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Punch Taverns PLC 08 June 2006 Punch Taverns plc (the 'Company') 8 June 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 are deemed to have an interest in these shares. 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'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, the number of shares held by each of them 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired Number of Name of Company/Fund Beneficial Owners Registered Name Shares 25,000 Sun Life Pensions Sun Life Pensions HSBC Global Management Ltd Management Ltd Custody Nominee ( (Beneficial) UK) Ltd 135,000 HSBC Global Custody HSBC Global Custody HSBC Global Nominee (UK) Limited as Nominee (UK) Limited as Custody Nominee ( Trustees of the Trust Trustees of the Trust UK) Ltd, a/c 880868 1,543,732 AXA Financial, Inc Alliance Capital (Non-Beneficial) Management LP 1,703,732 TOTAL 6. Percentage of issued class 0.65% 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed Number of Name of Company/Fund Beneficial Owners Registered Name Shares 10,000 Sun Life Pensions Sun Life Pensions HSBC Global Custody Management Ltd Management Ltd Nominee (UK) Ltd, a/c (Beneficial) 867815 1,272,402 AXA Financial, Inc Bernstein (Non-Beneficial) 1,282,402 TOTAL 8. Percentage of issued class 0.49% 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.04786p each 10. Date of transaction 6 June 2006 11. Date company informed 7 June 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 42,896,020 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 16.32% 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: 8/6/06 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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