Purchase of Own Securities

Marks & Spencer PLC
9 November 2000


Purchase of Own Shares

Marks & Spencer p.l.c announces that it has today
purchased for cancellation 2,500,000 of its ordinary
shares from Cazenove & Co. at a price of 192.71p per
share.

Enquiries

Tony Quinlan    Marks & Spencer plc  020 7268 4195

Duncan Hunter   Cazenove & Co.       020 7588 2828