13th Mar 2006 14:07
Punch Taverns PLC13 March 2006 Punch Taverns plc (the "Company")13 March 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 acquiredNumber of Name of Company/Fund Beneficial Owners RegisteredShares Name 9,653 AXA Financial, Inc Alliance Capital (Non-Beneficial) Management LP 9,653 TOTAL 6. Percentage of issued class 0.004 % 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposedNumber of Name of Company/Fund Beneficial Owners Registered NameShares 350,545 AXA UK Investment Co Trustees of AXA UK HSBC Global Custody ICVC UK Growth Fund Investment Co ICVC UK Nominee (UK) Limited (Non-Beneficial) Growth Fund a/c 845005 5,000 Sun Life Nominees Ltd Trustees of the Cobham HSBC Global Custody a/c 29 Pension Plan Nominees (UK) Ltd, a /c 777167 202,943 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 88086 278,151 AXA Financial, Inc Bernstein (Non-Beneficial) 4,147 AXA World Funds Trustees of AXA World Vidacos Nominees British Equities Fund Funds British Equities London (Non-Beneficial) Fund 821,480 TOTAL 8. Percentage of issued class 0.313% 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.04786p each 10. Date of transaction 9 March 2006 11. Date company informed 10 March 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 44,319,640 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 16.87% 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: 13/3/06 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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