Transaction in Own Shares

Transactions in Own Shares

Debenhams plc (the "Company") announces that on 5 December 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 200,000 of its ordinary shares of 0.01p each through Citigroup Global Markets Ltd. at an average price of 113.64 pence per share. The highest and lowest prices paid for these shares were 114.80 pence per share and 112.70 pence per share respectively. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above transactions, the Company holds 29,766,405 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 1,257,039,894.

The total number of voting rights in the Company, excluding treasury shares, as at 5 December is 1,257,039,894. 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