Purchase of Own Securities

Marks & Spencer Group PLC
04 March 2003

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

04 March 2003

Purchase of Own Shares

Marks & Spencer Group p.l.c. announces that it has today purchased for
cancellation 650,000 of its ordinary shares from Cazenove & Co. Ltd at a price
of 305.7854p per share.

Enquiries

Tony Quinlan       Marks & Spencer Group p.l.c. 020 7268 4195

Duncan Hunter Cazenove & Co. Ltd      020 7588 2828



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