Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2050S

Provident Financial PLC

13 May 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:	Artemis Investment Management Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	Pearson Pension Fund Prudential Staff Pen. Scheme Akzo Nobel Pension Scheme Falcon Re Artemis Buzzard Witan Investment Trust PLC Artemis Intl Eur Sicav Skandia Investment Fund Skandia UK Strategic Best Idea L&G (Barclays) S2 MM Alpha Fund L&G (Barclays) MM Alpha Fund Barclays UK Alpha Fund Artemis Inst. UK Alpha Fund Artemis Inst. Special Sits. FD Artemis UK Special Sit Trust Artemis Capital Fund Artemis European Hedge Fund Artemis UK Hedge Fund
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	11 May 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	12 May 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

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	6,459,695	6,459,695	6,598,916	6,598,916		5.00%

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
6,598,916	5.00%

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

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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:	E G Versluys Deputy Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone number:	01274 731111 ext 2569

 

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