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         Legal & General Investment
interest                                   Management

3. Please state whether notification       *The holding is split as detailed
indicates that it is in respect of holding below in 4 between shares where Legal
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in  & General Group Plc is the beneficial
respect of a non-beneficial interest or in owner and shares where Legal &
the case of an individual holder if it is  General Investment Management is the
a holding of that person's spouse or       appointed fund manager only
children under the age of 18

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and,   *Legal & General Group Plc
if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them
                                           HSBC Nominees Ltd A/c 914945 -
                                           562,703
                                           HSBC Nominees Ltd A/c 775245 -
                                           6,345,842
                                           HSBC Nominees Ltd A/c 775237 -
                                           39,390,403
                                           HSBC Nominees Ltd A/c 866,203 -
                                           2,194,947
                                           HSBC Nominees Ltd A/c 904,332 -
                                           207690
                                           HSBC Nominees Ltd A/c 916681 -
                                           79,400
                                           HSBC Nominees Ltd A/c 922437 -
                                           6,770
                                           HSBC Nominees Ltd A/c 360509 -
                                           2,166,946

                                           *Legal and General Investment
                                           Management
                                           National Australia Bank A/c 3977 -
                                           18,868
                                           Bank of New York (Noms) A/c 230111 -
                                           326,000
                                           Northern Trust A/c EAA02 - 235,238
                                           Northern Trust A/c EAC05 - 35,639
                                           Northern Trust A/c EAC06 - 26,630
                                           HSBC Nominees Ltd A/c 881071 -
                                           78,278
                                           HSBC Nominees Ltd 748558 - 114,421
                                           Northern Trust A/c GCC 16 -
                                           3,239,109
                                           Nortrust Nominees A/c LGN01 -
                                           57,530
                                           Nortrust Nominess A/c LGE01 -
                                           73,449
                                           Citibank London A/c 6008054495 -
                                           285,695
                                           Northern Trust A/c LL V01 - 65,419

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                                   25,119,342

8. Percentage of issued class              1.53%

9. Class of security                       Ordinary shares of 25p each

10. Date of transaction                    Not informed

11. Date company informed                  29 October 2004

12. Total holding following this
notification                               55,510,977

13. Total percentage holding of
issued class following this
notification                               3.37 %

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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