Holding(s) in Company

Marston's PLC
19 March 2008



Form TR-1 with annex. FSA Version 2.1 updated April 2007

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares


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

Marston's PLC


2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
                                                                                             

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 notification    AXA S.A. 25 Avenue Matignon 75008 Paris and its
obligation:                                                         group of companies


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




5. Date of transaction (and date on which the                         17/03/2008
threshold is crossed or reached if different):


6. Date on which issuer notified:                                     18/03/2008




7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                            10%


8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares


Class/type of  Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares         triggering transaction
               Number of    Number of    Number of    Number of voting rights  Percentage of voting
If possible    shares       voting       shares                                rights
use ISIN code               rights

                                                      Direct      Indirect     Direct       Indirect

B1JQDM8        28,043,386   28,043,386   3,623,486    3,623,486   22,748,609   1.33         8.38

                                                                                                    


B: Financial Instruments


Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of financial    Expiration date      Exercise/ conversion No. of voting rights  Percentage of voting
instrument                                period/date          that may be acquired  rights
                                                               (if the instrument
                                                               exercised/converted)


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

26,372,095                                           9.71%



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

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


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

AXA Sun Life plc                                              422,534                   0.15565

(Fmly Axa Equity & Law Life Assurance Society plc)
                       Direct

Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X                             415,000                   0.15288
                       Direct

AXA UK Investment CO ICVC Distribution Fund                   175,000                   0.06447
                      Indirect

AXA UK Investment Co ICVC Ethical Fund                        75,000                    0.02763
                      Indirect

AXA UK Investment Co ICVC Extra Income Fund                   40,000                    0.01474
                      Indirect

AXA UK Investment Co ICVC UK Equity Income Fund              1,350,000                  0.49731
                      Indirect

PPP Healthcare Group plc                                      36,000                    0.01326
                       Direct

Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd                              35,000                    0.01289
                       Direct

Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd                              100,000                   0.03684
                       Direct

Sun Life Assurance Society Plc                                204,160                   0.07521
                       Direct

AXA Insurance UK                                              189,740                   0.06990
                       Direct

AXA General Unit Trust                                        170,000                   0.06262
                      Indirect

AXA Financial, Inc                                          20,907,409                  7.70180
                      Indirect

Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd                              150,000                   0.05526
                       Direct

Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd                               3,300                    0.00122
                       Direct

Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd                               9,423                    0.00347
                       Direct

Sun Life Unit Assistance Ltd LTAV UK Equity                   62,500                    0.02302
                       Direct

Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd ABL High Alpha                    118,400                   0.04362
                       Direct

Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd FTSE All Share Tracker            47,628                    0.01755
                       Direct

Sun Life Pensions Management LTAV UK Equity                   270,468                   0.09963
                       Direct

Sun Life Pensions Management ABL High Alpha                   897,900                   0.33077
                       Direct

Sun Life Pensions Management FTSE All Share Tracker           234,292                   0.08631
                       Direct

Framlington Onshore private clients                           31,200                    0.01149
                      Indirect

AXA Winterhur                                                 137,361                   0.05060
                       Direct

AXA Sun Life with Profits Passive                             192,652                   0.07097
                       Direct

AXA Sun Life with Profits Passive                             97,128                    0.03578
                       Direct


                                        Total Direct         3,623,486                  1.33481
                                      Total Indirect        22,748,609                  8.38005
                                               TOTAL        26,372,095                  9.71486



Proxy Voting:


10. Name of 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 name:                               020 7003 2637








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