Purchase of Own Securities

Marks & Spencer Group PLC
01 August 2003

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

1 August 2003



Purchase of Own Shares



Marks & Spencer Group p.l.c. announces that it has today purchased for
cancellation 500,000 of its ordinary shares from Cazenove & Co. Ltd at a price
of 308.4482p 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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