Transaction in Own Shares

Marston's PLC
13 December 2007









                                 Marston's PLC



                             Purchase of own shares







Marston's PLC announces that it has today purchased for cancellation the
following number of its ordinary shares of 7.375p each on the London Stock
Exchange via UBS Investment Bank





Date of purchase:                                             13/12/2007



Number of ordinary shares purchased:                           740,000



Highest price paid per share:                                   340.25p



Lowest price paid per share:                                    328.50p



Volume weighted average price per share:                      334.4879p







Following the above purchase, Marston's PLC holds 31,112,339 ordinary shares as
treasury shares and has 273,841,769 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury
shares).










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