Transaction in Own Shares

Marshalls PLC
23 November 2007


Marshalls plc - Transaction in own shares and Total Voting Rights

Marshalls plc (the 'Company') announces that, in accordance with the authority
granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 16 May 2007,
it purchased 800,000 of its ordinary shares of 25 pence each ('Shares') on 22
November 2007 at a price of 275 pence per share.

The Company will hold all of these Shares as treasury shares. The Company may
use these shares to satisfy awards under its Long Term Incentive Plan.

Following the purchase of these Shares, the Company holds 2,425,000 of its
Shares as treasury shares. The voting rights attributable to those treasury
shares represents 1.72% of the total voting rights in the Company.

The Company has 140,681,254 Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). This
number represents the total voting rights in the Company and may be used by
shareholders as the basis for determining whether there is a requirement to
notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under
the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries:

Elizabeth Blease, Company Secretary, Marshalls plc, tel: [phone]

23 November 2007







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