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Provident Financial PLC11 December 2006 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.and 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 Capital Guardian Trust Company:Chase Nominees Limited 1,338,800Nortrust Nominees Limited 2,270,645Total 3,609,445Percentage of issued share capital 1.410% Capital International Limited:State Street Nominees Limited 266,000Bank of New York Nominees 4,628,872Northern Trust 2,377,551Chase Nominees Limited 3,783,849Midland Bank plc 224,700Bankers Trust 89,600Barclays Bank 40,300Morgan Guaranty 423,500Nortrust Nominees 2,892,400MSS Nominees Limited 85,800State Street Bank & Trust Co. 814,500Lloyds Bank 50,500Citibank NA 968,800Deutsche Bank AG 153,700Chase Manhattan Nominee Limited, Australia 61,000HSBC Bank plc 1,505,600Mellon Bank N.A. 224,100KAS UK 127,900Bank One London 293,800HSBC 8,300JP Morgan Chase Bank 88,400Raiffeisen Zentral Bank 1,310,100Fortis Bank 49,700Metzler Seel Sohn & Co. 127,300Nordea Bank 221,300Bayerische Hypo Und Vereinsbank AG 61,000Total 20,878,572Percentage of issued share capital 8.153% Capital International S.A.:Chase Nominees Limited 1,097,700Midland Bank plc 102,200Barclays Bank 13,900Pictet & Cie, Geneva 138,600Nortrust Nominees 12,400Morgan Stanley 13,400J.P. Morgan 1,099,479State Street Bank & Trust Co. 196,000Lloyds Bank 55,100HSBC Bank plc 378,600J P Morgan Chase Bank 63,800Metzler Seel Sohn & Co. 50,800Credit Suisse, Zurich 27,600Total 3,249,579Percentage of issued share capital 1.269% Capital International Inc.:Bank of New York Nominees 4,600Nortrust Nominees 314,703HSBC Bank plc 96,600Total 415,903Percentage of issued share capital 0.162% 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired Not applicable 6. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by company should not betaken into account when calculating percentage) Not applicable 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed Not disclosed 8. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by company should not betaken into account when calculating percentage) Not disclosed 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 10 4/11p 10. Date of transaction 6 December 2006 11. Date company informed 8 December 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 28,153,499 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (anytreasury shares held by company should not be taken into account whencalculating percentage) 10.994% 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 11 December 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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