25th May 2006 11:09
Punch Taverns PLC25 May 2006 Punch Taverns plc (the "Company")25 May 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 Nil 6. Percentage of issued class Nil 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed Number of Name of Company/Fund Beneficial Owners Registered NameShares 23,219 Sun Life Pensions Sun Life Pensions HSBC Global Custody Management Ltd Management Ltd Nominee (UK) Ltd, a/c (Beneficial) 867815 521,935 AXA Financial, Inc Bernstein (Non-Beneficial) 6,744 AXA Financial, Inc Alliance Capital (Non-Beneficial) Management LP 551,898 TOTAL 8. Percentage of issued class 0.21% 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.04786p each 10. Date of transaction 23 May 2006 11. Date company informed 24 May 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 42,474,690 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 16.17% 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: 25/5/06 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Punch Taverns PLC