Marks & Spencer Group PLC

AGM Information • Jul 1, 2025

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Company No. 04256886

The Companies Act 2006

PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

ORDINARY AND SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS[1]

of

MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP PLC

(the “Company”)

The following ordinary and special resolutions1 were passed at the Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Company, duly convened and held at Waterside House, 35 North Wharf Road, London W2 1NW on 1 July 2025:

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

Resolution 16 - Directors’ authority to make Political Donations

That, in accordance with Section 366 of the Companies Act 2006, the Company, and any company which, at any time during the period for which this resolution has effect, is a subsidiary of the Company, be authorised to:

(A) make political donations to political parties and/or independent election candidates, not exceeding £50,000 in total;

(B) make political donations to political organisations, other than political parties, not exceeding £50,000 in total; and

(C) incur political expenditure not exceeding £50,000 in total;

provided that the aggregate amount of any such donations and expenditure shall not exceed £50,000, during the period beginning with the date of the passing of this resolution and ending at the conclusion of the AGM to be held in 2026 or on 1 October 2026, whichever is sooner.

For the purpose of this resolution, the terms ‘political donations’, ‘political parties’, ‘independent election candidates’, ‘political organisations’ and ‘political expenditure’ have the meanings set out in Sections 363 to 365 of the Companies Act 2006.

Resolution 17 - Directors’ authority to allot shares

That the directors are authorised under Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 generally and unconditionally to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the Company:

(A) up to a nominal amount of £6,853,821.93 (such amount to be reduced by any allotments or grants made under paragraph (B) below in excess of such sum); and

(B) comprising equity securities (as defined in Section 560(1) of the Companies Act 2006) up to a nominal amount of £13,707,643.86 (such amount to be reduced by any allotments made under paragraph (A) above) in connection with a pre-emptive offer:

i. to ordinary shareholders in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their existing holdings; and

ii. to holders of other equity securities as required by the rights of those securities or as the directors otherwise consider necessary;

and so that the directors may impose any limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which they consider necessary or appropriate to deal with any treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates, legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory or any other matter.

The authorities conferred on the directors to allot securities under paragraphs (A) and (B) will expire at the conclusion of the AGM of the Company to be held in 2026 or on 1 October 2026, whichever is sooner, unless previously revoked or varied by the Company, and such authority shall extend to the making before such expiry of an offer or an agreement that would or might require relevant securities to be allotted after such expiry, and the directors may allot relevant securities in pursuance of that offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.

Resolution 22 – Approval of the Performance Share Plan Rules

That the Marks and Spencer Group Performance Share Plan 2025 (the ‘PSP’), the principal terms of which are summarised in the appendix to this Notice and the rules of which are presented to the meeting and initialled by the Chairman for the purposes of identification, is approved and to authorise the directors of the Company to do all acts and things they consider necessary or expedient to implement and give effect to the PSP, and to establish further plans based on the PSP but modified to take account of local tax, exchange control or securities laws in overseas territories, provided that any shares made available under any further plans will count against any limits on individual or overall participation in the PSP.

Resolution 23 - Approval of the Deferred Share Bonus Plan Rules

That the Marks and Spencer Group Deferred Share Bonus Plan 2025 (the ‘DSBP’), the principal terms of which are summarised in the appendix to this Notice and the rules of which are presented to the meeting and initialled by the Chairman for the purposes of identification, is approved and to authorise the directors of the Company to do all acts and things they consider necessary or expedient to implement and give effect to the DSBP, and to establish further plans based on the DSBP but modified to take account of local tax, exchange control or securities laws in overseas territories, provided that any shares made available under any further plans will count against any limits on individual or overall participation in the DSBP.

Resolution 24 - Approval of the Restricted Share Plan Rules

That the Marks and Spencer Group Restricted Share Plan 2025 (the ‘RSP’), the principal terms of which are summarised in the appendix to this Notice and the rules of which are presented to the meeting and initialled by the Chairman for the purposes of identification, is approved and to authorise the directors of the Company to do all acts and things they consider necessary or expedient to implement and give effect to the RSP, and to establish further plans based on the RSP but modified to take account of local tax, exchange control or securities laws in overseas territories, provided that any shares made available under any further plans will count against any limits on individual or overall participation in the RSP.

Resolution 25 - Approval of the Executive Share Option Plan Rules

That the Marks and Spencer Group Executive Share Option Plan 2025 (the ‘EXSOP’), the principal terms of which are summarised in the appendix to this Notice and the rules of which are presented to the meeting and initialled by the Chairman for the purposes of identification, is approved and to authorise the directors of the Company to do all acts and things they consider necessary or expedient to implement and give effect to the EXSOP, and to establish further plans based on the EXSOP but modified to take account of local tax, exchange control or securities laws in overseas territories, provided that any shares made available under any further plans will count against any limits on individual or overall participation in the EXSOP.

