28th Apr 2006 12:35
Punch Taverns PLC28 April 2006 Punch Taverns plc (the "Company")28 April 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 63,100 FII Bank of New York Europe 62,900 FIL Bank of New York Brussels 79,640 FIL Brown Brothers Harriman 1,954,901 FIL JP Morgan Bournemouth 2,000 FMRCO State Street Bank & Trust Co 19,700 FMTC CIBC Mellon Trust 310,700 FMTC State Street Bank & Trust Co 302,800 FPM Bank of New York Brussels 108,300 FPM JP Morgan Bournemouth 246,800 FPM Mellon Bank 122,500 FPM Bankers Trust London 55,500 FPM Midland Security Services 3,328,841 Total 6. Percentage of issued class 1.27 % 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 158,801 FISL JP Morgan Bournemouth 500,000 FMRCO JP Morgan Chase 56,900 FPM Clydesdale Bank Plc 243,196 FPM Northern Trust 113,500 FPM State Street Bank & Trust Co London 1,072,397 Total 8. Percentage of issued class 0.41% 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.04786p each 10. Date of transaction 27 April 2006 11. Date company informed 28 April 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 26,292,065 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 10.00% 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 : 28/4/06 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Punch Taverns PLC