Purchase of Own Securities

Marks & Spencer PLC
27 September 2001



Marks & Spencer PLC

Purchase of Own Shares

Marks & Spencer p.l.c announces that it has today purchased
for cancellation 625,000 of its ordinary shares from Cazenove
& Co. Ltd at a price of 239.0201p per share.

Enquiries

Tony Quinlan      Marks & Spencer plc               020 7268 4195


Duncan Hunter     Cazenove & Co. Ltd                020 7588 2828