Holding(s) in Company

Sainsbury(J) PLC
20 April 2006

J Sainsbury plc



J Sainsbury plc received notification on 20 April 2006 that Brandes Investment
Partners L.L.C. and its affiliates have decreased their reportable interest in
the Company.



As a result their reportable interest is now 11.9 per cent instead of 12.0 per
cent previously reported.



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