Transaction in Own Shares

Marston's PLC
10 August 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:                              09/08/2007
Number of ordinary shares purchased:           300,000
Highest price paid per share:                  340p
Lowest price paid per share:                   335.25p
Volume weighted average price per share:       338.3818p


Marston's PLC intends to hold these shares as treasury shares. Following the
above purchase, Marston's PLC holds 27,185,339 ordinary shares as treasury
shares and has 285,369,937 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).




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