Major Shareholdings

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.

1.   Name of company                        Marks and Spencer Group plc

2.   Name of shareholder having a major
     interest                               Capital Group Companies Inc

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           Capital Guardian Trust Company:
     holder(s) and, if more than 
     one holder, the number of        Chase Nominees Ltd       715,126
     shares held by each of them
                                      Nortrust Nominees        276,788

                                      Mellon Nominees (UK)      85,200
                                      Ltd

                                            Capital International
                                      Ltd:

                                      State Street Nominees    276,039
                                      Ltd

                                      Bank of New York       5,549,777
                                      Nominees

                                      Northern Trust         1,319,982

                                      Chase Nominees Ltd     2,755,227

                                      Midland Bank plc         181,069

                                      Bankers Trust            184,590

                                      Barclays Bank            128,570

                                      Citibank London           84,600

                                      Morgan Guaranty          269,420

                                      Nortrust Nominees      3,118,439

                                      State Street Bank &    1,269,435
                                      Trust Co

                                      Deutsche Bank AG         934,692

                                      HSBC Bank plc            863,033

                                      Mellon Bank NA           282,619

                                      Northern Trust AVFC      240,999

                                      KAS UK                    21,153

                                      Mellon Nominees (UK)     126,000
                                      Ltd

                                      Bank One London           60,020

                                      Capital International
                                      SA

                                      Chase Nominees Ltd       485,295

                                      Midland Bank plc           8,280

                                      Royal Bank of             27,822
                                      Scotland

                                      State Street Bank &       41,813
                                      Trust Co

                                      Lloyds Bank               24,761

                                      Citibank NA               12,225

                                      Capital International
                                      Inc

                                      State Street Nominees  3,177,513
                                      Ltd

                                      Bank of New York         744,104
                                      Nominees

                                      Northern Trust            27,413

                                      Chase Nominees Ltd     4,822,585

                                      Midland Bank plc           8,138

                                      Bankers Trust              3,563

                                      Citibank London            8,888

                                      Nortrust Nominees         65,559

                                      State Street Bank &       90,654
                                      Trust Co

                                      Citibank                  17,700

                                      Citibank NA              684,165

                                      HSBC Bank plc             43,927

                                      JP Morgan Chase           59,250

5.   Number of shares/amount of stock
     acquired

6.   Percentage of issued class

7.   Number of shares/amount of stock                         53,959,618
     disposed

8.   Percentage of issued class                                     3.28%

9.   Class of security                  Ordinary shares of 25p each

10.  Date of transaction               N/A

11.  Date company informed             29 October 2004
     
12.  Total holding following this                            29,096,438
     notification

13.  Total percentage holding of                                   1.77%
     issued class following this
     notification
     
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.

                                       Capital Group Companies Inc no
                                       longer has a notifiable
                                       interest.

15.  Name of contact and telephone     Helen Baker - 0207 268 2867
     number for queries

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

17.  Date of notification              29 October 2004


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