Director/PDMR Shareholding

Marshalls PLC
10 March 2008

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL
RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS

On 10 March 2008 Marshalls plc was notified that, on that date, Marshalls EBT
Limited, the Trustee of the Marshalls plc 2005 Employee Benefit Trust, purchased
165,000 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company at a price of 248.83
pence per share on behalf of Directors and Senior Executives who are
participating in the Marshalls plc 2005 Long Term Incentive Plan (the LTIP).

Under the rules of the LTIP Directors and Senior Executives undertake to use a
percentage of their bonus to purchase shares in the Company (Investment Shares)
and, in return, are granted a Matching Share Award of Shares.

Directors and Senior Executives have irrevocably committed to use a fixed sum of
money payable from their 2007 bonus to purchase Investment Shares and the
Company has granted them Matching Share Awards over such number of shares that
equals two times the number of shares that the Directors and Senior Executives
could have bought had the investment of his or her bonus been made on a pre-tax
basis.

To be eligible to receive the Matching Share Award, the Directors and Senior
Executives must leave their Investment Shares in the Trust and remain in
employment for a period of three years from the date of grant of the Matching
Share Award.  The actual number of shares transferred to a Director or Senior
Executive on the vesting of the Matching Share Award will depend on the extent
to which a corporate performance target (which relates to growth in the
Company's earnings per share) is satisfied over the three year vesting period.
Full details of the LTIP are provided in the Report on Directors' Remuneration
in the Marshalls plc 2006 Annual Report.

The following Directors and Senior Executives (being persons discharging
managerial responsibilities (PDMRs)) acquired interests in shares under the
LTIP as follows:

Director             Number of                   Total               Number of
                    Investment              beneficial          shares granted
                        Shares            shareholding          under Matching
                     purchased          following this             Share Award
                                          announcement
Graham Holden           69,559                 368,994                 235,791
Ian Burrell             38,440                 165,667                 130,305
David Sarti             38,440                 164,796                 130,305

PDMR
Christopher Harrop       1,307                   4,344                   4,430
Kevin Hull               1,608                   4,581                   5,449

The Directors of Marshalls EBT Limited are David Graham Holden and Ian David
Burrell who are Directors of the Company.

David Graham Holden, Ian David Burrell and David Neil Sarti as Directors and
Christopher Harrop and Kevin Hull as PDMRs are amongst the potential
beneficiaries of the Trust and are regarded for Companies Act purposes as being
interested in all the Marshalls plc ordinary shares held by the Trust, although
the shares held by the Trust are also held for the benefit of other employees of
the Company.  Despite the technical interest in the shares, the Directors and
PDMRs will only be entitled to receive that number of shares to which they would
be entitled on exercise of an award or option which has been granted to them.


Enquiries: Elizabeth Blease, Company Secretary, Marshalls plc, 01484 438900




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