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Punch Taverns PLC18 December 2006 Punch Taverns plc (the "Company")18 December 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 Shares Name of Company/Fund Beneficial Owners Registered Name 4,000 Sun Life Pensions Sun Life Pensions BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd Management Ltd (Benefical) Management Ltd 2,000 AXA Ireland Pension Fund AXA Ireland Pension Fund Chase Nominees Ltd a/c (Non-beneficial) 21652 246,726 AXA Rosenberg AXA Rosenberg (Non-beneficial) 252,726 TOTAL 6. Percentage of issued class 0.10% 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed Number of Shares Name of Company/Fund Beneficial Owners Registered Name 2,000 AXA UK Group Pension Scheme AXA UK Group Pension Chase Nominees Ltd, 00994 Equity Fund Scheme Equity Fund (Non-Beneficial) 2,000 TOTAL 8. Percentage of issued class 0.001% 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.04786p each 10. Date of transaction 18 December 2006 11. Date company informed 18 December 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 45,074,872 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 17% 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: 18/12/06 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Punch Taverns PLC