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20 April 2006

Notification of Major Interests in Shares

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1.

Name of listed company

MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP PLC

2.

Name of shareholder with a major interest

BARCLAYS PLC

3.

Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holding of the shareholder named in 2 above; 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

IN RESPECT OF 2 ABOVE

4.

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

NOT DISCLOSED

5.

Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

N/A

6.

Percentage of issued class (any treasury share held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)

N/A

7.

Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

N/A

8.

Percentage of issued class (any treasury share held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)

N/A

9.

Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES 25P EACH

10.

Date of transaction

N/A

11.

Date listed company informed

20-04-06

12.

Total holding following this notification

NOT DISCLOSED

13.

Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any treasury share held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)

BELOW 3%

23.

Any additional information

N/A

24.

Name of contact and telephone number for queries

ANTHONY CLARKE
020 8718 9940

25.

Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed companyresponsible for making this notification

ANTHONY CLARKE

Date of notification: 20 April 2006

* Note: At the time of this disclosure Marks and Spencer Group plc had 1,682,754,451 Ordinary Shares of 25p each in issue.

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