21st Feb 2006 11:33
Punch Taverns PLC21 February 2006 21 February 2006 Punch Taverns plc ("the Company") Director/PDMR Shareholding On 20 February 2006 the following employees exercised options to purchase sharesin the capital of the Company pursuant to the Company's executive share optionscheme as set out in the table below: Name Date of Grant Exercise Price Number of Shares ExercisedFrancis Patton 5 December 2002 £1.94 15,463William Walker 5 December 2002 £1.94 15,463 On 20 February 2006, Mr Patton and Mr Walker each retained the 15,463 Ordinaryshares of 0.04786p in the Company. Following the above transaction Mr Patton and Mr Walker now have interests inthe share capital of the Company as set out in the table below: Name Ordinary shares in the Options held over Ordinary shares in the Company CompanyFrancis 32,780 112,366PattonWilliam 15,463 73,473Walker The issued share capital of Punch Taverns plc is now 262,634,974 Ordinary Sharesof 0.04786p. Date of Notification: 21 February 2006 Name of contact and telephone number for queries: Neil PrestonCompany SecretaryPunch Taverns plcTel: 01283 501 751 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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