Director/PDMR Shareholding

Marshalls PLC
04 April 2006

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL
RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS

On 31 March 2006 Marshalls plc (the 'Company') was notified that, on that date,
Marshalls EBT Limited, the Trustee of the Marshalls plc 2005 Employee Benefit
Trust, purchased 175,000 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company at a
price of 345 pence per share on behalf of Directors and Senior Executives who
are participating in the Marshalls plc 2005 Long Term Incentive Plan
(the 'LTIP').


Under the rules of the LTIP Directors and Senior Executives undertake to use a
percentage of their bonus to purchase shares in the Company ('Investment
Shares') and, in return, are granted a Matching Award of shares.


Directors and Senior Executives have irrevocably committed to use a fixed sum of
money payable from their 2005 bonus to purchase Investment Shares and the
Company has granted them Matching Awards over such number of shares that equals
two times the number of shares that the Directors and Senior Executives could
have bought had the investment of his or her bonus been made on a pre-tax basis.


To be eligible to receive the Matching Award, the Directors and Senior
Executives must leave their Investment Shares in the Trust and remain in
employment for a period of three years from the date of grant of the Matching
Award.  The actual number of shares transferred to a Director or Senior
Executive on the vesting of the Matching Award will depend on the extent to
which a corporate performance target (which relates to growth in the Company's
earnings per share) is satisfied over the three-year vesting period. Full
details of the LTIP are provided in the Directors' Remuneration Report in
the Marshalls plc 2004 Annual Report.


The following Directors and Senior Executives (being persons discharging
managerial responsibilities ('PDMRs')) acquired interests in shares under the
LTIP as follows:

                   Number of          Total beneficial         Number of shares
                   Investment Shares  shareholding following   granted under
                   purchased          this announcement        Matching Award
Director
Graham Holden      31,424             245,530                  106,521
Ian Burrell        16,231              42,947                   55,018
David Sarti        13,912              30,341                   47,158

PDMR
Elizabeth Blease      870                 870                    2,947
Christopher Harrop    870                 870                    2,947
Kevin Hull            870               2,052                    2,947
Michael Wignall     2,609               2,609                    8,843

The Directors of Marshalls EBT Limited are David Graham Holden and Ian David
Burrell who are Directors of the Company.

David Graham Holden, Ian David Burrell and David Neil Sarti as Directors and
Elizabeth Blease, Christopher Harrop, Kevin Hull and Michael Wignall as PDMRs
are amongst the potential beneficiaries of the Trust and are regarded for
Companies Act purposes as being interested in all the Marshalls plc ordinary
shares held by the Trust, although the shares held by the Trust are also held
for the benefit of other employees of the Company.  Despite the technical
interest in the shares, the Directors and PDMRs will only be entitled to receive
that number of shares to which they would be entitled on exercise of an award or
option which has been granted to them.



Enquiries: Elizabeth Blease, Company Secretary, Marshalls plc, 01484 438900



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