Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3507L

Provident Financial PLC

08 January 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):	6 January 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	7 January 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5% to 4%

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	6,571,303	6,571,303	6,563,845		6,563,845		4.98

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

6,563,845

4.98

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
ABN Amro Bank	222,601
Bank of Ireland Dublin	386,396
Bank of New York	102,596
Banque Paribas	55,911
Banque Paribas (Frankfurt)	100,617
Bank of New York (Brussels)	29,503
Credit Agricole Indosuez (Luxembourg)	127,353
Citibank (Hong Kong)	83,618
JP Morgan Chase	1,121,110
Chase (Frankfurt)	39,296
Citibank New York	4,791
Citibank	3,629,133
Credit Agricole Indosuez	87,156
Deutsche Bank	5,236
Erste Bank (Vienna)	12,429
Japan Trustee Services Bank	3,985
KAS Bank, Amsterdam	19,393
Morgan Stanley London	17,812
Trust & Custody Services JP	25,237
Northern Trust Company London	436,312
UBS (Zurich)	46,899
Vorarlberger Landes-Und Hypothekenbk Akti	5,004
WGZ Bank	1,457