Transaction in Own Shares

Marston's PLC
08 June 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:                              08/06/2007
Number of ordinary shares purchased:           3,650,000
Highest price paid per share:                  442.00p
Lowest price paid per share:                   436.00p
Volume weighted average price per share:       441.61p


Marston's PLC intend to hold these shares as treasury shares. Following the
above purchase, Marston's PLC holds 25,235,339 ordinary shares as treasury
shares and has 286,632,285 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).



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