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Provident Financial PLC22 September 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 S.A/ Capital International Limited. 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 146,700Chase Nominees Limited 756,000Nortrust Nominees 938,400Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 149,100State Street Nominees Limited 516,800Bank of New York Nominees 4,211,607Northern Trust 1,432,063Chase Nominees Limited 2,940,400Midland Bank plc 153,100Bankers Trust 260,900Barclays Bank 79,500Citibank London 628,900Morgan Guaranty 242,800Nortrust Nominees 3,049,500Royal Bank of Scotland 833,400MSS Nominees Limited 87,800State Street Bank & Trust Co. 645,200National Westminster Bank 137,500Lloyds Bank 65,700Citibank NA 17,500Deutsche Bank AG 1,032,100Chase Manhattan Nominee Ltd 61,000HSBC Bank plc 885,900Mellon Bank N.A. 258,300Northern Trust AVFC 66,400KAS UK 64,400Bank One London 209,900Clydesdale Bank plc 64,000JP Morgan Chase Bank 27,900State Street Nominees Limited 10,100Bank of New York Nominees 36,500Chase Nominees Limited 830,800Credit Suisse London Branch 27,600Midland Bank plc 66,400Barclays Bank 28,500Pictet & Cie, Geneva 13,900Nortrust Nominees 7,200Morgan Stanley 10,700Royal Bank of Scotland 97,900JP Morgan 862,679National Westminster Bank 33,000Lloyds Bank 28,500RBSTB Nominees Ltd 37,600Deutsche Bank AG 45,800HSBC Bank plc 243,600HSBC 16,200Bank of New York Nominees 4,600Nortrust Nominees 226,200HSBC Bank plc 58,600 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 20 September 2005 11. Date company informed 21 September 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 22,649,149 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (anytreasury shares held by company should not be taken into account whencalculating percentage) 8.866% 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 22 September 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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