Director Declaration

Provident Financial PLC
31 January 2007

                            Provident Financial plc

                     Notification under listing rule 9.6.13


Provident Financial plc announces that there is no further information to
disclose under Listing Rule 9.6.13 in respect of Christopher Rodrigues, whose
appointment to the board of directors was announced on 26 January 2007.


Emma G Versluys
Assistant Company Secretary
31 January 2007




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