Director/PDMR Shareholding

Marshalls PLC
16 March 2007


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

On 16 March 2007 Marshalls plc was notified that, on that date, Marshalls EBT
Limited, the Trustee of the Marshalls plc 2005 Employee Benefit Trust, purchased
115,773 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company at a price of 326 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 Share Award of Shares.

Directors and Senior Executives have irrevocably committed to use a fixed sum of
money payable from their 2006 bonus to purchase Investment Shares and the
Company has granted them Matching Share 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 Share 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
Share Award.  The actual number of shares transferred to a Director or Senior
Executive on the vesting of the Matching Share 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 Report on Directors' Remuneration
in the Marshalls plc 2005 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            Number of
                        Investment             beneficial       shares granted
                            Shares           shareholding       under Matching
                         purchased         following this          Share Award
                                             announcement
Director
Graham Holden               48,279                293,950              163,657
Ian Burrell                 24,944                 68,032               84,556
David Sarti                 23,514                 57,306               79,707

PDMR
Elizabeth Blease               921                  1,904                3,120
Peter Hallitt                1,841                  1,841                6,239
Christopher Harrop           1,541                  2,552                5,223
Kevin Hull                     921                  2,973                3,120
Michael Wignall                921                  3,671                3,120

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, Peter Hallitt, 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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