Marks & Spencer Group PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2017

Jul 3, 2017

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RNS Number : 8934J

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

03 July 2017

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				Marks & Spencer Group plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					ü
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):	Type 1 & 3 disclosure as per the Transparency Directive II Regulation				ü
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Schroders plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		26.06.17
6. Date on which issuer notified:		03.07.17
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Above 5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction						Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares			Number of Voting Rights			Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of voting rights x
Direct		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct			Indirect
Ordinary GB0031274896	Below 5%			Below 5%			81,668,456		N/A		81,559,391	N/A			5.020%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date xiii		Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date xvii		Exercise/ Conversion period xviii			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights xix, xx
CFD		N/A		N/A		N/A			79,887				Nominal			Delta
0.005%			1
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
81,639,278								5.025%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Schroder & Co. Limited                                                                          2,208,213      0.136% Schroder (C.I) Limited                                                                            717,255         0.044% Schroder Investment Management Limited                                           77,570,146     4.774% Schroder Investment Management (North America) Limited                 278,917          0.017% Schroder Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited                      864,747          0.053%
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:	The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. This disclosure has been calculated based on issue share capital amount 1,624,729,627 (as of 1 June 2017 announcement).
14. Contact name:	Shaheen Hussain
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7658 6000

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