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Marks & Spencer Group PLC 04 December 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST - FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL - FMR CORP AND THEIR SUBSIDIARIES AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES 3) Please state whether 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 SEE APPENDIX 1 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. SEE APPENDIX 1 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. N/A 6) Percentage of issued Class N/A 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued Class N/A 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P EACH 10) Date of transaction N/A 11) Date company informed 4 DECEMBER 2006 12) Total holding following this notification 84,710,160 ORDINARY SHARES 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.02% 14) Any additional information N/A 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries ANTHONY CLARKE 020 8718 9940 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification ANTHONY CLARKE Date of Notification ............. 4 DECEMBER 2006 ........... NB: AT THE DATE OF THIS DISCLOSURE MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP PLC HAD 1,688,019,269 ORDINARY 25P SHARES IN ISSUE APPENDIX 1 Amendment 4 NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK COMPANIES ACT 1. Company in which shares are held: Marks & Spencer Group Plc 2. Notifiable Interest: Ordinary Shares A FMR Corp 82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109 Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings.) B Fidelity International Limited (FIL) P.O. BOX HM 670 Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIA(K)L), Fidelity Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management (FPM) and Fidelity Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients. 3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of Mr Edward C Johnson 3d 82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109 A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited. 4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit trust schemes in the U.K. notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1) (h) of the Companies Act 1985. 5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarity and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr Edward C Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these notifications on a joint basis. 6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4) (b) of the Act, namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively. Michelle Edwards Associative Director - Compliance Duly authorized under Powers of Attorney dated August 25, 2004 by Eric D. Roiter by and on behalf of FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries. Schedule A Amendment 4 Security: MARKS & SPENCER GROUP PLC Current ownership percentage; 5.02% Total Shares Held 84,710,160 Shares in issue: 1,687,387,716 Change in holdings since last filing +1,703,631 ordinary shares MANAGEMENT SHARES HELD COMPANY NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME 569,400 FMTC NORTHERN TRUST CO 433,200 FMTC MELLON BANK N.A. 7,285,740 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 3,098,610 FPM STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 1,828,500 FPM HSBC BANK PLC 1,751,200 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 1,405,400 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 406,514 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 202,800 FPM MELLON BANK 171,700 FPM CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S 160,500 FPM SOCIETE GENERALE 93,200 FPM JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 90,700 FPM BANKERS TRUST LONDON 52,100 FPM MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES 19,700 FPM DEXIA PRIVATBANK 5,646,400 FMTC STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 2,764,700 FMTC NORTHERN TRUST CO 2,345,064 FMTC MELLON BANK N.A. 1,018,900 FMTC JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 990,100 FMTC BANK OF NEW YORK 427,346 FMTC CIBC MELLON TRUST 149,700 FMTC BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO 77,477 FMTC ROYAL TRUST-TORONTO 36,045,200 FMRCO BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO 8,427,000 FMRCO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 175,300 FMRCO NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 116,700 FMRCO STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 76,000 FMRCO MELLON BANK N.A. 46,500 FMRCO NORTHERN TRUST CO 64,800 FMR MELLON BANK NA 2,319,039 FISL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 756,000 FIM HK BERMUDA TRUST FAR EAST HK 1,436,200 FIL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 462,900 FIL HSBC BANK PLC 426,400 FIL NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 404,500 FIL JPMORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 397,980 FIL STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 376,300 FIL BNP PARIBAS, PARIS (C) 368,800 F1L STATE STREET BANK AUSTRALIA (C 168,200 FIL BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO 159,000 FIL NORTHERN TRUST CO 74,600 FIL ING LUXEMBOURG 56,398 FIL MORGAN STANLEY LONDON 7,212 FIL BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX 288,500 FIJ MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAPAN 140,600 FIJ NOMURA TRUST AND BANKING 76,980 FIJ TRUST&CUST SVCS BK LTD,TOKO 148,000 Fll JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 663,200 FICL STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 38,800 FIA(K)L STATE STREET HONG KONG This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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