Transaction in Own Shares

Marston's PLC
07 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:                                  07/02/07
Number of ordinary shares purchased:               149,172
Highest price paid per share:                      458.00p
Lowest price paid per share:                       456.75p
Volume weighted average price per share:           457.6142p

Marston's PLC intend to hold these shares as treasury shares. Following the
above purchase, Marston's PLC holds 10,741,784 ordinary shares as treasury
shares and has 301,047,808 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).



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