Punch Taverns : Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

FORM 8 Replacement

The Form 8.5 Punch Taverns PLCannouncement released on 19/01/2017 under RNS No6147U

has been amended.

Amendments are identified with an asterisk (*).

The full amended text is shown below.

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FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the 'Code')

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:	Bank of America Merrill Lynch
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Punch Taverns PLC
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Emerald Investment Partners LP
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	18/01/2017
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state 'N/A'	NO

2.	DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class
of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information
Service.

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's
dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].