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DSY - Discovery - Prudential first quarter 2010 interim management statement
DISCOVERY HOLDINGS LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number: 1999/007789/06)
ISIN: ZAE000022331 Code:DSY
("Discovery")
PRUDENTIAL FIRST QUARTER 2010 INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT
Prudential Health Limited ("PruHealth") and PruProtect are Discovery`s joint
ventures in the United Kingdom, owned equally by Discovery and Prudential plc.
Shareholders are referred to the first quarter 2010 Interim Management statement
for Prudential plc released today, which contains the following information in
respect of PruHealth and PruProtect:
"PruProtect sales continued to grow strongly, with APE sales in the first
quarter of 2010 of GBP5 million, up 145 per cent on the same period last year.
This represented a record quarterly performance for PruProtect. Growth continues
in PruHealth, with APE sales up 12 per cent on the first quarter 2009. PruHealth
now has more than 210,000 customers insured."
This excludes trusts and "cost plus" lives, where PruHealth does not carry the
insurance risk.
Sandton
17 May 2010
Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)
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