Director Declaration

Provident Financial PLC
09 March 2006

                            Provident Financial plc



                     Notification under listing rule 9.6.13




Provident Financial plc announces that there is no information to disclose under
Listing Rule 9.6.13 in respect of Peter Stuart Crook, whose appointment to the
board of directors with effect from 8 March 2006 was announced yesterday with
the company's preliminary statement of results for 2005.





Rosamond J Marshall Smith
General Counsel and Company Secretary

9 March 2006




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