11 January 2021

M&G PLC ANNOUNCES BOARD UPDATE

The Board of M&G plc announces that Mike Evans is taking a temporary leave of absence from his duties as Chair of M&G plc due to a stress-related illness.

Fiona Clutterbuck, the Senior Independent Director, will take on the role of interim Chair of M&G plc and Clare Thompson, Audit Committee Chair, will take on the role of interim Senior Independent Director, while Mike is on leave.

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About M&G plc

M&G plc is an international savings and investments business, managing money for both individual savers and institutional investors in 28 markets. As at 30 June 2020, we had £339 billion of assets under management and administration, around 5 million retail customers and more than 800 institutional clients.

With a heritage dating back more than 170 years, M&G plc has a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions. We serve our savings and insurance customers under the Prudential brand in the UK and Europe and for asset management in South Africa, and under the M&G Investments brand for asset management clients globally.

About Fiona Clutterbuck

Fiona Clutterbuck joined the board of M&G plc as Senior Independent Director on 9 October 2020.

Fiona is Chair of Paragon Banking Group PLC and a non-executive director at Sampo plc, the Nordic financial services group, and was previously on the Board of Hargreaves Lansdown plc, the UK financial services group.

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Fiona has spent over 30 years in financial services. Her most recent executive role was Head of Strategy, Corporate Development and Communications at Pearl/Phoenix Group (2008-2018), and she was previously Head of Financial Institutions Advisory at ABN AMRO Investment Bank and Global Co-Head of the Financial Institutions Group at HSBC Investment Bank.

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The Board changes set out in this notice take effect from the date of the notice.

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