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Punch Taverns PLC05 May 2005 Punch Taverns plc5 May 2005 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 212,074 AXA UK Investment Co Trustees of AXA UK HSBC Global ICVC UK Groth Fund Investment Co ICVC UK Custody Nominee (Non-Beneficial) Growth Fund (UK) Limited 175,626 AXA General Unit Trust HSBC Global Custody Nominee HSBC Global (Non-Beneficial) (UK) Limited as Trustees of Custody Nominee the Trust (UK) Ltd, a/c 38,278 AXA Financial, Inc Bernstein (Non-Beneficial) 104,839 AXA Financial, Inc AXA Rosenberg (Non-Beneficial) 122,833 AXA Financial, Inc Alliance Capital Management (Non-Beneficial) LP 14,078 AXA World Funds British Trustees of AXA World Funds Vidacos Nominees Equities Fund British Equities Fund London (Non-Beneficial) 667,728 TOTAL 6. Percentage of issued class 0.26% 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed Number Name of Company/Fund Beneficial Owners Registered NameofShares 50,000 AXA UK Investment Co ICVC Trustees of AXA UK HSBC Global Custody UK Opportunities Fund Investment Co ICVC UK Nominee (UK) Limited (Non-Beneficial) Opportunities Fund a/c 889598 50,000 TOTAL 8. Percentage of issued class 0.02% 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.04786p each 10. Date of transaction 3 May 2005 11. Date company informed 5 May 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 30,491,447 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 12.06% 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 : 5/05/05 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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