10th Jan 2007 09:32
Punch Taverns PLC10 January 2007 Punch Taverns plc (the "Company")10 January 2007 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 acquiredNumber of Name of Company/Fund Beneficial Owners RegisteredShares Name 78,120 AXA Financial, Inc Alliance Capital (Non-Beneficial) Management LP 78,120 TOTAL 6. Percentage of issued class 0.03% 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposedNumber of Name of Company/Fund Beneficial RegisteredShares Owners Name 331,821 AXA Financial, Inc Bernstein (Non-Beneficial) 331,821 TOTAL 8. Percentage of issued class 0.13% 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.04786p each 10. Date of transaction 9 January 2007 11. Date company informed 9 January 2007 12. Total holding following this notification 44,899,536 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 16.93% 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: 10/01/07 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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