Holding(s) in Company

15th Jun 2006 15:24

Punch Taverns PLC15 June 2006 Punch Taverns plc (the "Company")15 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 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/ Beneficial Owners Registered NameShares Fund 25,000 Sun Life Pensions Sun Life Pensions Management HSBC Global Custody Management Ltd Ltd Nominee (UK) Ltd (Beneficial) 58,387 AXA France (Non-Beneficial) 55,000 AXA General Unit HSBC Global Custody Nominee HSBC Global Custody Trust (UK) Limited as Trustees of Nominee (UK) Ltd, a/ (Non-Beneficial) the Trust c 880868 542,750 AXA Financial, Inc Alliance Capital Management (Non-Beneficial) LP 681,137 TOTAL 6. Percentage of issued class 0.26% 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposedNumber of Name of Company/Fund Beneficial RegisteredShares Owners Name 1,309,472 AXA Financial, Inc Bernstein (Non-Beneficial) 1,309,472 TOTAL 8. Percentage of issued class 0.5% 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.04786p each 10. Date of transaction 13 June 2006 11. Date company informed 15 June 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 42,267,685 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 16.08% 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: 15/6/06 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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