Director Shareholding-Replcmt

Provident Financial PLC
11 July 2001


The issuer has advised that the following amendment has been made to the
Director Shareholding announcement released on 10 July 2001 at 17.04 under RNS
Number 7040G.


Box 6 should read 'Purchase of shares pursuant to the Provident Financial
Company Nominee dividend reinvestment scheme' and not 'Purchase of shares
following a scrip dividend election' as previously shown. All other details
remain unchanged. The full corrected version is shown below.



                                 SCHEDULE 11

         NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

1) Name of company

Provident Financial plc



2) Name of director

Christopher Charles Johnstone



3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest

Notification in respect of the spouse of Christopher Charles Johnstone,
Geraldine Johnstone



4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them (if notified)

Capita IRG Trustees Limited



5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected
with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)
Notification in respect of the spouse of Christopher Charles Johnstone,
Geraldine Johnstone


6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions
please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non
discretionary
Purchase of shares pursuant to the Provident Financial Company Nominee
dividend reinvestment scheme


7) Number of shares/amount of
stock acquired

1,673


8) Percentage of issued class
0.00067


9) Number of shares/amount
of stock disposed
-


10) Percentage of issued class
-


11) Class of security
Ordinary shares of 10 4/11p


12) Price per share
802.5p


13) Date of transaction
9 May 2001


14) Date company informed
10 July 2001


15) Total holding following this notification
90,661


16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
0.03639


If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes

17) Date of grant
-


18) Period during which or date on which exercisable
-


19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option
-


20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number
-


21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price
is to be fixed at time of exercise
-


22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held
following this notification
-


23) Any additional information
-


24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Rosamond J Marshall Smith

Tel: [phone] extension 2356


25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Rosamond J Marshall Smith

Company Secretary

Date of Notification 11 July 2001