Purchase of Own Securities

Marks & Spencer Group PLC
20 November 2003

Marks & Spencer Group PLC
20 November 2003

Purchase of Own Shares

Marks & Spencer Group p.l.c. announces that it has today purchased for
cancellation 1,000,000 of its ordinary shares from Cazenove & Co. Ltd at a price
of 272.0477p per share.


Enquiries

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

Jonathan Wilcox           Cazenove & Co. Ltd         020 7588 2828


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