Transaction in Own Shares

Marston's PLC
25 May 2007


                                  Marston's PLC 

                             Purchase of own shares


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


Date of purchase:                         25/05/07
Number of ordinary shares purchased:      3,917,922
Highest price paid per share:             458p
Lowest price paid per share:              458p
Volume weighted average price per share:  458p


Marston's PLC intends to hold these shares as treasury shares. Following the 
above purchase, Marston's PLC holds 17,454,706 ordinary shares as treasury 
shares and has 294,394,862 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).



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