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Punch Taverns PLC05 January 2007 Punch Taverns plc (the "Company")5 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 acquired Number of Shares Name of Company/Fund Beneficial Owners Registered Name 10,000 AXA UK Investment Co ICVC Trustees of AXA UK UK Growth Fund Investment Co ICVC UK (Non-Beneficial) Growth Fund HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c 845005 353,455 AXA Rosenberg AXA Rosenberg (Non-Beneficial) 46,825 AXA Financial, Inc Alliance Capital (Non-Beneficial) Management LP 410,280 TOTAL 6. Percentage of issued class 0.15% 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed Number of Shares Name of Company/Fund Beneficial Owners Registered Name 32,500 AXA UK Investment Co ICVC Trustees of AXA UK Ethical Fund Investment Co ICVC (Non-Beneficial) Ethical Fund HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited a/c 845042 821 Sun Life Pensions Sun Life Pensions Smith & Williamson Management Ltd (Beneficial) Management Ltd Nominees Limited a/c S66 193,490 AXA Financial, Inc Bernstein (Non-Beneficial) 2,092 Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd ABL High Alpha (Beneficial) 228,903 TOTAL 8. Percentage of issued class 0.09% 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.04786p each 10. Date of transaction 04 January 2007 11. Date company informed 04 January 2007 12. Total holding following this notification 45,153,237 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 17.03% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Tim Kendall, +44 (0) 1283 523 556 16. Name of company official responsible for making this notification Tim Kendall, Assistant Company Secretary Date of notification: 05/01/07 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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