Prudential Financial to Announce Third Quarter 201

Prudential Financial to Announce Third Quarter 2012 Earnings and 2013 Financial Outlook; Schedules Expanded Conference Call

NEWARK, N.J., October 01, 2012 - Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE RU) will release its third quarter 2012 earnings on Wednesday, November 7, 2012, after the market closes. The earnings news release and the financial supplement will be posted on the company's Investor Relations website at: http://www.investor.prudential.com .

Members of Prudential's senior management will host a conference call on Thursday, November 8, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. ET, to discuss with the investment community the company's third quarter results and to comment on the company’s financial outlook for 2013 and beyond.

CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION

The conference call will be broadcast live over the company's Investor Relations website at: http://www.investor.prudential.com . Please log on 15 minutes early in the event necessary software needs to be downloaded.

Institutional investors, analysts and other members of the professional financial community are invited to listen to the call and participate in the Q&A by dialing one of the following numbers:

Domestic: (877) 777-1971 (Toll Free)
International: (612) 332-0226

All others may join the conference call in listen-only mode by dialing one of the above numbers.

REPLAY INFORMATION

The call will be made available for replay from 2:00 p.m. on November 8 through November 15 through a dial-in number as follows:

Domestic: (800) 475-6701 (Toll Free)
International: (320) 365-3844
Access Code: 225939

A replay will also be available on the Investor Relations website through November 23.

Questions may be directed to Investor Relations at investor.relations@prudential.com .

Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a financial services leader with approximately $961 billion of assets under management as of June 30, 2012, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Prudential’s diverse and talented employees are committed to helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth through a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds and investment management. In the U.S., Prudential’s iconic Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise and innovation for more than a century. For more information, please visit www.news.prudential.com .