Result of AGM

Punch Taverns plc (the "Company")

18 January 2016

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting, held today at Jubilee House, Second Avenue, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 2WF at 9.30am, all resolutions, as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 11 December 2015 were passed on a show of hands.

Details of the number of shares in respect of which proxy appointments have been made and the proxy votes cast for, against and withheld for each resolution which was put to the Meeting will shortly be available on the website www.punchtavernsplc.com.

Copies of the resolutions passed by shareholders, other than those relating to ordinary business, will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

The resolutions passed by the Company at the Annual General Meeting, which did not concern ordinary business, provided for: approval for the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure up to an aggregate amount of £150,000, approval for the Company to establish the Punch Sharesave Scheme 2016, approval for the Company to purchase up to 10% of its own shares in the market and approval for the Company to call a general meeting on not less than 14 days' notice.

Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Ed Bashforth

Company Secretary

Punch Taverns plc

Tel: 01283 501948