Holding(s) in Company

Marks & Spencer Group PLC
01 November 2004


                                  SCHEDULE 10
                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

Name of company                       Marks and Spencer Group plc

Name of shareholder having a major    Cater Allen International Limited (CAIL)
interest

3. Please state whether notification  In respect of 2 above
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(s)   Cater Allen International Limited (CAIL)
and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of
them

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

6. Percentage of issued class         N/A

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

8. Percentage of issued class         N/A

9. Class of security                  Ordinary shares of 25p each

10. Date of transaction               Not disclosed
                                   
11. Date company informed             1 November 2004

12. Total holding following this
notification                          92,909,790

13. Total percentage holding of
issued class following this
notification                          5.65%

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. This holding has
                                      arisen from stock loan transactions done
                                      under the relevant approved documentaton as
                                      a principal trading member of the London
                                      Stock Exchange.

15. Name of contact and telephone     Helen Baker - 020 8718 2867
number for queries

16. Name and signature of authorised  Helen Baker - Assistant Company Secretary
company official responsible for
making this notification

17. Date of notification              1 November 2004




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