16th Feb 2005 16:13
Provident Financial PLC16 February 2005 SCHEDULE 10 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 indirect subsidiaries 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 4,700Bank of New York Europe Ldn 600,000JP Morgan Bournemouth 422,000Bank of New York Brussels 24,200Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux 201,070JP Morgan Bournemouth 297,334National Astl Bk Melbourne 129,900Northern Trust London 52,200State Str Bnk and Tr Co Lndn 44,500J P Morgan Bournemouth 11,318,336J P Morgan Chase Bank 4,523,707Mellon Bank N.A. 279,594Northern Trust London 38,400Bank of New York 22,600Brown Brothers Harriman and Co. 193,700J P Morgan Chase Bank 72,900Northern Trust Co. 33,200State Street Bank And Tr Co 156,391Bank of New York Brussels 541,636Bank of New York Europe Ldn 57,556Bankers Trust London 65,400Chase Manhattan London 4,300Chase Manhttn Bk AG Frnkfrt 30,194Citibank London 155,970Clydesdale Bank PLC 49,500Dexia Privatbank 3,600HSBC Bank PLC 224,900J P Morgan Bournemouth 790,556Mellon Bank 202,255Midland Securities Services 32,850Nordea Bank AB 9,500Northern Trust London 1,768,110State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn 573,205 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired - 6. Percentage of issued class - 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed 277,753 8. Percentage of issued class 0.109% 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 10 4/11p 10. Date of transaction Not disclosed 11. Date company informed 16 February 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 22,924,264 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 8.99% 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 16 February 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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