EX-99 79 b744755ex99-4.htm Prepared and filed by St Ives Burrups

Exhibit 99.4


Prudential plc Annual General Meeting 2004
Form of Proxy
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I/We, the undersigned, a member of Prudential plc, hereby appoint the Chairman of the meeting (see note 2 on page 1)

 

as my/our proxy to vote for me/us on my/our behalf at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held on 6 May 2004 at 11.00am and at any adjournment thereof. I/We have indicated how I/we wish my/our proxy to vote on the following resolutions by marking the appropriate boxes like this . I/We further authorise my/our proxy to vote on any other resolutions that may properly be put to the meeting as my/our proxy thinks fit. If no indication is given, the proxy will vote or abstain at his/her discretion.

Ordinary Business For   Against   Abstain   Discretionary  








 
1. To receive the Directors’ Report and the Financial Statements        
                   
2. To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report        
                   
3. To re-elect as a Director Mr J W Bloomer        
                   
4. To re-elect as a Director Mr P A J Broadley        
                   
5. To re-elect as a Director Mr R O Rowley        
                   
6. To elect as a Director Ms K A O’Donovan        
                   
7. To elect as a Director Mrs B A Macaskill        
                   
8. To elect as a Director Mr M Norbom        
                   
9. To reappoint KPMG Audit Plc as auditors and to authorise                
  the directors to fix the amount of their remuneration        
                 
Special Business                
                   
10. Ordinary resolution: Prudential plc political donations        
                   
11. Ordinary resolution: Egg plc political donations        
                   
12. Ordinary resolution: increase of authorised share capital        
                   
13. Ordinary resolution: to grant the directors authority to allot preference shares        
                   
14. Ordinary resolution: to renew directors’ authority to allot ordinary shares        
                   
15. Special resolution: renewal of authority for dis-application of pre-emption rights        
                   
16. Special resolution: renewal of authority for purchase of own shares        
                   
17. Special resolution: amendment to Articles of Association        
                   
Signature
Date                                           2004


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Prudential plc Incorporated and registered in England and Wales. Registered number 1397169. Registered office: Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R 0HH


Prudential plc Annual General Meeting 2004

To be held at: The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE on Thursday 6 May 2004 at 11.00am.

Refreshments will be available from 10.30am and after the meeting.

Special arrangements have been made to help shareholders who are in any way physically disabled or those who are hard of hearing.

The nearest tube stations are St James’s Park and Westminster on the District and Circle Lines. Westminster is also on the Jubilee line.

Bus routes, 24, 11 and 211 all stop nearby.



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Electronic Proxy Appointment
A proxy may also be appointed electronically as follows:

Electronic Proxy Appointment
An electronic proxy appointment may be made by logging onto Lloyds TSB Registrars’ website www.sharevote.co.uk Shareholders will need their Reference Number, Card ID and Account Number – the three sets of numbers totalling 24 – printed at the top of the page opposite. Full details of the procedures are given on the website. Alternatively, if you have already registered with Lloyds TSB Registrars’ on-line portfolio service Shareview, you can submit your proxy by logging onto your portfolio at www.shareview.co.uk, and clicking on Company Meetings. Instructions are given on the website.

Electronic Voting through CREST
If you are a CREST member, you may use the CREST electronic proxy appointment service. The CREST Proxy Instruction must be properly authenticated in accordance with CREST specifications and must contain the information required for such instructions as set out in the CREST manual. The message, regardless of whether it constitutes the appointment of a proxy or an amendment to the instruction given to a previously appointed proxy must, in order to be valid, be transmitted so as to be received by our agent (ID 7RA01) by the latest time(s) for receipt of proxy appointments.

IMPORTANT: In any case your instructions or Form of Proxy must be received by the Company’s Registrars no later than 11.00am on 4 May 2004. Please note that any electronic communication found to contain a computer virus will not be accepted.

Further details are included on page 8 of the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2004 and Explanation of Special Business.


Prudential plc Annual General Meeting 2004
Attendance Card

 

       
       
       
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Prudential plc Annual General Meeting 2004
Notes

1.
  
If you wish to attend the Annual General Meeting at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE on Thursday 6 May 2004 at 11.00am, please bring with you the Attendance Card above. You may be asked to produce it to show you have the right to attend and speak or vote at the meeting.
   
2.
  
If you wish to vote at the Annual General Meeting but are unable to attend in person, you may appoint a proxy to act on your behalf by completing the Form of Proxy overleaf. You may appoint a proxy of your own choice if you wish; if you do so the words ‘the Chairman of the meeting’ should be deleted and the name of the proxy entered into the appropriate space. A proxy may not speak at the meeting, except with the permission of the Chairman of the meeting.
   
3. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. Appointment of a proxy does not preclude a member from attending the meeting and voting in person.

 

Completion of Form of Proxy
4.
  
If you want your proxy to vote in a certain way on the resolutions specified please place a mark in the relevant boxes. If you select ‘Discretionary’ or fail to select any of the given options your proxy can vote as he or she chooses or can decide not to vote at all. The proxy can also do this on any other resolution that is put to the meeting.
   
5.
  
The ‘Abstain’ option is provided to enable you to abstain on any particular resolution however it should be noted that ‘Abstain’ is not a vote in law and will not be counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes ‘For’ and ‘Against’ a resolution.
   
6.
  
The attention of joint holders is directed to the following extract from the Articles of Association of the Company: ‘In the case of joint holders of a share, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders. For this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names of the holders stand in the register.’
   
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This form and any power of attorney or any other authority under which it is signed must reach Lloyds TSB Registrars at the address shown on the final page not later than 48 hours before the time fixed for the meeting. A corporation is requested to complete this form either by sealing it or by signing under the hand of its attorney or duly authorised officer.

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