The Board of Punch Taverns plc ('Punch' or 'the Group') today announces the
appointment of two new directors to the Board, with immediate effect.

William Anthony ('Tony') Rice joins the Board as a Non Executive Director.  Aged
55, Tony has many years' experience at board level with some of the UK's leading
companies.  He spent 16 years with BAE Systems (formerly British Aerospace)
where he had various roles from 1986 to 2002, culminating in the role as Group
Managing Director of Commercial Aircraft responsible for the UK Airbus and
Commercial Aircraft Business.  He then spent three years at Tunstall plc as
Chief Executive from 2002 until its sale to Bridgepoint in 2005.  Tony is
currently Joint Managing Director and Finance Director of Cable & Wireless plc
where he is responsible for all Corporate functions as well as structuring and
driving performance of business units to realise future value.

Tony was also a Non Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee at
Cable & Wireless from 2003 to 2006 and at Telewest from 2000 to 2003.

The Directors are also pleased to announce the appointment of Ian Wilson, aged
49, as a Non Executive Director. Ian has over 20 years' experience as a
corporate lawyer and investment banker. Ian was an Elected Partner at Baker &
McKenzie's Sydney office in 1986 where he specialised in corporate finance and
taxation.  From there he had 14 years at UBS Australasia, initially as Executive
Director Private Equity from 1986-1993, before moving on to become Deputy
Chairman and Managing Director in UBS Australia/NZ Corporate Finance operations
from 1993-2000.

Ian is currently Strategic Development Director of Amcor Limited, the
Australian-based leading global speciality plastics packaging company, where he
has been responsible for overall strategic development of the Group since 2000.
He has also been Chairman of Amcor Flexibles Europe A/S since 2002 and Chairman
of TMF-Group BV, the Amsterdam-based administrative services outsourcing
business, since 2005.

Finally, Randy Shure will resign from the Board on 16 January 2008, the date of
the Group's 2008 Annual General Meeting, after 10 years as a Non Executive
Director.

No further information is required to be disclosed in respect of Tony Rice and
Ian Wilson pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13R (1) to (6).

Peter Cawdron, Chairman, said:

'I would like to take this opportunity to thank Randy Shure for his wise counsel
and contribution to Punch over the last 10 years and to welcome both Tony Rice
and Ian Wilson to our Board.  Tony and Ian bring with them a wide range of
corporate expertise which will further benefit Punch as we take the Group
forward to the next stage of its development.'

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