Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4681Q

Provident Financial PLC

09 April 2009

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Provident Financial plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Yes

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):______________

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Invesco Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	8 April 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	9 April 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%, 6%, 7%, 8%, 9%, 10%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary shares of 20 8/11p ISIN: GB00B1Z4ST84	6,622,709	6,622,709	13,348,549		13,348,549		10.12%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

13,348,549

10.12%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
ABN Amro Bank	180,255
Bank of Ireland (Dublin)	395,026
Bank of New York	7,456,280
Banque Paribas	73,400
Banque Paribas (Frankfurt)	74,990
Bank of New York (Brussels)	33,999
Credit Agricole	100,717
Chase Bank	134,705
JP Morgan Chase	1,152,179
Chase (Frankfurt)	40,665
Citibank New York	6,588
Citibank	1,117,565
Credit Agricole Indosuez	87,156
Deutsche Bank	5,236
Erste Bank (Vienna)	13,123
KAS Bank, Amsterdam	19,393
Morgan Stanley (London)	17,656
State Street Trust & Banking Co (London)	1,869,031
Trust & Custody Services JP	4,377
Northern Trust Company (London)	468,891
UBS (Zurich)	90,336
Vorarlberger Landes-und Hypothekenbk Akti	1,986
WGZ Bank	1,457
PowerShares	3,538