Directors'/PDMRs' interest in shares - Provident Financial Long Term Incentive Scheme
Provident Financial plc announces that Kleinwort Benson (Jersey) Trustees Limited, as Trustees of the Provident Financial plc 2007 Employee Benefit Trust ("the Trust"), subscribed for 884,129 ordinary shares of 20 8/11p each on 4 March 2011 to satisfy potential awards to be made under the Provident Financial Long Term Incentive Scheme 2006.
The Trust is a discretionary employee benefit trust and may benefit employees of Provident Financial plc and its subsidiaries at the discretion of the Trustee. Accordingly, it is noted that the following directors and PDMRs, as potential beneficiaries under the Trust, have an interest in the shares acquired by the Trust:
Peter Crook
Andrew Fisher
Chris Gillespie
Michael Lenora
David Merrett
John Moulding
Ken Mullen
Emma Versluys
Deputy Company Secretary
01274 351351
7 March 2011