1st Aug 2006 16:34
Punch Taverns PLC01 August 2006 Punch Taverns plc (the "Company")1 August 2006 NOTIFICATION OF DIRECTOR / PDMR SHAREHOLDING On 1 August 2006 the the following PDMRs exercised options to purchase shares inthe capital of the Company following the maturity of the 2003 three year Save AsYou Earn (SAYE) share option scheme as set out in the table below: Name Exercise Price Number of Shares Exercised Andrew Thompson 166p 5,692Neil Griffiths 166p 5,692 Following the above transaction Mr Thompson and Mr Griffiths now have interestsin the share capital of the Company as set out in the table below: Name Ordinary Shares in the Options held over Ordinary Shares Company in the Company Andrew Thompson 70,125 49,186 Neil Griffiths 23,201 35,968 The issued share capital of Punch Taverns plc is now 264,617,052 Ordinary sharesof 0.04786p each. Date of Notification: 1 August 2006 Name of contact and telephone number for queries: Susan RuddDeputy Company SecretaryPunch Taverns plcTel: 01283 501750 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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