Marks and Spencer Group plc is pleased to announce that Lord Burns will be joining the Board as Deputy Chairman with effect from 1 October 2005 and will become Chairman from the AGM, in July 2006. Marks & Spencer Chairman, Paul Myners will step aside from the Board at the AGM in 2006, as he will no longer be considered independent as a director under The Combined Code.

Paul Myners said: "I am delighted that Terry Burns will be joining the Board and that he will succeed me as Chairman of the Company. I look forward to working with him."

Terry Burns said: "Marks & Spencer is a Company with a great brand and a strong heritage. I am very pleased to be joining the Board at this important time."

Terry Burns is Chairman of Abbey National and Glas Cymru (Welsh Water), and is a non-executive director of Banco Santander Central Hispano, Pearson Group and British Land.

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