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Punch Taverns PLC01 February 2006 Punch Taverns plc (the "Company")1 February 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of Company Punch Taverns plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest FMR Corp., holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company ("FMRCO");Fidelity International Limited ("FIL"), holding company of Fidelity InvestmentServices Limited ("FISL") and Fidelity Pension Management ("FPM"); Mr Edward C.Johnson 3rd. 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 264,700 FIL JP Morgan, Bournemouth 27,000 FISL JP Morgan, Bournemouth 9,460 FPM Northern Trust 301,160 Total 6. Percentage of issued class 0.11% 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 680,201 FII Bank of New York Europe 680,201 Total 8. Percentage of issued class 0.26% 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.04786p each 10. Date of transaction 31 January 2006 11. Date company informed 1 February 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 23,455,420 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 8.93% 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 : 1/2/06 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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