Resolution 26 – Authority to increase non-executive director fee limit

That the maximum aggregate fees that can be paid to directors in accordance with Article 87 of the Company’s Articles of Association each year shall be increased to £2,000,000.

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

Resolution 18 – General disapplication of pre-emption rights

That, subject to the passing of resolution 17, the directors be empowered to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560(1) of the Companies Act 2006) for cash under the authority given by that resolution 17 (set out in this Notice of Meeting), and/or to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash, as if Section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to any such allotment or sale, provided that such authority be limited:

(A) to the allotment of equity securities and/or sale of treasury shares in connection with an offer of, or invitation to apply for, equity securities:

i. to ordinary shareholders in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their existing holdings; and

ii. to holders of other equity securities as required by the rights of those securities or as the directors otherwise consider necessary;

and so that the directors may impose any limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which they consider necessary or appropriate to deal with any treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates, legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory or any other matter; and

(B) in the case of the authority granted under paragraph (A) of resolution 17 and/or in the case of any sale of treasury shares, to the allotment of equity securities and/or sale of treasury shares (otherwise than under paragraph (A) above) up to a nominal amount of £2,056,146.57; and

(C) to the allotment of equity securities and/or sale of treasury shares (otherwise than under paragraph (A) or paragraph (B) above) up to a nominal amount equal to 20% of any allotment of equity securities and/or sale of treasury shares from time to time under paragraph (B) above, such authority to be used only for the purposes of making a follow-on offer which the Board of the Company determines to be of a kind contemplated by paragraph 3 of Section 2B of the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group prior to the date of this Notice of Meeting,

and shall expire at the conclusion of the AGM to be held in 2026 or on 1 October 2026, whichever is sooner (unless previously revoked or varied by the Company in general meeting), provided that the Company may before that date make offers, and enter into agreements, which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and/or treasury shares to be sold) after the authority ends and the directors may allot equity securities (and/or sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not ended.

Resolution 19 – Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights

That, subject to the passing of resolution 17, the directors be empowered in addition to any authority granted under resolution 18 to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560(1) of the Companies Act 2006) for cash under the authority given by that resolution 17 (set out in this Notice of Meeting) and/or to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash as if Section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to any such allotment or sale, provided that such authority be limited:

(A) to the allotment of equity securities and/or sale of treasury shares up to a nominal amount of £2,056,146.57, such authority to be used only for the purposes of financing (or refinancing, if the authority is to be used within 12 months after the original transaction) a transaction which the directors of the Company determine to be either an acquisition or a specified capital investment of a kind contemplated by the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group prior to the date of this Notice of Meeting; and

(B) to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares (otherwise than under paragraph (A) above) up to a nominal amount equal to 20% of any allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares made under paragraph (A) above, such authority to be used only for the purposes of making a follow-on offer which the Board of the Company determines to be of a kind contemplated by paragraph 3 of Section 2B of the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group prior to the date of this Notice of Meeting,

and shall expire at the conclusion of the AGM to be held in 2026 or on 1 October 2026, whichever is sooner (unless previously revoked or varied by the Company in general meeting) provided that the Company may before that date make offers, and enter into agreements, which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and/or treasury shares to be sold) after the authority ends and the directors may allot equity securities (and/or sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not ended.

Resolution 20 – Company’s authority to purchase own shares

That the Company is authorised for the purposes of Section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 to make one or more market purchases (as defined in Section 693(4) of the Companies Act 2006) of its ordinary shares of £0.01 each, such power to be limited:

(A) to a maximum number of 205,614,657 ordinary shares; and

(B) by the condition that the minimum price which may be paid for an ordinary share is £0.01 and the maximum price which may be paid for an ordinary share is the highest of:

i. an amount equal to 105% of the average market value of an ordinary share for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which that ordinary share is contracted to be purchased; and

ii. the higher of the price of the last independent trade of an ordinary share and the highest current independent bid for an ordinary share on the trading venue where the purchase is carried out;

in each case, exclusive of expenses, such power to apply until the end of the AGM to be held in 2026 or until 1 October 2026, whichever is sooner, but in each case so that the Company may enter into a contract to purchase ordinary shares which will or may be completed or executed wholly or partly after the power ends and the Company may purchase ordinary shares pursuant to any such contract as if the power had not ended.

Resolution 21 – Calling of general meetings on 14 days’ notice

That a general meeting other than the Annual General Meeting may be called on no fewer than 14 clear days’ notice.

Nick Folland

General Counsel and Company Secretary

1. Resolutions relating to special business only ↑