9th Jan 2006 09:30
Punch Taverns PLC09 January 2006 Punch Taverns plc ( the "Company")9 January 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of Company Punch Taverns plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Putnam Investment Management, LLC and The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC (together"Putnam") 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 held Registered Holder Holding Putnam 8,317,440 6. Percentage of issued class 3.17% 7. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.04786p each 8. Date of transaction 27 December 2005 9. Date company informed 6 January 2006 10. Total holding following this notification 8,317,440 11. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.17% 12. Any additional information 13. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Susan Rudd, +44 (0) 1283 501750 14. Name of company official responsible for making this notification Susan Rudd, Deputy Company Secretary Date of notification : 9/1/06 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Punch Taverns PLC