21st Nov 2006 10:15
Punch Taverns PLC21 November 2006 Punch Taverns plc (the "Company") 21 November 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 1,571 Sun Life Pensions Sun Life Pensions Smith & Williamson Management Ltd Management Ltd Nominees Limited a/c S66 (Beneficial) 14,500 AXA Financial, Inc AXA Rosenberg (Non-Beneficial) 16,071 TOTAL 6. Percentage of issued class 0.006% 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed Number of Name of Company/ Beneficial Owners Registered NameShares Fund 571,168 Sun Life Pensions Sun Life Pensions HSBC Global Custody Management Ltd Management Ltd Nominee (UK) Ltd, a/ (Beneficial) c 867396 990,392 Sun Life Pensions Sun Life Pensions HSBC Global Custody Management Ltd Management Ltd Nominee (UK) Ltd, a/ (Beneficial) c 867372 78,444 Sun Life Assurance Sun Life Assurance Ltd HSBC Global Custody Ltd A/c X Nominee (UK) Ltd, a/ (Beneficial) c 776950 295,902 Sun Life Assurance Sun Life Assurance Ltd HSBC Global Custody Ltd A/c X Nominee (UK) Ltd, a/ (Beneficial) c 867050 187,786 AXA France (Non-Beneficial) 20,000 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 4,133 SLUAX 32,029 SLPMX 2,179,854 TOTAL 8. Percentage of issued class 0.823% 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.04786p each 10. Date of transaction 19 November 2006 11. Date company informed 21 November 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 40,688,204 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 15.36% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Claire Stewart, +44 (0) 1283 501 858 16. Name of company official responsible for making this notification Claire Stewart, Assistant Company Secretary Date of notification: 21/11/06 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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