Holding(s) in Company

Sainsbury(J) PLC
12 June 2006



J Sainsbury plc announces notification of major interests in shares


On 9 June 2006, Sainsbury's received notification that AXA S.A. and its Group
companies were interested in 239,290,028 ordinary shares representing 13.98% of
the issued share capital.  These shares are represented by a beneficial interest
of 1,563,618 (0.09% - previously disclosed 0.09%) and a non-beneficial interest
of 237,726,410 (13.89% - previously disclosed 13.91%), the majority of which,
235,842,091 was held by AXA Financial, Inc on behalf of Bernstein. AXA's
previously disclosed total shareholding was 14.00%.






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