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Punch Taverns PLC04 October 2006 Punch Taverns plc (the "Company")4 October 2006 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 RegisteredShares Name 511,186 AXA Financial Inc (Non AXA Rosenberg Beneficial) 1,788,313 AXA Financial Inc (Non Alliance Capital Beneficial) Management LP 2,299,499 TOTAL 6. Percentage of issued class 0.87% 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposedNumber of Name of Company/Fund Beneficial Owners Registered NameShares 50,000 AXA UK Investment Co Trustees of AXA UK HSBC Global Custody ICVC UK Growth Fund Investment Co ICVC UK Nominee (UK) Limited (Non-Beneficial) Growth Fund a/c 845005 13,884 Sun Life Nominees Ltd a Trustees of the HSBC Global Custody /c 20 (Non-Beneficial) Princes Pension Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c Scheme 777094 4,603 Sun Life Nominees Ltd a Trustees of the HSBC Global Custody /c 31 Princes (1997) Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c Pension Scheme 785078 1,495 Sun Life Pensions Sun Life Pensions HSBC Global Custody Management Ltd Management Ltd Nominee (UK) Ltd, a/c (Beneficial) 867815 2,118,200 AXA Financial, Inc Bernstein (Non-Beneficial) 2,188,182 TOTAL 8. Percentage of issued class 0.83% 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.04786p each 10. Date of transaction 3 October 2006 11. Date company informed 3 October 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 42,328,775 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 15.99% 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: 4/10/06 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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