Holding(s) in Company

Provident Financial PLC
31 March 2006

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



1. Name of company


Provident Financial plc



2. Name of shareholder having a major interest


Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries



3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18


Non-beneficial interest of shareholders referred to in 2 above



4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them


Bank of New York Brussels                                            107,539
Northern Trust London                                                 92,500
State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn (S                                         8,700
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                                             7,173,312
J P Morgan, Bournemouth                                              810,639
Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux                                           688,542
Bank of New York Europe Ldn                                          777,000
JP Morgan, Bournemouth                                               320,100
BNP Paribas, Paris                                                   139,900



5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired


-



6. Percentage of issued class


-



7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed


131,064



8. Percentage of issued class


0.05%



9. Class of security


Ordinary shares of 10 4/11p



10. Date of transaction


28 March 2006



11. Date company informed


30 March 2006



12. Total holding following this notification


10,118,232



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


3.96%



14. Any additional information


-



15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries


Emma G Versluys

01274 731111 ext. 2569



16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification


Emma G Versluys

Assistant Company Secretary



Date of notification


31 March 2006




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