Additional Listing

Provident Financial PLC
08 March 2004





Provident Financial plc announces that application has been made to the London
Stock Exchange and UK Listing Authority for the admission to the Official List
of 3,000,000 ordinary shares of 10 4/11pence each fully paid.  These shares are
to be split as follows:



2,500,000 to Provident Financial plc Unapproved Senior Executive Share Option
Scheme(1996).

500,000 to Provident Financial plc Senior Executive Share Option Scheme (1995).



These shares, which rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares in issue,
will be allotted from time to time in accordance with the share schemes listed
above.




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