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Punch Taverns PLC02 February 2006 2 February 2006 Punch Taverns Plc ("the Company") Directors Shareholding On 23 January 2006 Francis Patton, exercised options to purchase 20,000Ordinary shares in the capital of the Company, granted on 3 December 2001 at aprice of 205p per share pursuant to the Company's executive share option scheme. On 23 January 2006 Francis Patton sold 20,000 Ordinary shares of 0.04786p eachin the Company at a price of 8.851135p per share. Following the above transactions Francis Patton now has interests in the sharecapital of the Company as set out below: 17,317 Ordinary shares in the Company 127,829 Options held over Ordinary shares in the Company The issued share capital of Punch Taverns plc is now 262,581,815 Ordinary sharesof 0.04786p each. Date of Notification: 24 January 2006 Susan Rudd Deputy Company Secretary 01283 501750 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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