Vanquis Banking Group (formerly: Provident Financial Plc)

Major Shareholding Notification • Mar 19, 2021

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RNS Number : 9063S

Provident Financial PLC

19 March 2021

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)i
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii:			Provident Financial PLC
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments						X
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify)iii:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv
Name			Coltrane Asset Management, L.P.
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v
Name			Coltrane Master Fund, L.P., Coltrane Long Value Master Fund, L.P.
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:			March 17, 2021
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			March 19, 2021
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)		Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights held in issuervii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	N/A	5.03%		5.03%	253,615,794
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	N/A	4.02%		4.02%

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)		Number of voting rightsix					% of voting rights
Direct (DTR5.1)		Indirect  (DTR5.2.1)			Direct (DTR5.1)		Indirect (DTR5.2.1)
(ISIN:N/A)		N/A		N/A			N/A		N/A
SUBTOTAL 8. A		N/A					N/A
B 1: Financial Instruments according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (a)
Type of financial instrument		Expiration datex	Exercise/ Conversion Periodxi			Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.			% of voting rights
N/A		N/A	N/A			N/A			N/A
			SUBTOTAL 8. B 1			N/A			N/A
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (b)
Type of financial instrument	Expiration datex		Exercise/ Conversion Period xi		Physical or cash settlementxii			Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Equity CFD	N/A		N/A		CASH			1,875,305	0.73%
Equity CFD	N/A		N/A		CASH			10,904,263	4.29%
					SUBTOTAL 8.B.2			12,779,568	5.03%

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) issuerxiii
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv (please add additional rows as necessary)				X
Namexv	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Coltrane Asset Management, L.P.
Mandeep Manku
Coltrane Domestic Fund, L.P.
Coltrane Offshore Fund, L.P.
Coltrane Asset Management Holdings, Ltd.
Coltrane GP, LLC
Coltrane Master Fund, L.P.		4.29%	4.29%
Coltrane Long Value Domestic Fund, L.P.
Coltrane Long Value Offshore Fund, Ltd.
Coltrane Long Value GP LLC
Coltrane Long Value Master Fund, L.P.
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder
The number and % of voting rights held
The date until which the voting rights will be held
11. Additional informationxvi

Place of completion	New York, NY
Date of completion	March 19th, 2021

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