Holding(s) in Company

Marks & Spencer Group PLC
18 November 2004


                                  SCHEDULE 10
                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

AVS NO

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

Name of company                                  Marks and Spencer Group plc

Name of shareholder having a major interest      Cater Allen International
                                                 Limited (CAIL)

3. Please state whether notification indicates   In respect of 2 above
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) and, if more Cater Allen International
than one holder, the number of shares held by    Limited (CAIL)
each of them

5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired     Not disclosed

6. Percentage of issued class                    N/A

7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed     N/A

8. Percentage of issued class                    N/A

9. Class of security                             Ordinary shares of 25p each

10. Date of transaction                          Not disclosed

11. Date company informed                        18 November 2004

12. Total holding following 
this notification                                84,584,753

13. Total percentage holding of
issued class following this
notification                                     5.14%

14. Any additional information                   Notification in respect of Part
                                                 VI of the Companies Act 1985.
                                                 This holding has arisen from
                                                 stock loan transactions.

15. Name of contact and telephone number for     Helen Baker - 020 8718 2867
queries

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

17. Date of notification                         18 November 2004




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