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Punch Taverns PLC26 January 2006 Punch Taverns plc (the "Company")26 January 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 Name of Company/Fund Beneficial Owners Registered NameShares 25,000 Sun Life Pensions Sun Life Pensions HSBC Global Custody Management Ltd Management Ltd Nominee (UK) (Beneficial) Limited 89,134 AXA France (Registration details (Registration (Non-Beneficial) available upon request) details available upon request) 48,312 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 880868 1,712 AXA World Funds Trustees of AXA World Vidacos Nominees British Equities Fund Funds British Equities London (Non-Beneficial) Fund 164,158 TOTAL 6. Percentage of issued class 0.06% 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposedNumber of Name of Company/Fund Beneficial Owners Registered Name Shares 5,000 AXA UK Investment Co Trustees of AXA UK HSBC Global Custody ICVC Ethical Fund Investment Co ICVC Nominee (UK) (Non-Beneficial) Ethical Fund Limited a/c 845042 150,000 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 9,456 AXA UK Investment Co Trustees of AXA UK HSBC Global Custody ICVC UK Groth Fund Investment Co ICVC UK Nominee (UK) (Non-Beneficial) Growth Fund Limited a/c 845005 5,200 Sun Life Nominees Ltd a/ Trustees of the Cobham HSBC Global Custody c 29 Pension Plan Nominees (UK) Ltd, a/c 777167 900 Sun Life Pensions Sun Life Pensions HSBC Global Custody Management Ltd Management Ltd Nominee (UK) Ltd, a (Beneficial) /c 867815 7,200 AXA UK Group Pension AXA UK Group Pension Chase Nominees Ltd, Scheme Equity Fund Scheme Equity Fund 00994 (Non-Beneficial) 978,140 AXA Financial, Inc Bernstein (Non-Beneficial) 16,497 AXA Financial, Inc Alliance Capital (Non-Beneficial) Management LP 1,172,393 TOTAL 2. Percentage of issued class 0.45% 3. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.04786p each 4. Date of transaction 25 January 2006 5. Date company informed 25 January 2006 6. Total holding following this notification 47,449,531 7. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 18.07% 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 : 26/1/06 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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