1. Name of company

MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP PLC

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

NOT INDICATED

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them

UNKNOWN

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

N/A

6. Percentage of issued class

N/A

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

N/A

8. Percentage of issued class

N/A

9. Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES 25P EACH

10. Date of transaction

N/A

11. Date company informed

10 JULY 2006

12. Total holding following this notification

95,129,874 ORDINARY 25P SHARES
11,391,052 ADRS

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

9.71%

14. Any additional information

1 ADR IS EQUAL TO 6 ORDINARY SHARES

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

LESLEY BROWNETT 07769 672953

020 8718 9940

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification

LESLEY BROWNETT

Date of notification

11 JULY 2006

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*Note: At the date of this disclosure Marks and Spencer Group plc had 1,684,277,468 Ordinary Shares of 25p in issue