Holding(s) in Company

18th Jan 2007 14:06

Punch Taverns PLC18 January 2007 Punch Taverns plc (the "Company")18 January 2007 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 Shares Name of Company/Fund Beneficial Owners Registered Name 139,915 AXA Financial, Inc Bernstein (Non-Beneficial) 1,296,820 AXA Rosenberg AXA Rosenberg (Non-beneficial) 40,496 AXA Financial, Inc Alliance Capital (Non-Beneficial) Management LP 1,477,231 TOTAL 6. Percentage of issued class 0.56% 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposedNumber of Shares Name of Company/Fund Beneficial Owners Registered Name 15,000 AXA UK Investment Co ICVC Trustees of AXA UK HSBC Global Custody Ethical Fund Investment Co ICVC Nominee (UK) Limited a/c (Non-Beneficial) Ethical Fund 845042 4,000 Sun Life Pensions Sun Life Pensions BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd Management Ltd (Beneficial) Management Ltd 19,000 TOTAL 8. Percentage of issued class 0.01% 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.04786p each 10. Date of transaction 17 January 2007 11. Date company informed 17 January 2007 12. Total holding following this notification 46,357,767 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 17.48% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Tim Kendall, +44 (0) 1283 523 556 16. Name of company official responsible for making this notification Tim Kendall, Assistant Company Secretary Date of notification: 18/01/07 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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