4th Aug 2005 15:58
Provident Financial PLC04 August 2005 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 800State Street Bank and Tr Co 11,300Bank of New York Europe Ldn 356,800JP Morgan Bournemouth 405,000Bank of New York Brussels 4,600Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux 25,200JP Morgan Bournemouth 98,634National Astl Bk Melbourne 35,410Northern Trust London 9,600State Str Bnk and Tr Co Lndn 8,300JP Morgan Bournemouth 10,190,427JP Morgan Chase Bank 2,500,000Mellon Bank N A 2,300Northern Trust London 7,600State Street Bank and Tr Co 3,000Bank of New York 7,400Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 42,900JP Morgan Chase Bank 20,900Northern Trust Co 13,100State Street Bank and Tr Co 34,691Bank of New York Brussels 241,095Bank of New York Europe Ldn 50,056Chase Manhattan London 800Chase Manhttan Bk AG Frnkfrt 5,394Citibank London 47,200Clydesdale Bank PLC 4,100Dexia Privatbank 600JP Morgan Bournemouth 1,300JP Morgan Chase Bank 3,100Mellon Bank 13,100Northern Trust London 660,239State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn 134,105 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired - 6. Percentage of issued class - 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed 2,780,000 8. Percentage of issued class 1.09% 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 10 4/11p 10. Date of transaction Not disclosed 11. Date company informed 3 August 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 14,939,051 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.85% 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 4 August 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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