15th Nov 2006 09:27
Punch Taverns PLC15 November 2006 Punch Taverns plc (the "Company")15 November 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of Company Punch Taverns plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest AXA S.A of 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its Group of Companies who aredeemed to have an interest in these shares. 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect ofholding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficialinterest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of thatperson's spouse or children under the age of 18 Persons in 2 above. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, thenumber of shares held by each of them 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired Number of Name of Company/Fund Beneficial Owners Registered NameShares 78,444 Sun Life Assurance Ltd Sun Life HSBC Global Custody A/c X (Beneficial) Assurance Ltd Nominee (UK) Ltd, a/c 776950 295,902 Sun Life Assurance Ltd Sun Life HSBC Global Custody A/c X (Beneficial) Assurance Ltd Nominee (UK) Ltd, a/c 867050 2,700,043 AXA Financial, Inc Bernstein (Non-Beneficial) 473,633 AXA Financial, Inc AXA Rosenberg (Non-Beneficial) 213,972 AXA Financial, Inc Alliance Capital (Non-Beneficial) Management LP 4,133 SLUAX 32,029 SLPMX 3,798,156 TOTAL 6. Percentage of issued class 1.43% 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposedNumber of Name of Company/Fund Beneficial Owners Registered NameShares 275,000 AXA UK Investment Co Trustees of AXA UK HSBC Global Custody ICVC UK Growth Fund Investment Co ICVC UK Nominee (UK) (Non-Beneficial) Growth Fund Limited a/c 845005 14,067 Sun Life Nominees Ltd Trustees of the Cobham HSBC Global Custody a/c 29 Pension Plan Nominees (UK) Ltd, a/c 777167 9,623 Sun Life Pensions Sun Life Pensions HSBC Global Custody Management Ltd Management Ltd Nominee (UK) Ltd, a (Beneficial) /c 867815 503,367 Sun Life Pensions Sun Life Pensions HSBC Global Custody Management Ltd Management Ltd Nominee (UK) Ltd, a (Beneficial) /c 867396 1,137,881 Sun Life Pensions Sun Life Pensions HSBC Global Custody Management Ltd Management Ltd Nominee (UK) Ltd, a (Beneficial) /c 867372 900 Sun Life Pensions Sun Life Pensions Smith & Williamson Management Ltd Management Ltd Nominees Limited a/ (Beneficial) c S66 20,000 AXA General Unit Trust HSBC Global Custody HSBC Global Custody (Non-Beneficial) Nominee (UK) Limited as Nominee (UK) Ltd, a Trustees of the Trust /c 880868 1,960,838 TOTAL 8. Percentage of issued class 0.74% 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.04786p each 10. Date of transaction 13 November 2006 11. Date company informed 14 November 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 42,851,987 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 16.18% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Claire Stewart, +44 (0) 1283 501 858 16. Name of company official responsible for making this notification Claire Stewart, Assistant Company Secretary Date of notification: 15/11/06 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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