RNS Number:3007U
Marks & Spencer Group PLC
15 January 2004


Marks & Spencer Group PLC

Purchase of Own Shares


Marks & Spencer Group 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 270.5231p 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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