AGM Statement

Sainsbury(J) PLC
13 July 2005


13 July 2005

Announcement of AGM Poll Results

Following the Annual General Meeting held on 13 July 2005, J Sainsbury plc
announces the results of the poll vote for each resolution as follows:


Annual General Meeting Resolutions numbered as per   For                                   Against                  
Abstentions
Notice of Meeting
                                                           Number          %       Number        %           Number
1   To receive and adopt the Directors' and            1,042,122,704     99.93     682,096     0.07        20,093,207
    Auditors' reports and the audited accounts for
    the 52 weeks to 26 March 2005

2   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report      1,038,509,068     97.74   23,989,107     2.26           387,122
    for the 52 weeks to 26 March 2005

3   To declare a final dividend of 5.65 pence per      1,061,786,995     99.97      368,210     0.03           726,314
    ordinary share

4   To elect Philip Hampton as a Director              1,061,383,305     99.91    1,003,273     0.09           336,208

5   To elect Gary Hughes as a Director                 1,025,076,707     99.86    1,435,573     0.14        36,375,214

6   To elect Bob Stack as a Director                   1,025,478,735     99.90    1,031,422     0.10        36,358,799

7   To re-elect Bridget Macaskill as a Director        1,025,308,529     99.88    1,256,846     0.12        36,317,440

8   To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as        1,043,773,729     98.79   12,731,852     1.21         6,387,611
    Auditors

9   To authorise the Audit Committee to agree          1,048,315,868     99.29    7,504,892     0.71         7,074,899
    Auditors' remuneration

10  To approve the J Sainsbury plc Share Plan 2005     1,038,553,164     97.76   23,788,501     2.24           525,962

11  To authorise J Sainsbury plc to make 'political    1,047,652,441     98,86   12,093,735     1.14         1,252,730
    donations' and incur 'political expenditure'

12  To authorise Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd to       1,049,332,792     98.84   12,305,258     1.16         1,255,173
    make 'political donations' and incur 'political
    expenditure'

13  To authorise  Sainsbury's Bank plc to make '       1,030,169,037     98.81   12,382,871     1.19        20,334,045
    political donations' and incur 'political
    expenditure'

14  To authorise the Directors to allot shares         1,041,851,816     98.07   20,533,946     1.93           507,109

15  To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory   1,013,902,551     98.80   12,310,170     1.20        36,664,949
    pre-emption rights (Special Resolution)

16  To authorise the Company to purchase its own       1,059,582,074     99.95      577,846     0.05         2,665,653
    shares (Special Resolution)

17  To amend the Company's Memorandum and Articles     1,057,288,603     99.59    4,356,632     0.41         1,242,257
    of Association (Special Resolution)

As noted above the J Sainsbury plc share plan 2005 was today approved by
shareholders at the Company's AGM.  As announced last week, Justin King and all
eligible operating board members have purchased shares in the Company as part of
their commitments to invest 50% of their salaries in the plan.

The number of shares purchased area as follows:


                                                              Number of shares
                                                                     purchased

Justin King - Chief Executive Officer                                   60,000
Gwyn Burr - Customer Director                                           17,850
Mike Coupe - Trading Director                                           27,000
Hamish Elvidge - Director of Change                                     23,927
Tim Fallowfield - Company Secretary                                     16,000
Jim McCarthy - Managing Director of Convenience                         50,000
Ken McMeikan - Retail Director                                          26,000
Tim Pile - Chief Executive Officer of Sainsburys Bank                   20,000
Imelda Walsh  - HR Director                                             22,000

Notes
     
1.   Justin King and eligible operating board members must purchase at least 
     half of their personal investment commitments by 7 October 2005, with the 
     balance being acquired by 31 July 2006. These shares must be held until the 
     end of the four-year performance period.

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