12th Apr 2005 14:27
Punch Taverns PLC12 April 2005 Punch Taverns plc12 April 2005 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 RegisteredShares Name 55,000 AXA UK Investment Co ICVC Trustees of AXA UK HSBC Global Ethical Fund Investment Co ICVC Ethical Custody Nominee (Non-Beneficial) Fund (UK) Limited 200,000 AXA UK Investment Co ICVC Trustees of AXA UK HSBC Global UK Opportunities Fund Investment Co ICVC UK Custody Nominee (Non-Beneficial) Opportunities Fund (UK) Limited 322,382 AXA UK Investment Co ICVC Trustees of AXA UK HSBC Global UK Groth Fund Investment Co ICVC UK Custody Nominee (Non-Beneficial) Growth Fund (UK) Limited 172,462 AXA General Unit Trust HSBC Global Custody HSBC Global (Non-Beneficial) Nominee (UK) Limited as Custody Nominee Trustees of the Trust (UK) Ltd 13,910 AXA World Funds British Trustees of AXA World Vidacos Nominees Equities Fund Funds British Equities London (Non-Beneficial) Fund 763,754 TOTAL 6. Percentage of issued class 0.30% 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed Number of Name of Company/Fund Beneficial RegisteredShares Owners Name 21,376 AXA Financial, Inc Bernstein (Non-Beneficial) 1,200,800 AXA Financial, Inc AXA Rosenberg (Non-Beneficial) 1,222,176 TOTAL 8. Percentage of issued class 0.48% 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.04786p each 10. Date of transaction 7 April 2005 11. Date company informed 12 April 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 29,873,719 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 11.82% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Susan Rudd, +44 (0) 1283 501750 16. Name of company official responsible for making this notification Susan Rudd, Deputy Company Secretary Date of notification : 12/04/05 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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