Holding(s) in Company

Sainsbury(J) PLC
26 May 2006


J Sainsbury plc announces notification of major interests in shares

On 25 May 2006, Sainsbury's received notification that AXA S.A. and its Group
companies were interested in 239,635,558 ordinary shares representing 14.00% of
the issued share capital.  These shares are represented by a beneficial interest
of 1,563,618 (0.09% - previously disclosed 0.09%) and a non-beneficial interest
of 238,071,940 (13.91% - previously disclosed 11.96%), the majority of which,
235,850,491 was held by AXA Financial, Inc on behalf of Bernstein. AXA's
previously disclosed total shareholding was 13.06%.



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