13th Dec 2006 12:24
Punch Taverns PLC13 December 2006 Punch Taverns plc (the "Company")13 December 2006 NOTIFICATION OF DIRECTOR / PDMR SHAREHOLDING On 12 December 2006 Francis Patton, a PDMR of the Company, exercised his optionto purchase 16,000 Ordinary Shares in the capital of the Company, granted on 3December 2001 at a price of £2.05 per share pursuant to the Company's executiveshare option scheme. On 12 December 2006 Mr Patton disposed of 16,000 Ordinary Shares acquiredpursuant to the exercise of the option set out above, at a price of £12.0241 pershare. Following these transactions Francis Patton now has the following interests inthe Ordinary Share capital of the Company: Ordinary Shares in the Company Options held over Ordinary Shares in the Company 19,633 90,093 The issued share capital of Punch Taverns plc is now 265,014,788 Ordinary shares of 0.04786p each. Date of Notification: 13 December 2006 Name of contact and telephone number for queries: Claire Stewart Assistant Company Secretary Punch Taverns plc Tel: 01283 501 858 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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