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Punch Taverns PLC

31 July 2017

Punch Taverns plc (the "Company")

31 July 2017

TR-1 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Punch Taverns plc

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)

 
 An acquisition or disposal of voting        X 
  rights: 
------------------------------------------ 
 An acquisition or disposal of financial     X 
  instruments which may result in 
  the acquisition of shares already 
  issued to which voting rights are 
  attached: 
------------------------------------------ 
 An acquisition or disposal of instruments 
  with similar economic effect to 
  qualifying financial instruments: 
------------------------------------------ 
 An event changing the breakdown 
  of voting rights: 
------------------------------------------ 
 Other (please specify): 
------------------------------------------ 
 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Bank of America Corporation

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):

Merrill Lynch International

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold if crossed or reached if different):

26 July 2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

28 July 2017

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Above 7%

8. Notified details:

   A:    Voting rights attached to shares 
 
 Class/type of         Situation previous to the 
  shares if possible    triggering transaction 
  using the ISIN 
  CODE 
--------------------  ----------------------------- 
                       Number of   Number of voting 
                        shares      rights 
--------------------  ----------  ----------------- 
 GB00BPXRVT80 
--------------------  ----------  ----------------- 
 
 
 Resulting situation after the triggering 
  transaction 
---------------------------------------------------------- 
 Number        Number of voting       % of voting rights 
  of shares     rights 
------------  ---------------------  --------------------- 
 Direct        Direct    Indirect     Direct     Indirect 
------------  --------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
                         16,905,461              7.617% 
 ---------------------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 
   B:    Qualifying Financial Instruments 
 
 Resulting situation after the triggering 
  transaction 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Type of       Expiration   Exercise/Conversion/Period   Number of            % of voting 
  financial     date         Date                         voting rights        rights 
  instrument                                              that may 
                                                          be acquired 
                                                          if the instrument 
                                                          is exercised/ 
                                                          converted 
------------  -----------  ---------------------------  -------------------  ------------ 
 
 
   C:    Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments 
 
 Type of        Expiration    Exercise/Conversion/Period    Physical       Number of            % of voting 
  financial      date          Date                          or cash        voting rights        rights 
  instrument                                                 settlement     that may 
                                                                            be acquired 
                                                                            if the instrument 
                                                                            is exercised/ 
                                                                            converted 
 
 SWAPS          29/12/2017                                   Cash          16,461               0.007% 
-------------  ------------------------------------------   ------------  -------------------  ------------ 
 

Total (A+B+C)

 
 Number of voting rights   % of voting rights 
------------------------  ------------------- 
 16,921,922                7.624% 
------------------------  ------------------- 
 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

 
           Name(xv)              % of voting      % of voting       Total of 
                                  rights if      rights through      both if 
                                  it equals        financial        it equals 
                                 or is higher     instruments      or is higher 
                                   than the       if it equals       than the 
                                  notifiable      or is higher      notifiable 
                                  threshold         than the        threshold 
                                                   notifiable 
                                                   threshold 
-----------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 Bank of America Corporation    N/A             N/A               N/A 
-----------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 NB Holdings Corporation        N/A             N/A               N/A 
-----------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 Merrill Lynch International    N/A             N/A               N/A 
  Incorporated 
-----------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BofAML Jersey Holdings         N/A             N/A               N/A 
  Limited 
-----------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BofAML EMEA Holdings           N/A             N/A               N/A 
  1 Limited 
-----------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BofAML EMEA Holdings           N/A             N/A               N/A 
  2 Limited 
-----------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 ML UK Capital Holdings         N/A             N/A               N/A 
  Limited 
-----------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 Merrill Lynch International    7.617%          N/A               7.624% 
-----------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Francesca Appleby, Financial Reporting Manager

15. Contact telephone number:

01283 501 600

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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