Transaction in Own Shares

Mitchells & Butlers PLC
09 March 2007

9 March 2007

                            Mitchells & Butlers plc

                           Purchase of Own Securities

Mitchells & Butlers plc announces that on 9 March 2007 it purchased 135,000 of
its ordinary shares at a price of 732.95 pence per ordinary share.  All of these
shares will be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Mitchells & Butlers plc holds 873,174 ordinary
shares as treasury shares. The total number of Mitchells & Butlers shares in
issue is 402,906,519 (excluding shares to be held in treasury).

It is intended that the shares held as treasury shares will be used to meet
obligations of Mitchells & Butlers under employee share option schemes.



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