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Provident Financial PLC20 October 2005 SCHEDULE 10 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 CapitalInternational Inc./Capital Guardian Trust Company/Capital International S.A/Capital International Limited. 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 Northern Trust 150,700Chase Nominees Limited 785,500Nortrust Nominees 972,100Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 153,600State Street Nominees Limited 386,800Bank of New York Nominees 4,331,107Northern Trust 1,516,851Chase Nominees Limited 2,924,300Midland Bank plc 161,500Bankers Trust 269,700Barclays Bank 87,300Citibank London 626,700Morgan Guaranty 242,800Nortrust Nominees 3,032,600Royal Bank of Scotland 858,500MSS Nominees Limited 94,000State Street Bank & Trust Co. 657,300National Westminster Bank 120,300Lloyds Bank 68,100Citibank NA 19,500Deutsche Bank AG 1,037,300Chase Manhattan Nominee Ltd 61,000HSBC Bank plc 896,700Mellon Bank N.A. 258,900Northern Trust AVFC 66,400KAS UK 69,400Bank One London 220,000Clydesdale Bank plc 70,793JP Morgan Chase Bank 28,300State Street Nominees Limited 11,500Bank of New York Nominees 36,900Chase Nominees Limited 904,900Credit Suisse London Branch 27,600Midland Bank plc 68,700Barclays Bank 30,500Pictet & Cie, Geneva 5,800Nortrust Nominees 9,000Morgan Stanley 10,700Royal Bank of Scotland 107,400JP Morgan 965,879National Westminster Bank 33,400Lloyds Bank 28,800RBSTB Nominees Ltd 44,500Deutsche Bank AG 45,800HSBC Bank plc 255,300HSBC 16,200Bank of New York Nominees 4,600Nortrust Nominees 238,400HSBC Bank plc 60,900 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 17 October 2005 11. Date company informed 19 October 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 23,074,830 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (anytreasury shares held by company should not be taken into account whencalculating percentage) 9.033% 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 20 October 2005 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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