Holding(s) in Company

Marks & Spencer Group PLC
28 October 2004



                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
AVS NO

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.
 1. •Name of company
                                  Marks and Spencer Group plc

•Name of shareholder having a
major interest                    UBS Investment Bank ('UBS-IB')

3. Please state whether           In respect of 2 above
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

4. Name of the registered holder  UBS AG London Branch
(s) and, if more than one
holder, the number of shares
held by each of them

                                  UBS Global asset Management Limited

5. Number of shares/amount of     N/A
stock acquired

6. Percentage of issued class     N/A

7. Number of shares/amount of     N/A
stock disposed

8. Percentage of issued class     N/A

9. Class of security              Ordinary shares of 25p each

10. Date of transaction           Not informed

11. Date company informed         28 October 2004

12. Total holding following this                           156,421,158
notification

13. Total percentage holding of                                   9.51%
issued class following this
notification

14. Any additional information    Notification of percentage is based on
                                  the number of ordinary shares in
                                  shares in issue following cancellation
                                  of the shares repurchased under the
                                  Tender Offer, which is expected to be
                                  1,645,373,759 (assuming no exercise of
                                  employee share options) on Thursday 28
                                  October 2004. Notification in respect
                                  of section 198 Companies Act 1985.
                                  None of the shares are shares in which
                                  UBS IS is interested by virtue of
                                  section 208(5) of the Companies Act.

15. Name of contact and           Carolyn Trousdale 020 7268 8299
telephone number for queries

16. Name and signature of         Carolyn Trousdale - Group
authorised company official       Secretariat
responsible for making this
notification

17. Date of notification          28 October 2004






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