Purchase of Own Securities

Marks & Spencer Group PLC
26 January 2004

Marks & Spencer Group PLC



Purchase of Own Shares



Marks & Spencer Group p.l.c. announces that it has today purchased for
cancellation 315,000 of its ordinary shares from Cazenove & Co. Ltd at a price
of 271.95p per share.



Enquiries

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

Jonathan Wilcox           Cazenove & Co. Ltd                020 7588 2828





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