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Punch Taverns PLC18 May 2006 Punch Taverns plc (the "Company")18 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 are deemed to have an interest in these shares. 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'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, the number 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 200,000 AXA UK Investment Co Trustees of AXA UK HSBC Global Custody ICVC UK Opportunities Investment Co ICVC UK Nominee (UK) Limited Fund (Non-Beneficial) Opportunities Fund a/c 889598 5,350 Sun Life Pensions Sun Life Pensions Smith & Williamson Management Ltd Management Ltd Nominees Limited a/c (Beneficial) S66 118,365 AXA France (Non-Beneficial) 346,102 AXA Financial, Inc Alliance Capital (Non-Beneficial) Management LP 669,817 TOTAL 6. Percentage of issued class 0.25 % 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed Number of Name of Company/Fund Beneficial Owners Registered NameShares 10,000 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 299,455 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 65,000 Sun Life Pensions Sun Life Pensions HSBC Global Custody Management Ltd Management Ltd Nominee (UK) (Beneficial) Limited 4,400 Sun Life Pensions Sun Life Pensions HSBC Global Custody Management Ltd Management Ltd Nominee (UK) Ltd, a (Beneficial) /c 867815 172,057 AXA General Unit HSBC Global Custody HSBC Global Custody Trust Nominee (UK) Limited as Nominee (UK) Ltd, a (Non-Beneficial) Trustees of the Trust /c 880868 1,783,304 AXA Financial, Inc Bernstein (Non-Beneficial) 3,653 AXA World Funds Trustees of AXA World Vidacos Nominees British Equities Fund Funds British Equities London (Non-Beneficial) Fund 2,337,869 TOTAL 8. Percentage of issued class 0.89% 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.04786p each 10. Date of transaction 17 May 2006 11. Date company informed 17 May 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 42,651,588 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 16.23% 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: 18/5/06 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Punch Taverns PLC