Transaction in Own Shares

Mitchells & Butlers PLC
12 March 2007

12 March 2007



                            Mitchells & Butlers plc



                           Purchase of Own Securities





Mitchells & Butlers plc announces that on 12 March 2007 it purchased 135,000 of
its ordinary shares at a price of 735 pence per ordinary share.  All of these
shares will be held as treasury shares.



Following the above purchase, and the release of 5,996 shares from treasury to
satisfy option exercises by non-directors, Mitchells & Butlers plc holds
1,002,178 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of Mitchells &
Butlers shares in issue is 402,777,515 (excluding shares to be held in
treasury).



It is intended that the shares held as treasury shares will be used to meet
obligations of Mitchells & Butlers under employee share option schemes.



ENDS






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