Holding(s) in Company

Marks & Spencer Group PLC
17 August 2004


                                  SCHEDULE 10
                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1. •Name of company                    Marks and Spencer Group plc

2  •Name of shareholder having a major   UBS Investment Bank ('UBS-IB')
interest

3. Please state whether notification  In respect of 2 above
indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in
2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the
case of an individual holder if it
is a holding of that person's spouse
or children under the age of 18

4. Name of the registered holder(s)   UBS Investment Bank
and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of
them

5. Number of shares/amount of stock   N/A
acquired

6. Percentage of issued class         N/A

7. Number of
shares/amount
of stock
disposed                                                     6,383,324

8. Percentage
of issued
class                                                             0.28%

9. Class of security                  Ordinary shares of 25p each

10. Date of transaction               Not informed

11. Date company informed             16 August 2004

12. Total
holding
following this
notification                                               153,599,671

13. Total
percentage
holding of
issued class
following this
notification                                                      6.74%

14. Any additional information        These interests are held by UBS-IB
                                      as beneficial owner in the
                                      ordinary course of its trading
                                      activities and include 62,973,669
                                      Ordinary shares (2.76%) held for
                                      hedging purposes in relation to
                                      contracts for difference entered
                                      into with clients.

15. Name of contact and telephone     Debbie Walmsley 020 7268 3157
number for queries

16. Name and signature of authorised  Debbie Walmsley - Assistant
company official responsible for      Company Secretary
making this notification

17. Date of notification              17 August 2004




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