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Provident Financial PLC23 February 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 CapitalInternational Inc./Capital Guardian Trust Company/Capital InternationalLimited/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 Chase Nominees Limited 188,700Nortrust Nominees 122,100Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 4,400State Street Nominees Limited 184,600Bank of New York Nominees 2,861,074Northern Trust 790,100Chase Nominees Limited 1,590,500Midland Bank plc 78,000Bankers Trust 127,300Barclays Bank 71,000Citibank London 161,800Morgan Guaranty 135,200Nortrust Nominees 1,859,200Royal Bank of Scotland 86,400MSS Nominees Limited 39,100State Street Bank & Trust Co. 471,800National Westminster Bank 12,500Lloyds Bank 14,000Citibank NA 12,900Deutsche Bank AG 502,400Chase Manhattan Nominee Ltd 45,300HSBC Bank plc 466,200Mellon Bank N.A. 121,200Northern Trust AVFC 84,700KAS UK 23,600Bank One London 92,400Clydesdale Bank plc 29,100JP Morgan Chase Bank 8,900State Street Nominees Limited 4,600Bank of New York Nominees 4,300Chase Nominees Limited 180,300Credit Suisse London Branch 3,100Midland Bank plc 15,900Barclays Bank 16,800Pictet & Cie, Geneva 5,500Citbank London 4,500Nortrust Nominees 4,400Morgan Stanley 5,100Royal Bank of Scotland 30,000JP Morgan 510,900State Street Bank & Trust Co. 9,300National Westminster Bank 10,800Lloyds Bank 8,800RBSTB Nominees Ltd 21,700Deutsche Bank AG 15,700HSBC Bank plc 65,100HSBC 1,100Nortrust Nominees 88,100HSBC Bank plc 8,500 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 21 February 2005 11. Date company informed 23 February 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 11,198,974 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (anytreasury shares held by company should not be taken into account whencalculating percentage) 4.39% 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 23 February 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. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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