Provident Financial PLC Holding(s) in Company (3745I)

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RNS Number : 3745I

Provident Financial PLC

16 June 2017

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES (i) 
 
 
 1. Identity of the issuer      Provident Financial 
  or the underlying issuer              plc 
  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     Yes 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying        No 
  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       No 
  with similar economic effect to qualifying 
  financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting       No 
  rights 
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 Other (please                                   No 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s)           Invesco Ltd 
  subject to the notification 
  obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.): 
  (iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction          15 June 2017 
  and date on which the threshold 
  is crossed or reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer             16 June 2017 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are 
  crossed or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                     19% 
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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                 Resulting situation after 
  of               previous                  the triggering transaction 
  shares           to the triggering 
                   transaction 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
---------------  ------------------------  -------------------------------------------------- 
                  Number       Number       Number    Number of             % of voting 
                   of           of           of        voting                rights (x) 
                   Shares       Voting       shares    rights 
                                Rights 
---------------  -----------  -----------  --------  --------------------  ------------------ 
                                            Direct    Direct   Indirect     Direct   Indirect 
                                                       (xi)     (xii) 
---------------  -----------  -----------  --------  -------  -----------  -------  --------- 
 GB00B1Z4ST84 
  Ord 20 
  8/11p shares    28,134,729   28,134,729                      28,162,514            19.00% 
---------------  -----------  -----------  --------  -------  -----------  -------  --------- 
 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Type of financial   Expiration   Exercise/     Number of      % of voting 
  instrument          date         Conversion    voting         rights 
                      (xiii)       Period        rights that 
                                   (xiv)         may be 
                                                 acquired 
                                                 if the 
                                                 instrument 
                                                 is 
                                                 exercised/ 
                                                 converted. 
------------------  -----------  ------------  -------------  ------------ 
 
 
 
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic 
  effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, 
  xvi) 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Type of       Exercise   Expiration   Exercise/     Number of     % of voting 
  financial     price      date         Conversion    voting        rights (xix, 
  instrument               (xvii)       period        rights        xx) 
                                        (xviii)       instrument 
                                                      refers 
                                                      to 
------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ---------------- 
                                                                   Nominal   Delta 
------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  ------------  --------  ------ 
 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
----------------------------------------------- 
 Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting 
                            rights 
------------------------  --------------------- 
  28,162,514               19.00% 
------------------------  --------------------- 
 
 
 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the 
  voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
  (xxi) 
------------------------------------------------------------ 
 
   Invesco Asset Management Limited - 28,019,063 
   Invesco Investment Advisers - 125,814 
   Invesco PowerShares Capital Management - 14,771 
   Invesco Asset Management Limited Japan - 2,866 
------------------------------------------------------------ 
 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:    Invesco (UK) Ltd 
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 11. Number of voting rights     N/A 
  proxy holder will cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy         N/A 
  holder will cease to hold 
  voting rights: 
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 13. Additional information: 
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 14. Contact name:                Ken Mullen 
                                   General Counsel and 
                                   Company Secretary 
                                   Provident Financial 
                                   plc 
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 15. Contact telephone number:     01274 351 035 
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