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Provident Financial PLC01 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 FMR Corp and its direct and indirect subsidiaries/Fidelity International Limitedand 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 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 1,180,000State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn (S 840,500Northern Trust London 425,200HSBC Bank PLC 306,600Bank of New York Brussels 11,300Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 46,400JP Morgan, Bournemouth 7,473,921Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux 1,259,642JP Morgan, Bournemouth 484,400National Astl Bk Melbourne 42,700JP Morgan, Bournemouth 897,313BNP Paribas, Paris 290,500State Street Bank and Tr Co 21,900 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 1,722,900 6. Percentage of issued class 0.67% 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 30 November 2006 11. Date company informed 1 December 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 13,280,376 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.19% 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 1 December 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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