29th Jun 2005 10:16
Provident Financial PLC29 June 2005 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company Provident Financial plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest The Capital Group Companies Inc. on behalf of its affiliates including Capital International Inc./Capital GuardianTrust Company/Capital International Limited/Capital International S.A. 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 Chase Nominees Limited 296,400Nortrust Nominees 143,500Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 11,800State Street Nominees Limited 325,600Bank of New York Nominees 3,435,807Northern Trust 1,228,263Chase Nominees Limited 2,209,800Midland Bank plc 106,900Bankers Trust 190,100Barclays Bank 79,500Citibank London 252,100Morgan Guaranty 204,900Nortrust Nominees 2,357,700Royal Bank of Scotland 368,600MSS Nominees Limited 85,800State Street Bank & Trust Co. 562,900National Westminster Bank 58,700Lloyds Bank 46,200Citibank NA 17,500Deutsche Bank AG 837,700Chase Manhattan Nominee Ltd 61,000HSBC Bank plc 662,400Mellon Bank N.A. 136,000Northern Trust AVFC 66,400KAS UK 39,300Bank One London 159,200Clydesdale Bank plc 58,200JP Morgan Chase Bank 19,900State Street Nominees Limited 7,100Bank of New York Nominees 15,800Chase Nominees Limited 312,600Credit Suisse London Branch 17,300Midland Bank plc 43,200Barclays Bank 24,200Pictet & Cie, Geneva 9,100Citbank London 15,500Nortrust Nominees 7,200Morgan Stanley 7,700Royal Bank of Scotland 52,700JP Morgan 644,100State Street Bank & Trust Co. 22,100National Westminster Bank 32,000Lloyds Bank 17,000RBSTB Nominees Ltd 27,100Deutsche Bank AG 26,300HSBC Bank plc 113,700HSBC 16,200Nortrust Nominees 132,400HSBC Bank plc 21,300 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 24 June 2005 11. Date company informed 28 June 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 15,586,770 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (anytreasury shares held by company should not be taken into account whencalculating percentage) 6.10% 14. Any additional information - 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Emma G Versluys 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 29 June 2005 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company Provident Financial plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest FMR Corporation and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirectsubsidiaries 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 Non-beneficial interest of shareholders referred to in 2 above 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them State Street Hong Kong 4,700State Street Bank and Tr Co 63,300Bank of New York Europe Ldn 600,000JP Morgan Bournemouth 405,000Bank of New York Brussels 25,600Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux 132,700JP Morgan Bournemouth 292,334National Astl Bk Melbourne 144,100Northern Trust London 55,000State Str Bnk and Tr Co Lndn 46,600JP Morgan Bournemouth 10,979,247JP Morgan Chase Bank 4,523,707Northern Trust London 42,600Bank of New York 41,400Brown Brothers Harriman and Co. 193,700JP Morgan Chase Bank 72,900Northern Trust Co 88,300State Street Bank and Tr Co 166,091Bank of New York Brussels 294,395Bank of New York Europe Ldn 57,556Chase Manhattan London 4,300Chase Manhttn Bk AG Frnkfrt 30,194Citibank London 54,900Clydesdale Bank PLC 18,200Dexia Privatbank 3,600JP Morgan Bournemouth 7,200JP Morgan Chase Bank 17,200Mellon Bank 53,400Northern Trust London 1,046,539State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn 214,405 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired - 6. Percentage of issued class - 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed 3,245,096 8. Percentage of issued class 1.27% 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 10 4/11p 10. Date of transaction Not disclosed 11. Date company informed 28 June 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 19,679,168 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 7.70% 14. Any additional information - 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Emma G Versluys 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 29 June 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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