Notice of Results

Provident Financial PLC
25 June 2004

                            PROVIDENT FINANCIAL plc

               Preliminary announcement of the half year results
                      for the half year ended 30 June 2004

Provident Financial plc announces that its interim results for the half year
ended 30 June 2004 are scheduled to be released at 7.00 a.m. on Tuesday, 27 July
2004.


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