Transaction in Own Shares

Marston's PLC
05 September 2007

                                 Marston's PLC

                             Purchase of own shares

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

Date of purchase:                               05/09/2007

Number of ordinary shares purchased:            500,000

Highest price paid per share:                   379.75p

Lowest price paid per share:                    373p

Volume weighted average price per share:        377.7046p


Following the above purchase, Marston's PLC holds 31,112,339 ordinary shares as 
treasury shares and has 281,012,541 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury 
shares).





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