has announced the scrip reference price for its 2025 first interim dividend program at $13.422519 per new ordinary share, according to a company statement released Thursday.
The price was determined by calculating the average middle-market price of Prudential’s shares on the London Stock Exchange over a five-day dealing period that began on September 4, 2025, the ex-dividend date. This figure was then converted to US dollars using Bloomberg’s mid-point WMR spot exchange rates from September 10.
Shareholders who held a minimum of 175 ordinary shares on the September 5 record date are eligible to participate in the scrip dividend alternative. The minimum share requirement was calculated by dividing the scrip reference price by the dividend amount of 7.71 US cents per ordinary share and rounding up to a whole share.
The scrip dividend program allows eligible shareholders to receive new shares instead of cash dividends.
Prudential, which provides life and health insurance and asset management services across Asia and Africa, maintains dual primary listings on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (2378) and the London Stock Exchange, with secondary listings on the Singapore Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange (PUK).
The company announced the scrip dividend alternative on August 27, 2025, in accordance with its Evergreen Scrip Dividend Scheme Terms and Conditions.
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