Prudential plc said it cancelled 305,305 ordinary shares on Feb, 12 2026, trimming its outstanding share count to 2,539,845,289.
On the same day, the insurer repurchased another 571,464 shares on the London Stock Exchange for cancellation. The buy-back, executed at prices ranging from 10.68 to 11.685 per share, cost about 6.38 million Singapore dollars and equated to roughly 0.0225 % of the company’s issued share capital.
The transactions form part of Prudential’s share repurchase mandate approved on May, 14 2025, which authorises the company to buy back up to 262.67 million shares. Cumulative repurchases under this mandate now stand at 67.50 million shares, representing 2.59165 % of the shares in issue when the mandate was granted. The company is subject to a moratorium on new share issues or treasury share sales until Mar, 14 2026.