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We have
examined the Annual Review
and Summary Financial
Statement
of J Sainsbury plc. |
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Respective
responsibilities of Directors
and Auditors |
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The Directors are responsible
for preparing the Annual
Review and Summary Financial
Statement in accordance
with applicable law. Our
responsibility is to report
to you our opinion on
the consistency of the
summary financial statement
within the Annual Review
and Summary Financial
Statement with the Annual
Report and Financial Statements,
the report of the Directors
and the remuneration report,
and its compliance with
the relevant requirements
of Section 251 of the
United Kingdom Companies
Act 1985 and the regulations
made thereunder. We also
read the other information
contained in the Annual
Review and Summary Financial
Statement and consider
the implications for our
report if we become aware
of any apparent misstatements
or material inconsistencies
with the Summary Financial
Statement. |
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This statement, including
the opinion, has been
prepared for and only
for the Company’s members
as a body in accordance
with Section 251 of the
United Kingdom Companies
Act 1985 and for no other
purpose. We do not, in
giving this opinion, accept
or assume responsibility
for any other purpose
or to any other person
to whom this statement
is shown or into whose
hands it may come save
where expressly agreed
by our prior consent in
writing. |
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Basis
of opinion |
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We conducted our work
in accordance with Bulletin
1999/6 ‘The Auditors’
statement on the summary
financial statement issued
by the Auditing Practices
Board for use in the United
Kingdom. |
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Opinion |
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In our opinion the Annual
Review and Summary Financial
Statement is consistent
with the Annual Report
and Financial Statements,
the report of the Directors
and the remuneration report
of J Sainsbury plc for
the year ended 29 March
2003 and complies with
the applicable requirements
of Section 251 of the
Companies Act 1985, and
the regulations made thereunder. |
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PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP
Chartered Accountants
and Registered Auditors
London |
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20 May 2003 |
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The maintenance
and integrity of
the J Sainsbury
plc website is the
responsibility of
the Directors; the
work carried out
by the Auditors
does not involve
consideration of
these matters and,
accordingly, the
auditors accept
no responsibility
for any changes
that may have occurred
to the financial
statements since
they were initially
presented on the
website. |
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Legislation in the United Kingdom governing
the preparation and dissemination of financial
statements may differ from legislation in
other jurisdictions. |
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