Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2824X

Provident Financial PLC

23 June 2008

TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

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

Provident Financial plc

2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( X )

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

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( )

Other (please specify) : ( )

……………..

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

Invesco Limited

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

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different) (v):

18 June 2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

19 June 2008

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

4%, 5%

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 (vi)

Ordinary shares of 20 8/11p
ISIN:

GB00B1Z4ST84

Number of shares

6,449,424

Number of voting Rights (viii)

6,449,424

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Number of shares

Number of voting rights (ix)

% of voting rights

Ordinary shares of 20 8/11p
ISIN:

GB00B1Z4ST84

6,935,587

Direct (x)

Indirect (xi)

6,935,587

Direct

Indirect

5.28%

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date (xiii)	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date (xiv)	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights 6,935,587	% of voting rights 5.28%

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

ABN Amro Bank	334,654
Bank of Ireland Dublin	221,402
Bank of New York	121,800
Banque Paribas	52,307
Banque Paribas (Frankfurt)	129,043
Bank of New York (Brussels)	20,033
Credit Agricole Indosuez (Luxembourg)	162,511
Citibank (Hong Kong)	49,216
JP Morgan Chase	1,008,506
Chase (Frankfurt)	12,956
Citibank	3,710,591
Credit Agricole Indosuez	171,505
Deutsche Bank	5,236
Dresdner Bank (Frankfurt)	26,676
EKK EG Kassel	3,358
Erste Bank (Vienna)	11,517
HSBC Trinkause & Burkhardt DE	41,796
Japan Trustee Services Bank	8,191
KAS Bank, Amsterdam	31,909
Morgan Stanley London	25,259
Santander Central Hispano Investment	2,005
Trust & Custody Services JP	43,924
Northern Trust Company London	669,411
UBS (Zurich)	46,899
Vorarlberger Landes-Und Hypothekenbk Akti	9,632
Other	15,250