VANQUIS BANKING GROUP PLC

TRANSPORT INVESTIGATIONS LIMITED (Company Number 03467582) the “Company” The Company hereby gives notice that it intends to buy the shares of David MacLeod, a shareholder of the Company who falls within the provisions of article 54 of the Articles of Association of the Company (“Articles”) as an “Untraceable Shareholder”. The Company has not had contact with the Untraceable Shareholder for a period of 5 years prior to the date of publication of this advertisement and the Company reasonably believes that he cannot (or his successors in title cannot) be traced without expenditure disproportionate to the value of the member’s shareholding in the Company. In the event that the Company has not received any communication from the Untraceable Shareholder within 3 months of the date of this advertisement, the Company will proceed with the buy back of such shares, subject to approval from the members. The Untraceable Shareholder or his successor in title wishing to object to such a purchase should notify the Company in writing at its registered office immediately and in any event reaching the Company prior to 5.00 pm 21 June 2018 and produce satisfactory evidence of ownership (to include either a certified copy share certificate(s) and/or details of transmission to the claimant). A copy of the share buyback agreement (which was approved by the shareholders of the Company by written resolution on 28 February 2018 and a copy of the Articles are available for inspection at the Company’s registered office (Unit 65 The Oaks, Manston Business Park, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 5FD) between 9.00 am and 5.00 pm, Monday to Friday, until 5.00 pm on 21 June 2018. COMPANY LAW SUPPLEMENT The Company Law Supplement details information notified to, or by, the Registrar of Companies. The Company Law Supplement to The London, Belfast and Edinburgh Gazette is published weekly on a Tuesday. 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PRE-EMPTION OFFERS TO SHAREHOLDERS Corporate insolvency NOTICES OF DIVIDENDS PRE-EMPTION OFFERS TO SHAREHOLDERS PROVIDENT FINANCIAL PLC (Company Number 00668987) Countries where registered: England Registered office: No.1 Godwin Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD1 2SU 17 FOR 24 RIGHTS ISSUE AT A PRICE OF 315 PENCE PER NEW ORDINARY SHARE This notice is given under section 562(3) of the Companies Act 2006 to each registered holder of ordinary shares of 208/11 pence each (the "Ordinary Shares") in Provident Financial plc (the "Company") on the register at the close of business on 19 March 2018 (the "Record Date") who has no registered address in an EEA State and who has not given to the Company an address in an EEA State for the service of notices on them (each a "Relevant Shareholder"). This notice is given in connection with the issue by way of rights of 104,998,904 new ordinary shares (the "New Ordinary Shares") at a price of 315 pence per New Ordinary Share to qualifying shareholders on the register of members of the Company at the Record Date (the "Rights Issue"). The New Ordinary Shares, when fully paid, will rank pari passu in all respects with all other Ordinary Shares in the Company, including the right to receive all dividends or other distributions made, paid or declared after the date of the Prospectus (as defined below). The following documents (being copies of documents made available to holders of Ordinary Shares (other than certain Relevant Shareholders)) issued in connection with, and constituting, the Rights Issue may be inspected or (subject as provided below) obtained, on personal application by or on behalf of a Relevant Shareholder, from Link Asset Services, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4TU between 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays in England and Wales, until 11.00 a.m. on 9 April 2018: (a) a prospectus dated 27 February 2018 (the "Prospectus") published in accordance with the prospectus rules of the Financial Conduct Authority (the "FCA") made under section 73A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the "FSMA"); (b) a circular dated 27 February 2018 (the "Circular") published in accordance with the listing rules of the FCA made under section 73A of the FSMA; and (c) a provisional allotment letter (the "Provisional Allotment Letter") (whether or not the Relevant Shareholder holds Ordinary Shares in certificated form) in respect of the New Ordinary Shares provisionally allotted to such Relevant Shareholder under the Rights Issue, provided that a Provisional Allotment Letter may only be obtained on the production of evidence of entitlement. In addition, if for any reason a Relevant Shareholder has received an original provisional allotment letter despatched on 21 March 2018, the Provisional Allotment Letter may only be obtained if the original so despatched is first surrendered to Link Asset Services at the above address. The Right Issue is conditional upon the matters set out in the Prospectus and the Circular. Relevant Shareholders' attention is drawn to paragraph 2.6 of Part III (Terms and Conditions of the Rights Issue) of the Prospectus relating to overseas shareholders and their ability to accept New Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Rights Issue. By Order of the Board Kenneth J Mullen, General Counsel and Company Secretary THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE UK PROSPECTUS RULES OF THE FCA AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A PROSPECTUS OR A PROSPECTUS EQUIVALENT DOCUMENT. NEITHER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT NOR ANY PART OF IT SHOULD FORM THE BASIS OF OR BE RELIED ON IN CONNECTION WITH OR ACT AS AN INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO ANY CONTRACT OR COMMITMENT WHATSOEVER. INVESTORS SHOULD NOT SUBSCRIBE FOR OR PURCHASE ANY SHARES REFERRED TO IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT EXCEPT ON THE BASIS OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE PROSPECTUS IN CONNECTION WITH THE RIGHTS ISSUE. COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE COMPANY'S REGISTERED OFFICE AND ON ITS WEBSITE WWW.PROVIDENTFINANCIAL.COM, PROVIDED THAT THE PROSPECTUS IS NOT AVAILABLE, WHETHER THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR OTHERWISE, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, TO RELEVANT SHAREHOLDERS IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, JAPAN, SOUTH AFRICA, THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE SAME WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. In the County Court at Birmingham No 6171 of 2013