Transaction in Own Shares

Marston's PLC
30 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:                            30/08/2007
Number of ordinary shares purchased:         210,000
Highest price paid per share:                365p
Lowest price paid per share:                 355p
Volume weighted average price per share:     359.205p

Marston's PLC intends to hold these shares as treasury shares. Following the 
above purchase, Marston's PLC holds 30,460,339 ordinary shares as treasury 
shares and has 282,156,613 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).



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