Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4023R

Provident Financial PLC

29 April 2009

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests 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 notification (yes/no)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Yes

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 notification obligation:	Invesco Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	27 April 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	29 April 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	10%,11%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary shares of 20 8/11p ISIN: GB00B1Z4ST84	13,352,176	13,352,176	14,608,248		14,608,248		11.07%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

14,608,248

11.07%

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	7,928,983
Banque Paribas	73,400
Banque Paribas (Frankfurt)	72,867
Bank of New York (Brussels)	33,999
Credit Agricole Indosuez (Luxembourg)	100,717
Citibank (Hong Kong)	134,705
JP Morgan Chase	1,387,385
Chase (Frankfurt)	40,665
Citibank New York	6,588
Citibank	1,117,565
Credit Agricole Indosuez	87,156
Deutsche Bank UK	15,451
Erste Bank (Vienna)	13,123
HSBC Bank Plc London	100,000
KAS Bank, Amsterdam	19,393
Morgan Stanley (London)	17,656
State Street Trust & Banking Co (London)	2,283,872
Trust & Custody Services JP	4,377
Northern Trust Company (London)	497,748
UBS (Zurich)	90,336
Vorarlberger Landes-und Hypothekenbk Akti	1,986
WGZ Bank	1,457
PowerShares	3,538