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

The Company was notified on 1 September 2005 by the trustee of the Marks and Spencer Share Incentive Plan, Hill Samuel ESOP Trustees Limited, that for the month of August 2005 the trustee transferred 23,809 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 328,214 shares now held by Lloyds TSB Registrars Corporate Nominee Ltd AESOP2 (unallocated shares):

• Stuart Rose
• Charles Wilson
• Ian Dyson

For further information please contact:
Anthony Clarke - 020 8718 9940

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