Purchase of Own Securities

Marks & Spencer Group PLC
06 December 2002

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

06 December 2002

Purchase of Own Shares

Marks & Spencer Group p.l.c. announces that it has today purchased for
cancellation 66,209 of its ordinary shares from Cazenove & Co. Ltd at a price of
337.5704p per share.

Enquiries

Tony Quinlan       Marks & Spencer Group p.l.c. 020 7268 4195

Duncan Hunter Cazenove & Co. Ltd      020 7588 2828



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