REG-Provident Fin.PLC. Holding(s) in Company
Released: 04/11/2009
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RNS Number : 9819B
Provident Financial PLC
04 November 2009
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof Provident Financial plc
existing shares to which voting rights areattached:
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
X
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial
instruments which may result in theacquisition of shares
already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar
economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification Schroders plc
obligation:
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if differentfrom 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold 3 November 2009
is crossed orreached:
6. Date on which issuer notified: 4November 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: 10% - 11%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares to the triggering
if possible using transaction
the ISIN CODE
Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights
of of of shares rights
Shares Voting
Rights
Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
Ordinary shares 14,642,601 14,280,905 15,302,508 n/a 14,940,812 n/a 11.14%
of 20 8/11p
ISIN:
GB00B1Z4ST84
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Conversion Period Number of voting % of voting
instrument date rights that may be rights
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Exercise price Expiration date Exercise/ Number of voting rights instrument refers to % of voting rights
instrument Conversion period
Nominal Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
14,940,812 11.14%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting
rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Schroder Investment Management Limited 14,654,98710.93%
Schroder & Co. Limited 144,351 0.11%
Schroder Investment Management North America 141,474 0.11%
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto
hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting
rights:
13. Additional information: The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios
managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients
under investment management agreements
14. Contact name: Emma G Versluys
Deputy Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone number: 01274 731111 ext 2569
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The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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