Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 4985W

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

11 June 2008

Issued: 11 June 2008

Marks and Spencer Group plc ('Marks & Spencer' or the 'Company')

Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ('PDMRs') and Connected Persons

1. Performance Share Plan

It was confirmed on 10 June 2008 that on 9 June 2008 the following awards under the Marks and Spencer Group Performance Share Plan were made to PDMRs of the Company:

Directors	Allocation of Performance Shares (see Note below)
Sir Stuart Rose	1,184,486
Kate Bostock	262,054
Ian Dyson	530,660
Steven Esom	280,398
Steven Sharp	592,243

Note:
Under the Performance Share Plan, awards are granted as a conditional allocation, where a participant will receive free ordinary shares in the Company on the vesting of an award subject to continuing employment. The vesting of an award will depend on the Company's adjusted earnings per share ('EPS') performance over a fixed three-year performance period starting on the first day of the financial year in which the awards were granted. For the purposes of this calculation the grant was made at a share price of 381.6p

2. Deferred Share Bonus Plan

It was confirmed on 10 June 2008 that on 9 June 2008 the following awards under the Marks and Spencer Group Deferred Share Bonus Plan were made to the following PDMRs of the Company:

Directors

Allocation of Deferred Bonus Shares

(see Note below)

Steven Esom

65,513

Note:

The above award was a one-off bonus as part of Steven Esom's contractual agreement on recruitment. For the purposes of this calculation the grant was made at a share price of 381.6p. The shares will be held for 3 years. There will be no match paid against these deferred shares, although the value of dividends accrued, either in the form of dividend equivalents, will be paid at the end of the period.

3. Shareholdings of PDMRs

Directors	Total Holding of Ordinary Shares	Total Percentage Holding
Sir Stuart Rose	750,416	De minimis
Kate Bostock	71,086	De minimis
Ian Dyson	100,000	De minimis
Steven Esom	24,360	De minimis
Steven Sharp	83,643	De minimis