Provident Financial PLC Holding(s) in Company (5592T)

TIDMPFG TIDM42SB

RNS Number : 5592T

Provident Financial PLC

13 October 2017

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

 
 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant 
  issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)(is) 
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 1a. Identity of the issuer                                      Provident Financial plc 
  or the underlying issuer 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are attached(ii) 
  : 
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 1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer 
  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate) 
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 Non-UK issuer 
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 2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate 
  box or boxes with an "X") 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                  X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments                                          X 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please specify)(iii) : 
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 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation(iv) 
 Name                                                The Goldman Sachs Group, 
                                                      Inc. 
 City and country of registered                      Corporation Trust Center, 
  office (if applicable)                              1209 Orange Street, Wilmington 
                                                      DE 19801, USA 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v) 
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 Name 
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 City and country of registered 
  office (if applicable) 
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 5. Date on which the threshold                      10/10/2017 
  was crossed or reached(vi) 
  : 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified                    12/10/2017 
  (DD/MM/YYYY): 
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 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification 
  obligation 
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                                % of voting            % of voting        Total of       Total number 
                              rights attached        rights through       both in %       of voting 
                                 to shares              financial        (8.A + 8.B)      rights of 
                                 (total of             instruments                        issuer(vii) 
                                   8. A)                (total of 
                                                       8.B 1 + 8.B 
                                                           2) 
----------------------  --------------------------  ----------------  ----------------  ------------- 
 Resulting 
  situation 
  on the date 
  on which 
  threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached                       2.08%                  0.79%             2.87%        148,228,603 
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 Position 
  of previous 
  notification 
  (if 
  applicable)                      2.35%                  1.17%             3.53% 
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 8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the 
  date on which the threshold was crossed or reached(viii) 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type                     Number of voting                   % of voting rights 
  of                             rights(ix) 
  shares 
  ISIN code (if 
  possible) 
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                                     Direct          Indirect             Direct                 Indirect 
                                     (Art 9          (Art 10 of          (Art 9 of              (Art 10 of 
                                  of Directive       Directive           Directive               Directive 
                                  2004/109/EC)      2004/109/EC)        2004/109/EC)           2004/109/EC) 
                                    (DTR5.1)         (DTR5.2.1)           (DTR5.1)              (DTR5.2.1) 
-----------------------------  -----------------  --------------  ----------------------  --------------------- 
 GB00B1Z4ST84                                        3,088,430                                    2.08% 
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 US74387B1035                                           118                                      0.0001% 
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 SUBTOTAL 8. 
  A                                        3,088,548                                  2.08% 
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 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) 
  of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) 
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 Type of financial              Expiration         Exercise/       Number of voting        % of voting 
  instrument                     date(x)           Conversion       rights that             rights 
                                                   Period(xi)       may be acquired 
                                                                    if the instrument 
                                                                    is 
                                                                    exercised/converted. 
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 Securities 
  Lending                       Open                                     1,171,856                0.79% 
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                                                   SUBTOTAL 8. 
                                                   B 1                   1,171,856                0.79% 
                                                  --------------  ----------------------  --------------------- 
 
                B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
                    according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC 
                                     (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) 
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     Type of     Expiration    Exercise/        Physical         Number of       % of 
    financial                                    or cash        voting rights    voting 
    instrument                                                                   rights 
  ------------                                                ---------------  -------- 
                  date(x)      Conversion    settlement(xii) 
                               Period (xi) 
  ------------  -----------  -------------  ----------------  ---------------  -------- 
 
 
 
                                                SUBTOTAL 
                                                  8.B.2 
                                            ----------------  ---------------  -------- 
 
 
 
 9. Information in relation to the person subject to 
  the notification obligation (please mark the 
  applicable box with an "X") 
 Person subject to the notification obligation is 
  not controlled by any natural person or legal entity 
  and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding 
  directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) 
  issuer(xiii) 
 Full chain of controlled undertakings through which                          X 
  the voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held starting 
  with the ultimate controlling natural person or 
  legal entity(xiv) (please add additional rows as 
  necessary) 
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      Name(xv)           % of voting           % of voting             Total of both 
                         rights if it         rights through            if it equals 
                         equals or is      financial instruments        or is higher 
                          higher than          if it equals          than the notifiable 
                        the notifiable         or is higher               threshold 
                           threshold        than the notifiable 
                                                 threshold 

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 The Goldman 
  Sachs Group, 
  Inc. 
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 Goldman Sachs 
  (UK) L.L.C. 
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 Goldman Sachs 
  Group UK Limited 
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 Goldman Sachs 
  International 
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 The Goldman 
  Sachs Group, 
  Inc. 
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 Goldman Sachs 
  & Co. LLC 
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 The Goldman 
  Sachs Group, 
  Inc. 
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 GSAM Holdings 
  LLC 
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 Goldman Sachs 
  Asset Management, 
  L.P. 
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 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: 
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 Name of the proxy holder                 N/A 
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 The number and % of voting               N/A 
  rights held 
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 The date until which the                 N/A 
  voting rights will be held 
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 11. Additional information(xvi) 
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 Please note, total amount of voting rights have been 
  rounded to 2 decimal places therefore there is a possibility 
  of a rounding error. 
 
  General email contact: 
  [e-mail] 
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 Place of completion   London 
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 Date of completion    12/10/2017 
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