Additional Listing

Marks & Spencer Group PLC
19 March 2002

Marks and Spencer Group plc

Application has been made to The UK Listing Authority and the London Stock
Exchange for block listings totalling 44,162,719 Ordinary shares of 245p each to
trade on the London Stock Exchange and to be admitted to the Official List upon
issuance. The shares shall rank pari passu with the existing issued shares of
the Company.

The Block listings consist of 20,859,113 shares to be issued under the Senior
Option Scheme and 23,303,606 shares to be issued under the SAYE Scheme.

Copies of this announcement are available from the office of Cazenove & Co. Ltd
for the period of 2 business days from the date hereof.

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