Director/PDMR Shareholding

Marshalls PLC
15 April 2008


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

Acquisition of shares by the Marshalls Employee Benefit Trust

On 15 April 2008 Marshalls plc (the 'Company') was notified that on that date
Marshalls EBT Limited, the trustee of the Marshalls Employee Benefit Trust,
purchased 250,000 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company at a price of
240 pence per share on behalf of Directors and senior executives who will
participate in the Marshalls plc 2005 Long Term Incentive Plan (the LTIP).

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
Peter Hallitt, Chris Harrop, Kevin Hull and Tom Poole 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: Ian Burrell, Company Secretary, Marshalls plc
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