13th Jan 2006 13:56
Punch Taverns PLC13 January 2006 Punch Taverns plc (the "Company")13 January 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 271,600 FII Bank of New York, Europe 43,100 FIL Bank of New York, Brussels 2,186,400 FIL Brown Brothers Harriman 62,600 FIL JP Morgan, Bournemouth 6,800 FIL Northern Trust, London 48,600 FMRCO State Street Bank & Trust Co 16,800 FMTC Brown Brothers Harriman 14,300 FMTC JP Morgan, Chase 10,600 FMTC State Street Bank & Trust 279,400 FPM Bank of New York, Brussels 14,500 FPM Clydesdale Bank Plc 150,900 FPM JP Morgan, Bournemouth 166,300 FPM Mellon Bank 435,600 FPM Northern Trust 124,700 FPM State Street Bank & Trust Co 3,832,200 Total 6. Percentage of issued class 1.46% 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 700,021 FISL JP Morgan, Bournemouth 700,021 Total 2. Percentage of issued class 0.27% 3. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.04786p each 4. Date of transaction 12 January 2006 5. Date company informed 13 January 2006 6. Total holding following this notification 21,218,001 7. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 8.08% 8. Any additional information 9. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Susan Rudd, +44 (0) 1283 501750 10. Name of company official responsible for making this notification Susan Rudd, Deputy Company Secretary Date of notification : 13/1/06 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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