Transaction in Own Shares

Mitchells & Butlers PLC
14 March 2007

14 March 2007



                            Mitchells & Butlers plc

                           Purchase of Own Securities


Mitchells & Butlers plc announces that on 14 March 2007 it purchased 135,000 of
its ordinary shares at a price of 710.185185 pence per ordinary share.  All of
these shares will be held as treasury shares.



Following the above purchase, Mitchells & Butlers plc holds 1,272,178 ordinary
shares as treasury shares. The total number of Mitchells & Butlers shares in
issue is 402,507,515 (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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