24th Jan 2006 11:05
Punch Taverns PLC24 January 2006 Punch Taverns plc (the "Company")24 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 122,900 FII Bank of New York, Europe 19,000 FIL Bank of New York, Brussels 660 FIL Brown Brothers Harriman 324,700 FISL JP Morgan, Bournemouth 120,900 FPM Bank of New York, Brussels 6,500 FPM Clydesdale Bank Plc 9,200 FPM JP Morgan, Bournemouth 75,000 FPM Mellon Bank 181,800 FPM Northern Trust 54,000 FPM State Street Bank & Trust Co 914,660 Total 6. Percentage of issued class 0.35% 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 2,000 FMTC JP Morgan, Chase 900 FMTC State Street Bank & Trust 2,900 Total 2. Percentage of issued class 0.001% 3. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.04786p each 4. Date of transaction 23 January 2006 5. Date company informed 24 January 2006 6. Total holding following this notification 23,834,461 7. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 9.08% 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 : 24/1/06 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Punch Taverns PLC