Director/PDMR Shareholding

Marks & Spencer Group PLC
07 December 2006

Issued: 7 December 2006

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
OR THEIR CONNECTED PERSONS

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

Marks and Spencer Group PLC (the 'Company') was informed on 7 December, 2006
that Appleby Trust (Jersey) Limited, as the trustee (the 'Trustee') of the Marks
& Spencer Employee Benefit Trust (the 'Trust'), purchased on 6 December 2006, in
London, four call options over a total of 8,036,000 ordinary shares of 25p each
in the capital of the Company (the 'Optioned Shares') which the Trustee may
exercise  between March 2009 and March 2010 at an exercise price  per share of
540.88p. The call options have been purchased by the Trustee from Citigroup
Global Markets U.K. Equity Limited and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc to satisfy
the vesting of awards under the Company's employee share plans.  The Optioned
Shares represent 0.48% of the issued ordinary shares at the date of this
announcement.  As a result of the purchase of the call options, the number of
ordinary shares in the capital of the Company held by the Trustee in the Trust
is unchanged at 5,489,094 representing 0.33% of the issued ordinary shares of
the Company.

The following directors, together with all employees, are potential
beneficiaries of the Trust and are therefore deemed to be interested in the
shares held by the Trustee and in any interests in shares held by the Trustee as
described above.  The directors were not directly connected with the purchase
and have no rights in respect of the call options.

• Stuart Rose
• Ian Dyson
• Steve Sharp

For further information please contact:
Michael Wallace - 020 8718 7506




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