Holding(s) in Company

Marks & Spencer Group PLC
05 January 2006



                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

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|1. Name of listed company          |2. Name of shareholder with a major     |
|                                   |interest                                |
|MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP PLC        |                                        |
|                                   |BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS             |
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|3. Please state whether            |4. Name of the registered holder(s) and,|
|notification indicates that it is  |if more than one holder, the number of  |
|regarding the holding of the       |shares held by each of them             |
|shareholder named in 2 above; 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       |                                        |
|                                   |UNKNOWN                                 |
|                                   |                                        |
|NOT INDICATED                      |                                        |
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|5. Number of     |6. Percentage of |7. Number of shares/|8. Percentage of   |
|shares/amount of |issued class (any|amount of stock     |issued class (any  |
|stock acquired   |treasury shares  |disposed            |treasury share held|
|                 |held by the      |                    |by the listed      |
|                 |listed company   |                    |company should not |
|                 |should not be    |                    |be taken into      |
|                 |taken into       |                    |account when       |
|                 |account when     |                    |calculating        |
|                 |calculating      |                    |percentage)        |
|N/A              |percentage)      |                    |                   |
|                 |                 |N/A                 |                   |
|                 |N/A              |                    |N/A                |
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|9. Class of security               |10. Date of         |11. Date listed    |
|                                   |transaction         |company informed   |
|                                   |                    |                   |
|ORDINARY SHARES 25P EACH           |                    |5 JANUARY 2006     |
|                                   |N/A                 |                   |
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|12. Total holding following this   |13. Total percentage holding of issued  |
|notification                       |class following this notification (any  |
|                                   |treasury shares held by the listed      |
|                                   |company should not be taken into account|
|                                   |when calculating percentage)            |
|                                   |                                        |
|115,488,402 ORDINARY 25P SHARES    |12.71%                                  |
|16,304,675 ADRS                    |                                        |
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|14. Any additional information     |15. Name of contact and telephone number|
|                                   |for queries                             |
|                                   |                                        |
|1 ADR IS EQUAL TO 6 ORDINARY       |ANTHONY CLARKE                          |
|SHARES                             |020 8718 9940                           |
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|16. Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company     |
|responsible for making this notification                                    |
|                                                                            |
|ANTHONY CLARKE                                                              |
|Date of notification 5 JANUARY 2006                                         |
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