Marstons Regulatory News (MARS)

18 Jun 2009 13:31



THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS RESTRICTED AND IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN, INTO OR FROM THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN OR SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

18 June 2009

Marston's PLC ("Marston's" or the "Company")

PUBLICATION OF PROSPECTUS

Two copies of the prospectus (the "Prospectus") dated today relating to the proposed Rights Issue, which includes a notice of an extraordinary general meeting, have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS. Copies of the Prospectus will also be available on the Group's website (www.marstons.co.uk) or can be inspected at its registered office: Marston's House, Brewery Road, Wolverhampton WV1 4JT.

Contacts

For further information, please contact:

Marston's PLC:  +44 (0) 1902 711 811

Ralph Findlay, Chief Executive

Andrew Andrea, Finance Director

Hudson Sandler: +44(0)20 7796 4133

Andrew Hayes

Nick Lyon

James White

Disclaimer

This announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to purchase, otherwise acquire, subscribe for, sell, otherwise dispose of or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to sell, otherwise dispose of, issue, purchase, otherwise acquire or subscribe for, any security.

This announcement is an advertisement and does not constitute a prospectus or prospectus equivalent document. Nothing in this announcement should be interpreted as a term or condition of the Rights Issue. Any decision to purchase, otherwise acquire, subscribe for, sell or otherwise dispose of any Provisional Allotment Letter, Nil Paid Rights, Fully Paid Rights, and/or New Shares must be made only on the basis of the information contained in and incorporated by reference into the Prospectus. Copies of the Prospectus will be available on publication from Berlin's registered office.

The New Shares, the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights and the Provisional Allotment Letters have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the US Securities Act) and may not be offered, sold, taken up, exercised, resold, renounced, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, in the United States absent registration or pursuant to an exemption from, or in transactions not subject to, the registration requirements of the US Securities Act.