Directors' Dealings

MARSHALLS PLC
31 August 1999


Purchase and sale of ordinary shares

The  Company announces that the Trustees of its Long Term
Incentive  Plan  and one of its non- executive  directors
have  today  purchased 154,705 and 2,000 ordinary  shares
respectively.  In addition, the Company's directors  have
sold 113,976 ordinary shares following their exercise  of
a total of 220,000 share options.

Full details of these transactions will follow.