Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3555P

Sainsbury(J) PLC

14 July 2010

Announcement of AGM Poll Results

Following the Annual General Meeting held today, J Sainsbury plc announces the results of the poll vote for each resolution as follows:

Annual General Meeting Resolutions numbered as per Notice of Meeting		For		Against		Abstentions
		Number	%	Number	%	Number
1	To receive and adopt the audited accounts for the 52 weeks to 20 March 2010	1,318,310,583	99.90	1,275,728	0.10	2,910,920
2	To approve the Remuneration Report for the 52 weeks to 20 March 2010	1,297,726,068	98.20	23,785,854	1.80	982,435
3	To declare a final dividend of 10.2 pence per ordinary share	1,319,130,503	100.00	27,235	0.00	3,342,355
4	To elect David Tyler as a Director	1,316,003,414	99.72	3,656,819	0.28	2,837,301
5	To re-elect Val Gooding as a Director	1,316,240,837	99.74	3,421,758	0.26	2,837,990
6	To re-elect Justin King as a Director	1,309,659,891	99.61	5,154,115	0.39	7,683,143
7	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors	1,303,705,315	99.16	11,065,910	0.84	7,722,681
8	To authorise the Audit Committee to agree the Auditors' remuneration	1,310,818,913	99.33	8,838,908	0.67	2,836,761
9	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	1,314,916,555	99.64	4,690,661	0.36	2,886,980
10	To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights (Special Resolution)	1,316,389,992	99.77	2,982,667	0.23	3,087,841
11	To renew the Directors authority to operate the Company's All Employee Share Ownership Plan	1,318,625,083	99.97	395,391	0.03	3,473,364
12	To authorise the Company to make 'political donations' and incur 'political expenditure'	1,303,490,575	99.35	8,488,244	0.65	10,431,336
13	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares (Special Resolution)	1,318,662,139	99.93	977,878	0.07	2,849,548
14	To authorise the Company to call a general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice (Special Resolution)	1,225,914,288	92.94	93,130,194	7.06	3,455,605
15	To adopt new Articles of Association (Special Resolution)	1,318,096,453	99.95	640,053	0.05	3,761,729

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority ("UKLA") and will be available for inspection at the UKLA's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.