Holding(s) in Company

Marston's PLC
02 April 2007




TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

 

(1). Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):

MARSTON'S PLC
 

2. Reason for the notification                      
 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights:                               ( X )
 

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result 
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are 
attached:                                                                  (   )


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights:                          (   )

                                                                           
Other (please specify) :                                                   (   )

.................

 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

AXA S.A. 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies

 

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):

 

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached
if different) (v):

29/03/2007

 

6. Date on which issuer notified:

02/04/2007

 

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

13%

 

8. Notified details:


A: Voting rights attached to shares

 
Class/type of shares            Situation previous to  
                                the Triggering         
                                transaction (vi)       

                       Number of shares       Number of voting Rights 
                                              (viii)                  
                                                                      
B1JQDM8                38,793,840            38,793,840

                                                                      

 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)
 
Class/type of shares Number of shares  Number of voting rights    % of voting rights  
if possible using                      (ix)                                           
the ISIN CODE                                                                         
                     Direct            Direct (x) Indirect (xi)   Direct    Indirect  
                                                                                      
B1JQDM8              3,558,143         3,558,143  34,954,697      1.19      11.72

                                                                                      
 


                           B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

 
Type of     Expiration Date  Exercise/Conversion Number of voting     % of voting     
financial   (xiii)           Period/ Date (xiv)  rights that may be   rights          
instrument                                       acquired if the                      
                                                 instrument is                        
                                                 exercised/                           
                                                 converted.                           
                                                                                      
                                                                                      

 

 

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights       % of voting rights 

38,512,840                    12.91%
                                     
                                        

 

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):



Name of the Company / Fund                    Number of Shares     % of issued share capital

AXA Sun Life plc                                  725,000                   0.24304
(fmly Axa Equity & Law Life Assurance Society plc)
     Direct     


AXA Rosenberg                                     377,600                   0.12658
     Direct


AXA UK Investment Co ICVC                         175,000                   0.05866
Ethical Fund
     Indirect


AXA UK Investment Co ICVC                         100,000                   0.03352
UK Growth Fund
     Indirect               


PPP Healthcare Group plc                           20,060                   0.00672
     Indirect     


Sun Life Assurance Society Plc                    125,000                   0.04190
     Direct


AXA Rosenberg                                     283,200                   0.09494
     Direct


AXA Insurance UK                                  189,740                   0.06361
     Direct


AXA Financial, Inc                             29,096,388                   9.75384
     Indirect     


AXA Colonia Konzern                                 5,000                   0.00168
     Indirect     


AXA Rosenberg                                   5,038,849                   1.68915
     Indirect


Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd                    4,500                   0.00151
     Direct     


Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd                   10,848                   0.00364
     Direct     


Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd                        60,176                   0.02017
LTAV UK Equity
     Direct


Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd                       161,600                   0.05417
ABL High Alpha
     Direct


Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd                        54,011                   0.01811
FTSE All Share Tracker
     Direct


Sun Life Pensions Management                      270,468                   0.09067
LTAV UK Equity
     Direct          


Sun Life Pensions Management                      778,800                   0.26107
ABL High Alpha
     Direct


Sun Life Pensions Management                      256,088                   0.08585
FTSE All Share Tracker
     Direct     


AXA Framlington                                   476,200                   0.15963
Framlington Income & Capital
     Indirect


Framlington onshore private clients                43,200                   0.01448
     Indirect     


AXA Winterthur                                    261,112                   0.08753
     Direct




                       Total Direct             3,558,143                   1.19278
                     Total Indirect            34,954,697                  11.71770

                              TOTAL            38,512,840                  12.91048




Proxy Voting:

 
10. Name of the proxy holder:




 

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:



 

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:




 

13. Additional information:




 

14. Contact name:

Terry Marsh


 

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7003 2637


 
 







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