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Provident Financial PLC17 March 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 InternationalLimited/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 285,700Nortrust Nominees 143,500Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 11,800State Street Nominees Limited 258,900Bank of New York Nominees 3,103,657Northern Trust 835,200Chase Nominees Limited 1,769,700Midland Bank plc 98,200Bankers Trust 156,800Barclays Bank 79,500Citibank London 223,600Morgan Guaranty 139,800Nortrust Nominees 2,042,800Royal Bank of Scotland 180,500MSS Nominees Limited 68,200State Street Bank & Trust Co. 509,600National Westminster Bank 16,600Lloyds Bank 32,800Citibank NA 17,500Deutsche Bank AG 534,900Chase Manhattan Nominee Ltd 61,000HSBC Bank plc 503,300Mellon Bank N.A. 132,600Northern Trust AVFC 88,500KAS UK 35,600Bank One London 121,000Clydesdale Bank plc 47,400JP Morgan Chase Bank 14,000State Street Nominees Limited 7,100Bank of New York Nominees 6,500Chase Nominees Limited 254,200Credit Suisse London Branch 10,300Midland Bank plc 32,000Barclays Bank 24,200Pictet & Cie, Geneva 9,100Citbank London 7,600Nortrust Nominees 7,200Morgan Stanley 7,700Royal Bank of Scotland 48,500JP Morgan 633,500State Street Bank & Trust Co. 12,800National Westminster Bank 16,600Lloyds Bank 14,400RBSTB Nominees Ltd 27,100Deutsche Bank AG 20,900HSBC Bank plc 100,900HSBC 1,200Nortrust Nominees 114,900HSBC Bank plc 16,700 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 15 March 2005 11. Date company informed 16 March 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 12,886,057 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (anytreasury shares held by company should not be taken into account whencalculating percentage) 5.051% 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 17 March 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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