Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1610W

Provident Financial PLC

25 January 2012

 



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:	24 January 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	25 January 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	26%, 27%

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 Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of  voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary shares of 20 8/11p ISIN: GB00B1Z4ST84	35,776,259	35,776,259			37,071,373		27.01%

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
37,071,373	27.01%

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

Bank of Ireland (Dublin) - 184,401 Bank of New York - 29,927,392 Banque Paribas (Frankfurt) - 8,264 Bank of New York Mellon, London - 307,510 Bank of New York (Singapore) - 34,025 Chase Bank Hong Kong - 67,451 Feta Investo Services LU - 26,457 HSBC Bank Plc London - 759,020 Societe Generale FR 15,310 State Street Trust & Banking Co (Hong Kong) - 3,705 State Street Trust & Banking Co (London) - 5,511,700 Trust & Custody Services JP - 4,718 Northern Trust Company (London) - 221,181 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC - 239
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 351034

 

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