Provident Financial PLC Holding(s) in Company (2004T)

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RNS Number : 2004T

Provident Financial PLC

03 January 2017

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES (i) 
 
 
 
 
 
  1. Identity of the issuer or the        Provident Financial plc 
   underlying issuer of existing shares 
   to which voting rights are attached: 
   (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box 
  or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already 
  issued to which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar 
  economic effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                   x 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject      Woodford Investment Management 
  to the notification obligation:              Ltd ("Woodford") 
  (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)              Clients of Woodford 
  (if different from 3.): (iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date              30/12/2016 
  on which the threshold is crossed 
  or reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                03/01/2017 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                 17% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type      Situation previous        Resulting situation after the triggering 
  of              to the triggering         transaction 
  shares          transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                 Number       Number       Number       Number of voting        % of voting rights 
                  of           of           of shares    rights                  (x) 
                  Shares       Voting 
                               Rights 
--------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------------------  --------------------- 
                                           Direct       Direct       Indirect   Direct     Indirect 
                                                         (xi)         (xii) 
--------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ---------  ---------  ---------- 
 GB00B1Z4ST84    25,111,348   25,111,348   25,111,348   25,111,348              16.99% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial   Expiration     Exercise/       Number of voting         % of voting 
  instrument          date (xiii)    Conversion      rights that              rights 
                                     Period (xiv)    may be 
                                                     acquired if 
                                                     the 
                                                     instrument is 
                                                     exercised/ converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying 
  Financial Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial   Exercise   Expiration   Exercise/     Number of voting     % of voting 
  instrument          price      date         Conversion    rights instrument    rights (xix, 
                                 (xvii)       period        refers to            xx) 
                                              (xviii) 
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                                                                                Nominal   Delta 
------------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  -------------------  --------  ------ 
 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights 
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  25,111,348               16.99% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi) 
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   Woodford Investment Management Ltd as Investment Manager 
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 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy 
  holder will cease to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will 
  cease to hold voting rights: 
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 13. Additional information: 
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 14. Contact name:                Emma Versluys 
                                   Deputy Company Secretary 
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 15. Contact telephone number:     01274 351 034 
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