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Provident Financial PLC23 November 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company Provident Financial plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Franklin Resources Inc. and its affiliates including Franklin Mutual Advisers LLC and Templeton Worldwide Inc. 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 JP Morgan Chase Bank 15,090,137Bank of New York, London 15,000Mellon Bank NA 657,150 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 22 November 2005 11. Date company informed 22 November 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 15,762,287 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (anytreasury shares held by company should not be taken into account whencalculating percentage) 6.17% 14. Any additional information - 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Emma G Versluys Assistant Company Secretary Tel: 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 23 November 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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