Result of AGM

Marks & Spencer Group PLC 10 July 2007 Poll Results (see Note 1) Annual General Meeting held on Tuesday 10 July 2007 at 2.00pm Results of the poll taken at meeting Resolution For Against Number of % Votes votes Withheld (see note 2) Withheld as % of (see note 2) (See note 3) Capital (See note 3) No. of shares % No. of shares % 1 To receive Annual report 905,094,304 99.89% 1,027,485 0.11% 3,015,614 0.18% and accounts 2 To approve the remuneration 849,433,414 94.72% 47,374,971 5.28% 12,354,988 0.73% report 3 To declare a final dividend 906,885,085 99.999% 40,381 0.001% 2,225,754 0.13% 4 To elect Martha Lane Fox 901,811,658 99.48% 4,705,193 0.52% 2,514,594 0.14% 5 To re-elect Ian Dyson 902,855,763 99.56% 3,950,186 0.44% 2,322,323 0.14% 6 To re-elect Steven Holliday 905,090,648 99.82% 1,631,612 0.18% 2,430,294 0.14% 7 To re-appoint the auditors 891,433,161 99.08% 8,300,852 0.92% 9,405,656 0.55% 8 To authorise Audit committee 900,835,493 99.34% 5,951,857 0.66% 2,271,802 0.13% to determine the auditors' remuneration 9 To renew directors' authority 895,880,305 98.82% 10,705,457 1.18% 2,361,996 0.14% to allot shares 10 To renew disapplication of 901,774,703 99.57% 3,875,799 0.43% 3,327,134 0.19% pre-emption rights 11 To authorise the Company 905,409,851 99.88% 1,058,314 0.12% 2,562,304 0.15% to purchase its own shares 12 To authorise the Company 903,979,075 99.88% 1,082,382 0.12% 3,912,451 0.23% to amend the Articles of Association (including e-communication) 13 To authorise the renewal of 887,312,982 98.92% 9,709,766 1.08% 11,984,781 0.70% the All Employee Sharesave Plan NOTES: 1 All resolutions were passed. 2 Votes 'For' and 'Against' are expressed as a percentage of votes received (excluding 'Votes withheld'). The 'For' vote includes those votes giving the Chairman discretion. 3 'Votes withheld' are included within % of capital instructed (note 4). However it should be noted that a 'Vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution. 4 53.45% of voting capital was instructed. 5 Total number of shares in issue at 6pm on 9 July 2007 = 1,700,958,611 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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