| 1. Name of company |
Marks and Spencer Group plc |
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| 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest |
Legal & General Investment Management |
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| 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 |
*The holding is split as detailed below in 4 between shares where Legal & General Group Plc is the beneficial owner and shares where Legal & General Investment Management is the appointed fund manager only |
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| 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them |
*Legal & General Group Plc
HSBC Nominees Ltd A/c 914945 – 562,703
HSBC Nominees Ltd A/c 775245 – 6,345,842
HSBC Nominees Ltd A/c 775237 – 39,390,403
HSBC Nominees Ltd A/c 866,203 – 2,194,947
HSBC Nominees Ltd A/c 904,332 – 207690
HSBC Nominees Ltd A/c 916681 – 79,400
HSBC Nominees Ltd A/c 922437 – 6,770
HSBC Nominees Ltd A/c 360509 – 2,166,946
*Legal and General Investment Management
National Australia Bank A/c 3977 – 18,868
Bank of New York (Noms) A/c 230111 – 326,000
Northern Trust A/c EAA02 – 235,238
Northern Trust A/c EAC05 – 35,639
Northern Trust A/c EAC06 – 26,630
HSBC Nominees Ltd A/c 881071 – 78,278
HSBC Nominees Ltd 748558 – 114,421
Northern Trust A/c GCC 16 – 3,239,109
Nortrust Nominees A/c LGN01 – 57,530
Nortrust Nominess A/c LGE01 – 73,449
Citibank London A/c 6008054495 – 285,695
Northern Trust A/c LL V01 – 65,419
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| 5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired |
N/A |
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| 6. Percentage of issued class |
N/A |
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| 7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed |
25,119,342 |
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| 8. Percentage of issued class |
1.53% |
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| 9. Class of security |
Ordinary Shares of 25p each |
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| 10. Date of transaction |
Not informed |
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| 11. Date company informed |
29 October 2004 |
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| 12. Total holding following this notification |
55,510,977 |
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| 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification |
3.37%. |
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| 14. Any additional information |
Notification of percentage is based on the number of ordinary shares in issue following cancellation of the shares repurchased under the Tender Offer, which was 1,645,373,759 on Thursday 28 October 2004.
Notification in respect of section 198 Companies Act 1985.
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| 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries |
Helen Baker – 020 7268 2867 |
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| 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification |
Helen Baker – Assistant Company Secretary |
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| 17. Date of notification |
29 October 2004 |