Result of AGM

Sainsbury(J) PLC
11 July 2007




     Announcement of AGM Poll Results


     Following the Annual General Meeting held on 11 July 2007, J Sainsbury plc
     announces the results of the poll for each resolution as follows:


 Annual General Meeting Resolutions numbered as per         FOR         %          AGAINST   %        ABSTENTIONS
Notice of    Meeting

1. To receive and adopt the audited accounts for the     673,449,175   99.86       944,130  0.14           49,868
52 weeks to 24 March 2007

2. To approve the Remuneration Report for the 52 weeks   658,508,901   98.71     8,630,577  1.29        7,357,928
to 24 March 2007.

3. To declare a final dividend of 7.35 pence per         674,430,094  100.00        33,559  0.00          111,889
ordinary share

4. To elect Val Gooding as a Director                    673,279,507   99.84     1,078,036  0.16          204,781

5. To re-elect Justin King   as a Director               664,085,067   99.55     3,033,421  0.45        7,065,951

6. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as           666,896,787   99.51     3,309,534  0.49        4,252,801
Auditors

7. To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the         669,775,009   99.31     4,619,792  0.69          168,708
Auditors' remuneration.

8. To authorise J Sainsbury plc to make 'political       665,907,252   98.80     8,084,763  1.20          583,807
donations' and incur 'political expenditure'

9. To authorise Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd to make     668,740,241   99.23     5,164,569  0.77          608,480
'political donations' and incur 'political
expenditure'

10. To authorise the Directors to allot shares           666,144,268   98.81     8,040,174  1.19          321,702

11. To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory     673,079,499   99.86       949,131  0.14          529,937
pre-emption rights (Special Resolution)

12. To authorise the Company to purchase its own         673,742,277   99.91       587,907  0.09          224,043
shares (Special Resolution).

13. To authorise the Company to send and supply          673,091,925   99.86       966,679  0.14          486,953
documents or information to shareholders in electronic
form and adopt new Articles of Association (Special
Resolution)



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