Holding(s) in Company

Marks & Spencer Group PLC
08 May 2006




                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.


1. Name of listed company                       2. Name of shareholder with a major interest


    MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP PLC                    BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS

3. Please state whether notification indicates 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than
  that it is regarding the holding of the         one holder, the number of 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


NOT INDICATED                                     UNKNOWN


5. Number of   shares/ 6. Percentage of        7. Number of shares/amount  8. Percentage of
amount of   stock      issued class (any       of stock disposed           issued class (any
acquired               treasury shares held by                             treasury share held by
                       the listed  company                                 the listed company should
                       should not be taken                                 not be taken into account
                       into account when                                   when    calculating
                       calculating percentage)                             percentage)


 N/A                     N/A                        N/A                      N/A




9. Class of security                           10. Date of transaction     11. Date listed
                                                                           company informed

    
        ORDINARY SHARES 25P EACH                        N/A                 8 MAY 2006
 


12. Total holding following this notification  13. Total percentage holding of issued class
                                               following this notification (any treasury  shares
                                               held by the listed company should not be taken into
                                               account when calculating percentage)


        122,079,224 ORDINARY 25P SHARES                               11.88%
         12,968,353 ADRS


14. Any additional information                 15. Name of contact and telephone number for
                                               queries

                                                     ANTHONY CLARKE
     1 ADR IS EQUAL TO 6 ORDINARY    SHARES          020 8718 9940


16. Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company responsible for making
this notification

                                  ANTHONY CLARKE

Date of notification   8 MAY 2006



* Note: At the date of this disclosure Marks and Spencer Group plc had
1,683,137,052 Ordinary Shares of 25p each in issue.





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