13th Dec 2005 09:47
Punch Taverns PLC13 December 2005 Punch Taverns plc13 December 2005 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 Registered NameShares 5,047 AXA UK Investment Co Trustees of AXA UK HSBC Global Custody ICVC UK Opportunities Investment Co ICVC UK Nominee (UK) Fund (Non-Beneficial) Opportunities Fund Limited a/c 889598 936 Sun Life Nominees Ltd a/ Trustees of the HSBC Global Custody c 20 (Non-Beneficial) Princes Pension Nominee (UK) Ltd a/ Scheme c 777094 1,590 Sun Life Nominees Ltd a/ Trustees of the Cobham HSBC Global Custody c 29 Pension Plan Nominees (UK) Ltd, a/c 777167 341 Sun Life Nominees Ltd a/ Trustees of the HSBC Global Custody c 31 Princes (1997) Pension Nominee (UK) Ltd a/ Scheme c 785078 15,522 Sun Life Pensions Sun Life Pensions HSBC Global Custody Management Ltd Management Ltd Nominee (UK) Ltd, a (Beneficial) /c 867815 65,211 Sun Life Pensions Sun Life Pensions HSBC Global Custody Management Ltd Management Ltd Nominee (UK) Ltd, a (Beneficial) /c 867396 125,019 Sun Life Pensions Sun Life Pensions HSBC Global Custody Management Ltd Management Ltd Nominee (UK) Ltd, a (Beneficial) /c 867372 26,120 AXA UK Group Pension AXA UK Group Pension Chase Nominees Ltd, Scheme Equity Fund Scheme Equity Fund 00994 (Non-Beneficial) 5,366,184 AXA Financial, Inc Bernstein (Non-Beneficial) 5,605,970 TOTAL 6. Percentage of issued class 2.14% 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposedNumber of Name of Company/Fund Beneficial Owners RegisteredShares Name 60,200 AXA Financial, Inc AXA Rosenberg (Non-Beneficial) 411,992 AXA Financial, Inc Alliance Capital (Non-Beneficial) Management LP 472,192 TOTAL 2. Percentage of issued class 0.18% 3. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.04786p each 4. Date of transaction 8 December 2005 5. Date company informed 9 December 2005 6. Total holding following this notification 48,457,766 7. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 18.47% 8. Any additional information 9. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Susan Rudd, +44 (0) 1283 501750 10. Name of company official responsible for making this notification Susan Rudd, Deputy Company Secretary Date of notification : 13/12/05 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Punch Taverns PLC