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Punch Taverns PLC17 October 2006 Punch Taverns plc (the "Company")17 October 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of Company Punch Taverns plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest FMR Corp., holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company ("FMRCO");Fidelity International Limited ("FIL"), holding company of Fidelity InvestmentServices Limited ("FISL") and Fidelity Pension Management ("FPM"); Mr Edward C.Johnson 3rd. 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 2,800 FIL Northern Trust London 4,500,000 FMCRO JP Morgan Chase 3,700 FMCRO State Street Bank & Trust Co 9,100 FMCRO Brown Brothers Harriman 34,000 FPM Mellon Bank 21,400 FPM State Street Bank & Trust Co London 3,800 FPM Bankers Trust London 4,000 FPM Midland Security Services 4,578,800 Total 6. Percentage of issued class 1.73% 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 52,800 FII Bank of New York Europe LDN 22,100 FIL Bank of New York Brussels 733,840 FIL Brown Brothers Harriman 463,450 FIL J P Morgan, Bournemouth 395,900 FISL J P Morgan, Bournemouth 19,700 FMTC CIBC Mellon Trust 310,700 FMTC State Street Bank & Trust 477,200 FMTC Bank of New York Brussels 4,699,845 FPM JP Morgan, Bournemouth 20,000 FPM Northern Trust 7,195,535 Total 8. Percentage of issued class 2.72% 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.04786p each 10. Date of transaction 17 October 2006 11. Date company informed 17 October 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 23,152,287 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 8.74% 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 : 17/10/06 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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