Holding(s) in Company

Sainsbury(J) PLC
29 June 2006


J Sainsbury plc


J Sainsbury plc received notification on 28 June 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 10.99 per cent instead of 11.9 per
cent previously reported.


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