Purchase of Own Securities

Marks & Spencer PLC
6 August 2001


Purchase of Own Shares

Marks & Spencer p.l.c announces that it has today purchased
for cancellation  500,000 of its ordinary shares from Cazenove
& Co. Ltd at a price of 249p per share.

Enquiries

Tony Quinlan    Marks & Spencer plc       020 7268 4195

Duncan Hunter   Cazenove & Co. Ltd        020 7588 2828