Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8037S

Provident Financial PLC

26 May 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 May 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	22 May 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	11%,12%

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	14,608,248	14,608,248	16,089,530		16,089,530		12.19%

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

16,089,530

12.19%

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	9,288,727
Banque Paribas	73,400
Banque Paribas (Frankfurt)	64,795
Bank of New York (Brussels)	33,999
Credit Agricole Indosuez (Luxembourg)	100,717
Citibank (Hong Kong)	128,755
JP Morgan Chase	1,420,513
Chase (Frankfurt)	36,532
Citibank New York	6,588
Citibank	1,117,565
Credit Agricole Indosuez	37,885
Deutsche Bank UK	5,236
Erste Bank (Vienna)	13,123
HSBC Bank Plc London	115,344
KAS Bank, Amsterdam	8,941
Morgan Stanley (London)	15,217
State Street Trust & Banking Co (London)	2,434,234
Trust & Custody Services JP	4,377
Northern Trust Company (London)	505,420
UBS (Zurich)	90,336
Vorarlberger Landes-und Hypothekenbk Akti	762
WGZ Bank	1,457
PowerShares	2,550
Other	7,776