24th Feb 2006 08:39
Punch Taverns PLC24 February 2006 Punch Taverns plc (the "Company")24 February 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of Company Punch Taverns plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiary companies 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 %Prudential 16,670,017 6.35 Total Notifiableplc Interest Magim HSBC Gis Nom (UK) 111,982 Sali PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) 14,990,932 PAC AC PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) 727,352 PPL AC PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) 53,364 EQBF AC PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) 90,055 MNBF AC PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) 335,124 PENE AC JP Morgan Nominees 361,208 The Prudential AssuranceCompany Limited 15,830,266 6.03 MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI 111,982 PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC 14,990,932 PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC 727,352 6. Percentage of issued class 6.35% 7. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.04786p each 8. Date of transaction 22 February 2006 9. Date company informed 22 February 2006 10. Total holding following this notification 16,670,017 11. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 6.35% 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 : 24/2/06 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Punch Taverns PLCPrudential