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Provident Financial PLC27 July 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 Capital International Inc./Capital Guardian Trust Company/Capital International Limited/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 Northern Trust 80,700Chase Nominees Limited 565,100Nortrust Nominees 592,600Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 90,600State Street Nominees Limited 446,600Bank of New York Nominees 4,009,507Northern Trust 1,408,263Chase Nominees Limited 2,756,000Midland Bank plc 133,900Bankers Trust 224,700Barclays Bank 79,500Citibank London 427,100Morgan Guaranty 242,800Nortrust Nominees 2,866,100Royal Bank of Scotland 712,700MSS Nominees Limited 85,800State Street Bank & Trust Co. 610,500National Westminster Bank 123,000Lloyds Bank 65,700Citibank NA 17,500Deutsche Bank AG 1,089,300Chase Manhattan Nominee Ltd 61,000HSBC Bank plc 841,600Mellon Bank N.A. 234,800Northern Trust AVFC 66,400KAS UK 53,400Bank One London 197,800Clydesdale Bank plc 62,300JP Morgan Chase Bank 26,700State Street Nominees Limited 10,100Bank of New York Nominees 29,400Chase Nominees Limited 616,100Credit Suisse London Branch 27,600Midland Bank plc 64,000Barclays Bank 28,500Pictet & Cie, Geneva 13,900Citibank London 26,100Nortrust Nominees 7,200Morgan Stanley 10,700Royal Bank of Scotland 83,800JP Morgan 862,679National Westminster Bank 25,800Lloyds Bank 31,400RBSTB Nominees Ltd 37,600Deutsche Bank AG 45,800HSBC Bank plc 193,500HSBC 16,200 Bank of New York Nominees 4,600Nortrust Nominees 185,500HSBC Bank plc 41,000 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 25 July 2005 11. Date company informed 26 July 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 20,533,449 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (anytreasury shares held by company should not be taken into account whencalculating percentage) 8.039% 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 27 July 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. SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company Provident Financial plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest FMR Corporation and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and 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 State Street Hong Kong 2,800State Street Bank and Tr Co 39,000Bank of New York Europe Ldn 574,400JP Morgan Bournemouth 405,000Bank of New York Brussels 15,900Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux 80,400JP Morgan Bournemouth 241,134National Astl Bk Melbourne 93,500Northern Trust London 33,700State Str Bnk and Tr Co Lndn 28,800JP Morgan Bournemouth 10,620,937JP Morgan Chase Bank 3,692,100Mellon Bank N.A. 8,000Northern Trust London 26,300State Street Bank and Tr Co 10,500Bank of New York 25,600Brown Brothers Harriman and Co. 123,400JP Morgan Chase Bank 48,600Northern Trust Co 45,300State Street Bank and Tr Co 104,491Bank of New York Brussels 259,095Bank of New York Europe Ldn 51,856Chase Manhattan London 2,600Chase Manhttn Bk AG Frnkfrt 18,594Citibank London 49,400Clydesdale Bank PLC 8,900Dexia Privatbank 2,200JP Morgan Bournemouth 4,500JP Morgan Chase Bank 10,600Mellon Bank 35,100Northern Trust London 883,639State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn 172,705 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired - 6. Percentage of issued class - 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed 1,960,117 8. Percentage of issued class 0.767% 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 10 4/11p 10. Date of transaction Not disclosed 11. Date company informed 27 July 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 17,719,051 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 6.937% 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 27 July 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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