Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6677V
Provident Financial PLC
15 July 2009
 






TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

  Provident Financial plc


2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):


An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

 X


An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

 


An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

 


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

 


Other (please specify):

  

 


3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:


 Invesco Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):


 

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:


 13 July 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:


 14 July  2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:


 15%, 16%

  

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares


Class/type of
shares


if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous
to the 
triggering
transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of

Shares

Number
of

V
oting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary shares of 20 8/11p

ISIN:

GB00B1Z4ST84 

20,077,483

20,077,483


 

21,460,981 

 

16.05% 



B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date

Exercise/ 
Conversion 
Period

Number of voting
rights that may be

acquired if the

instrument is

exercised/ converted.


% of voting
rights

 

 

 

 

 


C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of financial
instrument

Exercise 
price

Expiration 
date

Exercise/
Conversion 

period

Number of voting 
rights instrument 
refers to

% of voting rights


 

 

 

 

 

Nominal

Delta


 

 


Total (A+B+C)


Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 21,460,981

16.05% 


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

ABN Amro Bank - 180,255

Bank of Ireland (Dublin) - 395,026

Bank of New York - 12,904,799

Banque Paribas - 73,400

Banque Paribas (Frankfurt) - 64,795

Bank of New York (Brussels) - 33,999

Bank of New York (Singapore) - 34,025

Credit Agricole Indosuez (Luxembourg) -100,717

Citibank (Hong Kong) -125,152

JP Morgan Chase - 1,838,673

Chase (Frankfurt) - 36,532

Citibank New York - 4,432

Citibank - 1,117,565

Credit Agricole Indosuez - 37,885

Deutsche Bank UK - 13,012

Erste Bank (Vienna) - 13,123

HSBC Bank Plc London - 370,000

KAS Bank, (Amsterdam) - 8,941

Mellon Bank (Pittsburgh) - 165,000

Morgan Stanley (London) - 15,217

State Street (Sydney) - 3,705

State Street Trust & Banking Co (London) - 3,257,482

Trust & Custody Services JP - 4,377

Northern Trust Company (London) - 592,748

UBS (Zurich) - 65,955

Vorarlberger Landes-und Hypothekenbk Akti - 202

WGZ Bank - 1,457


Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC - 2,507


Proxy Voting:


10. Name of the proxy holder:


 

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:


 

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:


 


13. Additional information:


 

14. Contact name:


Emma G Versluys

Deputy Company Secretary

15. Contact telephone number:


01274 731111 ext 2569 



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