Result of AGM

Sainsbury(J) PLC
12 July 2006


12 July 2006


Announcement of AGM Poll Results

Following the Annual General Meeting held on 12 July 2006, J Sainsbury plc
announces the results of the poll vote for each resolution as follows:


Annual General Meeting Resolutions numbered as    For                      Against                 Abstentions
per Notice of Meeting
                                                  Number             %     Number             %    Number
1   To receive and adopt the Directors' and         1,044,262,553    99.81       1,945,283    0.19         18,428,055
    Auditors' reports and the audited accounts
    for the 52 weeks to 25 March 2006
2   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report   1,050,350,282    99.04      10,223,767    0.96          4,055,439
    for the 52 weeks to 25 March 2006
3   To declare a final dividend of 5.85 pence per   1,062,923,407    99.94         659,036    0.06          1,056,521
    ordinary share
4   To elect Darren Shapland as a Director          1,050,014,844    99.80       2,084,416    0.20         12,512,756
5   To elect John McAdam as a Director              1,062,889,596    99.89       1,184,152    0.11            541,008
6   To elect Anna Ford as a Director                  982,131,287    98.20      17,965,737    1.80         64,545,391
7   To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as     1,052,174,298    99.52       5,045,659    0.48          7,414,262
    Auditors
8   To authorise the Audit Committee to agree       1,059,263,775    99.51       5,265,330    0.49            103,689
    Auditors' remuneration
9   To approve the J Sainsbury plc Long Term        1,047,189,849    98.76      13,190,550    1.24          4,229,441
    Incentive Plan 2006
10  To approve the J Sainsbury plc Deferral         1,048,391,395    99.08       9,718,830    0.92          6,511,570
    Annual Bonus Plan 2006
11  To authorise J Sainsbury plc to make '          1,053,367,454    99.12       9,381,385    0.88          1,887,565
    political donations' and incur 'political
    expenditure'
12  To authorise Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd to    1,053,162,725    99.11       9,503,570    0.89          1,956,932
    make 'political donations' and incur '
    political expenditure'
13  To authorise  Sainsbury's Bank plc to make '    1,053,111,076    99.10       9,531,640    0.90          1,980,263
    political donations' and incur 'political
    expenditure'
14  To authorise the Directors to allot shares      1,053,828,854    99.01      10,485,188    0.99            318,561
15  To authorise the Directors to disapply          1,041,710,393    99.85       1,549,718    0.15            886,010
    statutory pre-emption rights (Special
    Resolution)
16  To authorise the Company to purchase its own    1,060,784,302    99.66       3,598,122    0.34            255,116
    shares (Special Resolution)





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