DSY - Discovery - Prudential Third Quarter 2009 Interim Management Statement

DSY - Discovery - Prudential Third Quarter 2009 Interim Management Statement    
DISCOVERY HOLDINGS LIMITED                                                      
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number: 1999/007789/06)                                           
ISIN: ZAE000022331                                                              
Share Code: DSY                                                                 
("Discovery")                                                                   
PRUDENTIAL THIRD QUARTER 2009 INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT                      
Shareholders are referred to the third quarter 2009 Interim Management          
statement for Prudential plc released today, which contains the following       
information in respect of PruHealth and PruProtect. Prudential Health Limited   
("PruHealth") and PruProtect are Discovery`s joint ventures in the United       
Kingdom, owned equally by Discovery and Prudential plc.                         
"The PruHealth joint venture with Discovery now has 219,000 lives insured, an   
increase of 16 per cent over the same period in 2008, and gross written         
premiums were GBP76 million, up 12 per cent. PruProtect has experienced         
encouraging sales growth for the first nine months following the re-launch of   
its product range in November 2008."                                            
Sandton                                                                         
28 October 2009                                                                 
Sponsor                                                                         
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)                       
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