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RNS Number : 1780N

Provident Financial PLC

15 January 2019

Provident Financial plc ("the Company")

Director/PDMR Transaction - Initial Notification

The Company announces that it was notified on 15 January 2019, of the following acquisitions ("Dealings") in the Company's ordinary shares of 20 8/11p each ("Ordinary Shares") by Yorkshire Building Society Trustees Provident Financial Group on behalf of Kenneth John Mullen, who is a director/person discharging managerial responsibility in the Company. The Dealings took place on 14 January 2019 at a price of GBP6.432 per Ordinary Share:

 
 Director/      Beneficial            % of issued   Ordinary Shares         Resultant             Resultant 
  PDMR           holding of            share         acquired by             Beneficial            % of issued 
                 Ordinary Shares       capital       Director /              holding of            share 
                 prior to the          prior         PDMR                    Ordinary Shares       capital 
                 Dealing               to the                                after the             after 
                                       Dealing                               Dealing               the Dealing 
 Kenneth        14,553 unrestricted   0.006%        24 partnership          14,583 unrestricted   0.006% 
  John Mullen    shares and                          shares and              shares and 
                 53,931 restricted                   6 matching              53,931 restricted 
                 shares                              shares (unrestricted    shares 
                                                     shares) 
                                       0.021%                                                      0.021% 
               --------------------  ------------  ----------------------  --------------------  -------------

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
       / person closely associated 
 a)   Name                        Kenneth John Mullen 
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 2    Reason for the notification 
     ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status             PDMR 
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 b)   Initial notification        Initial notification 
       /Amendment 
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 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
     ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                        Provident Financial plc 
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 b)   LEI                         213800U93SZC44VXN635 
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 4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated 
       for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; 
       (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions 
       have been conducted 
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 a)   Description of the 
       financial instrument,        Ordinary Shares of 20 8/11p 
       type of instrument 
                                    GB00B1Z4ST84 
       Identification code 
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 b)   Nature of the transaction   Acquisition of shares under the Provident 
                                   Financial Share Incentive Plan 
     --------------------------  ------------------------------------------ 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)        Price(s)    Volume(s) 
                                     GBP6.432    30 
                                                ---------- 
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 d)   Aggregated information 
 
       - Aggregated volume          30 
 
       - Price                      GBP192.96 
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 e)   Date of the transaction     14 January 2019 
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 f)   Place of the transaction    London Stock Exchange 
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Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification:

David Whincup, Deputy Company Secretary

Date of Notification:

15 January 2019

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