Transaction in Own Shares

Debenhams plc

20 May 2013

Transaction in Own Shares

Debenhams plc (the "Company") announces that on 20 May 2013 it carried out the following transactions:

·; Transferred 10,797 ordinary shares (formerly held as treasury shares) to participants of The Debenhams Performance Share Plan at a price of 0.01p per share following the exercise of awards under that Plan;

·; Purchased 104,000 of its ordinary shares of 0.01p each through Oriel Securities Limited at an average price of 95.49 pence per share. The highest and lowest prices paid for these shares were 96.83 pence per share and 94.95 pence per share respectively. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above transactions, the Company holds 33,051,527 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 1,253,791,914.

The total number of voting rights in the Company, excluding treasury shares, as at 20 May is 1,253,791,914. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Debenhams under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries

Paul Eardley

Company Secretary

Tel: 020 7408 4444