Total Voting Rights

Provident Financial PLC
19 January 2007

Provident Financial plc - Voting Rights and Capital

This announcement is issued to comply with the transitional provisions of the
Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

As at 19 January 2007, Provident Financial plc's capital consists of 256,183,459
ordinary shares of 10 4/11p each, with voting rights.  Provident Financial plc
does not hold any ordinary shares in Treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Provident Financial plc is
256,183,459.

The above figure (256,183,459) may be used by shareholders as the denominator
for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify
their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Provident Financial plc
under the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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




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