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Punch Taverns PLC06 November 2006 Punch Taverns plc (the "Company") 6 November 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 25,900 FMCRO Brown Borwns Brothers Harriman 9,700 FICL State Street Bank and Tr Co 35,600 Total 6. Percentage of issued class 0.01% 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 87,700 FPM Bank of New York Brussels 154,500 FPM JP Morgan, Bournemouth 146,500 FPM Mellon Bank 203,100 FPM Northern Trust 145,200 FPM State Street Bank & Trust Co London 79,300 FPM Bankers Trust London 36,000 FPM Midland Security Services 25,900 FMTC Brown Brothers Harriman 12,300 FMTC JP Morgan Chase 9,700 FMTC State Street Bank & Trust 121,100 FISL J P Morgan, Bournemouth 157,000 FIL Bank of New York Brussels 573,370 FIL Brown Brothers Harriman 336,500 FIL J P Morgan, Bournemouth 16,100 FII Bank of New York Europe LDN 2,104,270 Total 8. Percentage of issued class 0.79% 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.04786p each 10. Date of transaction 2 November 2006 11. Date company informed 3 November 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 21,083,617 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 7.96% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Claire Stewart, +44 (0) 1283 501858 16. Name of company official responsible for making this notification Claire Stewart, Assistant Company Secretary Date of notification : 6/11/06 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Punch Taverns PLC