30 January 2019
J Sainsbury plc ("the Company")
Additional Listing
J Sainsbury plc herby notifies the market that an application has been made to the Financial Conduct Authority and the London Stock Exchange for a total of 12,000,000 ordinary shares of 284/7 pence each ("Shares") to be admitted to the Official List.
The admission of Shares is expected on 1 February 2019.
These Shares are being reserved under a block listing. It is anticipated that 8.8 million Shares will be issued as a result of the exercise of options granted under the Sharesave Scheme and 3.2 million Shares will be issued as a result of the award of Shares granted under the Long Term Incentive Plan.
When issued, these Shares will rank pari passu with the existing Shares.
For further information, please contact Lucy Glover, Senior Assistant Company Secretary on +44 (0) 20 7695 8066