Notification made in accordance with Disclosure rule 3.1.4R(1)(b) of the Disclosure Rules.

The Company was notified on 1 December 2005 by the trustee of the Marks and Spencer Share Incentive Plan, Hill Samuel ESOP Trustees Limited, that for the month of November the trustee transferred 5,018 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in Marks and Spencer Group plc for nil consideration from Lloyds TSB Registrars Corporate Nominee Limited AESOP1 (allocated shares) to Lloyds TSB Registrars Corporate Nominee Limited AESOP2 (unallocated shares). The transfer was made following the forfeiture of shares, under the Rules of the Marks and Spencer Share Incentive Plan, from participants who have left the Marks & Spencer group.

Each of the following Directors, being Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities and potential participants in the Marks and Spencer Share Incentive Plan, are deemed, along with certain other group employees, to have an interest in the aggregate balance of 350,521 shares now held by Lloyds TSB Registrars Corporate Nominee Ltd AESOP2 (unallocated shares):

• Stuart Rose
• Ian Dyson
• Steven Sharp

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For further information please contact:
Helen Barker - 020 8718 2627

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