Additional Listing

Sainsbury(J) PLC
07 November 2003


7 November 2003


                        J Sainsbury plc ('the Company')
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Application has been made to the Financial Services Authority and the London
Stock Exchange plc for a total of 6,000,000 Ordinary shares of 25p each
('shares') to be admitted to the Official List.


It is expected that admission will be granted on 11 November 2003 and trading
will commence on 12 November 2003


These shares are being reserved under a block listing and will be issued
pursuant to the following scheme:

                        Scheme                    Shares
Executive Share Option Scheme                    6,000,000


When issued these shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary shares.






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