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Provident Financial PLC02 June 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company Provident Financial plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Barclays PLC 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 Bank of Ireland a/c 426353 377,294Bank of New York 17,987Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 384,010Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 262,452Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 169,780Barclays Global Investors Canada 16,086Barclays Trust Co & Others 11,789Barclays Trust Co as Exec /ADM C 000000000000000000 42Barclays Trust Co DMC69 C 000000000000000000 374Barclays Trust Co E99 C 000000000000000000 800Barclays Trust Co R69 C 000000000000000000 21,480BOISS Nominees Ltd a/c 4224361 154,306Chase Nominees Ltd a/c 16376 129,252Chase Nominees Ltd a/c 28270 83,390Gerrard Nominees Limited a/c 620404 395Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1) 69,746Investors Bank and Trust Co. 44,247Investors Bank and Trust Co. 67,895Investors Bank and Trust Co. 270,788Investors Bank and Trust Co. 7,546Investors Bank and Trust Co. 76,937Investors Bank and Trust Co. 14,168Investors Bank and Trust Co. 8,326Investors Bank and Trust Co. 4,106Investors Bank and Trust Co. 23,958Investors Bank and Trust Co. 1,314,518Investors Bank and Trust Co. 14,447Investors Bank and Trust Co. 834,705Investors Bank and Trust Co. 2,427JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16331 70,378JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16338 15,151JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16341 145,357JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16342 32,144JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16400 2,333,818J P Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 18409 203,359J P Morgan Chase Bank 9,792J P Morgan Chase Bank 141,114J P Morgan Chase Bank 37,330J P Morgan Chase Bank 28,015J P Morgan Chase Bank 34,836J P Morgan Chase Bank 2,068J P Morgan Chase Bank 2,538J P Morgan Chase Bank 15,861J P Morgan Chase Bank 2,551J P Morgan Chase Bank 23,894J P Morgan Chase Bank 8,362J P Morgan Chase Bank 6,660J P Morgan Chase Bank 27,242Mellon Trust - US Custodian / 16,945Mitsui Asset 4,125R C Greig Nominees Limited 173,027R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 133,362R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 21,112R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 21,417R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 21,455R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 17,026State Street Bank and Trust Co 30,600State Street Boston 132,824Trust & Custody Services Bank 2,102 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 30 May 2006 11. Date company informed 2 June 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 8,097,716 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (anytreasury shares held by company should not be taken into account whencalculating percentage) 3.17% 14. Any additional information - 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Rosamond J Marshall Smith Tel: 01274 731111 ext. 2356 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification Rosamond J Marshall Smith General Counsel and Company Secretary Date of notification 2 June 2006 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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