Transaction in Own Shares

Marston's PLC
06 February 2007


                                    Marston's PLC

                               Purchase of own shares

Marston's PLC announces that it has purchased the following number of its 
ordinary shares of 7.375p each on the London Stock Exchange via UBS Investment 
Bank.

Date of purchase:                                   06/02/07
Number of ordinary shares purchased:                890,000
Highest price paid per share:                       456.00p
Lowest price paid per share:                        447.25p
Volume weighted average price per share:            454.8576p

Marston's PLC intend to hold these shares as treasury shares. Following the 
above purchase, Marston's PLC holds 10,592,612 ordinary shares as treasury 
shares and has 301,196,980 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).


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