Holding(s) in Company

Marks & Spencer Group PLC
29 October 2004


                                  SCHEDULE 10
                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

Name of company                          Marks and Spencer Group plc

Name of shareholder having a major       Deutsche Bank AG
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) and, Deutsche Bank AG
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                        25,079,183

8. Percentage of issued class            1.52%

9. Class of security                     Ordinary shares of 25p each

10. Date of transaction                  Not disclosed

11. Date company informed                29 October 2004

12. Total holding following this         134,847,346 - Of this number 80,286,640
notification                             represents shares currently held in a
                                         'stock borrowed' account.

13. Total percentage holding of
issued class following this                           
notification                             8.20%

14. Any additional information           Notification of percentage is based on
                                         the number of ordinary shares in issue
                                         following cancellation of the shares
                                         repurchased under the Tender Offer,
                                         which was 1,645,373,759 on Thursday 28
                                         October 2004. Notification in respect
                                         of section 198 Companies Act 1985.

15. Name of contact and telephone number Helen Baker - 020 7268 2867
for queries

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

17. Date of notification                 29 October 2004




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