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Provident Financial PLC09 February 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company Provident Financial plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest 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 Northern Trust London 489,700State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn (S 454,700JP Morgan, Bournemouth 260,300Bank of New York Brussels 235,070HSBC Bank PLC 82,100Bank of New York Europe, Ldn 50,056Mellon Bank 9,100JP Morgan, Bournemouth 7,745,370Bank of New York Europe Ldn 567,900J P Morgan, Bournemouth 355,000 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 768,220 6. Percentage of issued class 0.30% 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed - 8. Percentage of issued class - 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 10 4/11p 10. Date of transaction 8 February 2006 11. Date company informed 8 February 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 10,249,296 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 4.01% 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 9 February 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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