Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1728M

Provident Financial PLC

23 January 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):	21 January 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	22 January 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	4% to 5%

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	6,531,319	6,531,319	6,637,053		6,637,053		5.04%

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

6,637,053

5.04%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
ABN Amro Bank	222,601
Bank of Ireland Dublin	432,166
Bank of New York	109,558
Banque Paribas	55,911
Banque Paribas (Frankfurt)	94,522
Bank of New York (Brussels)	33,999
Credit Agricole Indosuez (Luxembourg)	127,353
Citibank (Hong Kong)	107,300
JP Morgan Chase	1,084,951
Chase (Frankfurt)	28,902
Citibank New York	4,791
Citibank	3,641,222
Credit Agricole Indosuez	87,156
Deutsche Bank	5,236
Erste Bank (Vienna)	12,429
Japan Trustee Services Bank	1,785
KAS Bank, Amsterdam	19,393
Morgan Stanley London	19,029
State Street London	44,315
Trust & Custody Services JP	14,135
Northern Trust Company London	436,312
UBS (Zurich)	46,899
Vorarlberger Landes-Und Hypothekenbk Akti	1,986
WGZ Bank	1,457
PowerShares Capital Management	3,645