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Provident Financial PLC22 January 2007 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company Provident Financial plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Barclays PLC 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 Notification in respect of shareholder named in 2 above 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Bank of Ireland 1,053,398Bank of New York 17,987Barclays Trust Co as Exec/Adm 109Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 1,014,368Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 1,401,118Barclays Global Investors 1,564,682Barclays Global Investors Canada 19,757Barclays Trust Co & Others 3,654Barclays Trust Co DMC69 374Barclays Trust Co R69 10,270Durlacher Nominees Ltd 726,200Gerrard Nominees Limited a/c 620404 395Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1) 89,656Investors Bank and Trust Co. 1,206,930JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 2,216,415JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 338,571J P Morgan Chase 291,146J P Morgan Chase 16,413J P Morgan Chase Bank 27,621Mellon Trust - US Custodian / Trustee 9,143Mitsui Asset Trust and Banking Company Limited 4,633Mizuho Trust & Banking Co. Ltd 1,972R C Greig Nominees Limited 188,513R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 17,005R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 12,416R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 119,302R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 17,645R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 20,510State Street Boston 118,289 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired Not disclosed 6. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by company should not betaken into account when calculating percentage) Not disclosed 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed - 8. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by company should not betaken into account when calculating percentage) - 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 10 4/11p 10. Date of transaction 18 January 2007 11. Date company informed 22 January 2007 12. Total holding following this notification 10,508,492 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (anytreasury shares held by company should not be taken into account whencalculating percentage) 4.10% 14. Any additional information - 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Emma G Versluys Tel: 01274 731111 ext. 2569 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification Emma G Versluys Assistant Company Secretary Date of notification 22 January 2007 The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of thisdocument or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damagesfor loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwisefrom the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained init, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document orany such material. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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