Listing Rule 9.6.14 change

Provident Financial PLC
31 July 2006


Pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.14 Provident Financial plc announces a change in
the information previously notified relating to Ray Miles, a non-executive
director.

He is a non-executive director of Southern Cross Healthcare Group plc which
recently became a publicly-quoted company.


Rosamond J Marshall Smith
General Counsel and Company Secretary
Tel:  [phone] ext. 2356


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