Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Provident Financial plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

 X

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

 Invesco Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

 19 August 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

 20 August 2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

 16%, 17%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary shares of 20 8/11p

ISIN:

GB00B1Z4ST84 

21,460,981

21,460,981

22,754,126 

17.00% 

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 22,754,126

17.00% 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

ABN Amro Bank - 180,255

Bank of Ireland (Dublin) - 395,057

Bank of New York - 13,667,696

Banque Paribas - 62,939

Banque Paribas (Frankfurt) - 59,818

Bank of New York (Brussels) - 33,999

Bank of New York (Singapore) - 34,025

Credit Agricole Indosuez (Luxembourg) -100,717

Citibank (Hong Kong) -125,152

JP Morgan Chase - 1,855,908

Chase (Frankfurt) - 36,532

Citibank New York - 4,432

Citibank - 1,218,281

Credit Agricole Indosuez - 37,885

Deutsche Bank UK - 5,236

Erste Bank (Vienna) - 13,123

HSBC Bank Plc London - 370,000

KAS Bank, (Amsterdam) - 8,941

Mellon Bank (Pittsburgh) - 165,000

Morgan Stanley (London) - 14,582

State Street (Sydney) - 3,705

State Street Trust & Banking Co (London) - 3,673,732

Trust & Custody Services JP - 4,377

Northern Trust Company (London) - 612,748

UBS (Zurich) - 65,955

Vorarlberger Landes-und Hypothekenbk Akti - 202

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC - 2,688

Other - 7,141

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Emma G Versluys

Deputy Company Secretary

15. Contact telephone number:

01274 731111 ext 2569