Director/PDMR Shareholding

Sainsbury(J) PLC
19 January 2006


19 January 2006


Share award under 2005 Share Plan


Following the appointment of Roger Burnley as Supply Chain Director and member
of the Operating Board on 3 January 2006 the Company granted the following share
award.

J Sainsbury plc Share Plan 2005

   Date of Grant      Core Share Award     Personal Share     Maximum Share Award   Last Exercise Date
                                             Investment
   18 January 06           66,752              51,741               540,724           23 March 2010
                            (1)                                     (3) (4)
     
(1)  Core Share Award is a pro rated award over the four-year performance
     period from the date of appointment.

(2)  The Core Award and Personal Investment Award have been calculated according 
     to the closing mid-market share price averaged over the 90 day period
     preceding 3 January 2006, 289.9p.

(3)  The maximum share award excludes the personal investment shares acquired by 
     Roger which must be held for the duration of the plan and assumes that the
     performance conditions are met in full.

(4)  The performance conditions will be determined in 2009 at the end of the
     four year performance period. If the performance conditions are on track to
     reach the maximum award multiplier at the end of year three then there is 
     an opportunity for early exercise over a maximum of 270,362 ordinary 
     shares. The first exercise date will be on 14 May 2008 following the 
     Preliminary Results announcement being made.


It is Roger's intention to make the maximum personal investment of 51,741 shares
in J Sainsbury plc under the conditions of the share plan.


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