Holding(s) in Company

Sainsbury(J) PLC
21 November 2005


                                  ANNOUNCEMENT


J Sainsbury plc was informed by Miss Judith Portrait on 18 November 2005 that,
as Trustee of the Blind Trust for Lord Sainsbury of Turville, she has entered
into a contractual arrangement with a leading investment bank as a result of
which she may, over the course of the next six months, reduce her interest in
the company's shares by up to 20 million shares at prices above the current
prevailing market price.

Her reportable interest in the company's shares as of 18 November 2005 remained
unchanged at 19 per cent.


21 November 2005


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