TIDMMARS TIDMLGEN 
 
RNS Number : 8283W 
Marston's PLC 
04 August 2009 
 

Financial Services Authority 
 
 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                         | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer     |      Marston's Plc        | 
| of existing shares to which voting rights are          |                           | 
| attached:                                              |                           | 
|                                                        |                           | 
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| 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):         | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                              |         | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may |         | 
| result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting       |         | 
| rights are attached.                                                     |         | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect   |         | 
| to qualifying financial instruments                                      |         | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                         |  Yes    | 
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| Other (please      |                                                     |         | 
| specify):          |                                                     |         | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to |      Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)        | 
| the                                  |                                             | 
| notification obligation:             |                                             | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)       |    Legal & General Assurance (Pensions      | 
|  (if different from 3.):             |          Management) Limited (PMC)          | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date  |                31 July 2009                 | 
| on                                   |                                             | 
| which the threshold is crossed or    |                                             | 
| reached:                             |                                             | 
|                                      |                                             | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:    |               03 August 2009                | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed  |             From 4% - 3% (L&G)              | 
| or                                   |                                             | 
| reached:                             |                                             | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                                                                                     | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                                                                      | 
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| Class/type of  |             Situation previous              |                         Resulting situation after the triggering                          | 
| shares         |              to the triggering              |                                        transaction                                        | 
| if possible    |                transaction                  |                                                                                           | 
| using          |                                             |                                                                                           | 
| the ISIN CODE  |                                             |                                                                                           | 
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|                |           Number            |    Number     |  Number    |            Number            |              % of voting rights               | 
|                |             of              |      of       |    of      |              of              |                                               | 
|                |           Shares            |    Voting     |  shares    |            voting            |                                               | 
|                |                             |    Rights     |            |            rights            |                                               | 
+                +                             +               +            +------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+ 
|                |                             |               |            |      Direct       |Indirect  |              Direct               | Indirect  | 
+----------------+-----------------------------+---------------+------------+-------------------+----------+-----------------------------------+-----------+ 
| Ord 7.375p     |         22,441,741          |  6,620,313    |22,441,741  |    6,620,313      |          |               3.93                |           | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                                      | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                     | 
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| Type of financial                   | Expiration       | Exercise/                         | Number of voting                             | % of voting  | 
| instrument                          | date             | Conversion                        | rights that may                              | rights       | 
|                                     |                  | Period                            | be                                           |              | 
|                                     |                  |                                   | acquired if the                              |              | 
|                                     |                  |                                   | instrument is                                |              | 
|                                     |                  |                                   | exercised/                                   |              | 
|                                     |                  |                                   | converted.                                   |              | 
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|                                     |                  |                                   |                                              |              | 
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                                                                            | 
| Instruments                                                                                                                                              | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                     | 
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| Type of financial         | Exercise price   | Expiration | Exercise/     | Number of voting                      | % of voting                          | 
| instrument                |                  | date       | Conversion    | rights                                | rights                               | 
|                           |                  |            | period        | instrument                            |                                      | 
|                           |                  |            |               | refers to                             |                                      | 
|                           |                  |            |               |                                       |                                      | 
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|                           |                  |            |               |                                       |          Nominal            | Delta  | 
+                           +                  +            +               +                                       +-----------------------------+--------+ 
|                           |                  |            |               |                                       |                             |        | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                            | 
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| Number of voting rights                                                | Percentage of voting rights                                                     | 
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|                               6,620,313                                |                                      3.93                                       | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the   | 
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                       | 
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| Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)                          | 
| Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH)                 | 
| (Direct and Indirect)                                                            | 
| Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)                  | 
| Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (6,620,313 - 3.93% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)  | 
| Legal              Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)    | 
| &                                                                                | 
| General                                                                          | 
| Investment                                                                       | 
| Management                                                                       | 
| (Holdings)                                                                       | 
| Limited                                                                          | 
| (Direct)                                                                         | 
| (LGIMHD)                                                                         | 
| (6,095,901                                                                       | 
| - 3.62% =                                                                        | 
| PMC)                                                                             | 
| Legal              Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)       | 
| &                                                                                | 
| General                                                                          | 
| Assurance                                                                        | 
| (Pensions                                                                        | 
| Management)                                                                      | 
| Limited                                                                          | 
| (PMC) (6,095,901                                                                 | 
| - 3.62% = PMC)                                                                   | 
| Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct)  (LGPL)                                | 
|                                                                                  | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                    | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                  |              N/A                | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will  |              N/A                | 
| cease                                          |                                 | 
| to hold:                                       |                                 | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to   |              N/A                | 
| hold                                           |                                 | 
| voting rights:                                 |                                 | 
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| 13. Additional information:                |Notification using the total voting  | 
|                                            |    rights figure of 168,315,463     | 
|                                            |                                     | 
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| 14. Contact name:                          |         Helen Lewis (LGIM)          | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:              |            020 3124 3851            | 
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