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| Shareholders' interests
at 29 March 2003 |
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| Number of shareholders: 139,932 (2002:
126,543) |
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| Number of shares in issue: 1,937,503,960
(2002: 1,936,335,686) |
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By
size of holding |
|
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Shareholders
% |
|
Shares
% |
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2003 |
2002 |
|
2003 |
2002 |
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| 500 and under |
57.02 |
57.62 |
|
0.59 |
0.53 |
| 501 to 1,000 |
15.13 |
15.39 |
|
0.83 |
0.75 |
| 1,001 to 10,000 |
25.72 |
24.86 |
|
4.82 |
4.10 |
| 10,001 to 100,000 |
1.55 |
1.51 |
|
2.92 |
2.56 |
100,001 to 1,000,000
|
0.42 |
0.43 |
|
10.66 |
9.29 |
| Over 1,000,000 |
0.16 |
0.19 |
|
80.18 |
82.77 |
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| |
100.00 |
100.00 |
|
100.00 |
100.00 |
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By
category of shareholder |
|
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Shareholders
% |
|
Shares
% |
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2003 |
2002 |
|
2003 |
2002 |
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| Individual and other shareholders |
92.28 |
93.23 |
|
41.70 |
42.13 |
| Insurance companies |
0.10 |
0.10 |
|
0.27 |
0.76 |
| Banks and nominees |
7.03 |
6.10 |
|
56.28 |
56.20 |
| Investment trusts |
0.05 |
0.05 |
|
0.04 |
0.01 |
Pension funds
|
0.02 |
0.02 |
|
0.56 |
0.88 |
| Other corporate bodies |
0.52 |
0.50 |
|
1.15 |
0.02 |
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100.00 |
100.00 |
|
100.00 |
100.00 |
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| Annual
General Meeting |
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| The Annual General Meeting will be held
at 11.30am on Wednesday 23 July 2003 at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference
Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE. |
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| Corporate
website |
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| J Sainsbury
plc interim and annual reports and results
announcements are available via the internet
on our corporate website at (www.j-sainsbury.co.uk).
As well as providing share
price data and financial
history, the site also provides access
to background information about the Group,
recent press
releases and news and current issues.
Shareholders can receive e-mail notification
of results and press announcements as they
are released by accessing the page called
Email
news service in the website’s investor
centre. |
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| Registrars |
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| For information
about the AGM, shareholdings, dividends
and to report changes to personal details,
shareholders should contact: Computershare
Investor Services PLC, PO Box 82, The Pavilions,
Bridgwater Road, Bristol, BS99 7NH. Telephone:
0870 702 0106. (www.computershare.com). |
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| Dividend
Reinvestment Plan |
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| The Company
has a Dividend Reinvestment Plan which allows
shareholders to reinvest their cash dividends
in the Company’s shares bought in the market
through a specially arranged share dealing
service. No new shares are allotted under
this plan and some 43,800 shareholders participate
in it. Full details of the plan and its
charges, together with mandate forms, are
available from the Registrars. |
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| Key dates for the final dividend
are as follows: |
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| Last date
for return or revocation of plan mandates
|
4 July 2003 |
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| Plan shares
purchased for participants |
25 July
2003 |
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| Plan share
certificates issued |
6 August
2003 |
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| Individual
Savings Account (ISA) |
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| A corporate
ISA is available from The Share Centre Ltd
and offers a tax efficient way of holding
shares in the Company. Both a Maxi and Mini
ISA are available. For further information
contact: The Share Centre Ltd, PO Box 2000,
Oxford Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
HP21 8ZB. Telephone: 01296 414141. |
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| Low
cost share dealing service |
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| The Company
offers a low cost share dealing service
for J Sainsbury plc ordinary shares through
The Share Centre Ltd. For further information
contact: The Share Centre Ltd, PO Box 2000,
Oxford Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
HP21 8ZB. Telephone: 01296 414141. |
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| Tax
Information – Capital Gains Tax |
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| For Capital
Gains Tax purposes, the market value of
ordinary shares on 31 March 1982 was 69.375
pence. |
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| Investor
Relations |
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For investor
enquiries please contact: Lynda Ashton,
Head of Investor Relations, J Sainsbury
plc, 33 Holborn, London EC1N 2HT.
Telephone/Fax: 020 7695 7162/6227. E-mail:
lynda.ashton@sainsburys.co.uk |
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| American
Depository Receipts (ADRs) |
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| In the US,
the Company’s ordinary shares are traded
in the form of American Depository Shares,
evidenced by ADRs, and trade under the symbol
JSNSY. Each American Depository Share represents
four ordinary shares. Citibank is the authorised
Depository Bank for the Company’s ADR programme. |
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| All enquiries
regarding ADR holder accounts and payment
of dividends should be addressed to: |
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| Citibank N.A.,
ADR Shareholder Services, 111 Wall Street,
New York, NY 10005, USA. |
| Telephone: 1-800-248-4237 (Toll free
in the USA). |
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| Electronic
communication for shareholders |
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| The Company
has set up a facility for shareholders to
take advantage of electronic communications. |
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| If you would
like to: |
- check the balance and current value
of your shareholding and view your dividend
history
- register your e-mail address so that
future shareholder information can be
sent to you electronically
- submit your vote on-line prior to
a general meeting
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| Log on to www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/shareholders
and complete the following steps: |
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| 1 |
click on ‘visit our Registrars’ |
| 2 |
enter the required information and click on ‘submit’.
You will need your 11 character shareholder reference number
located on your latest tax voucher |
| 3 |
click on ‘Communication Details’
and register on-line. |
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| www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/shareholders |
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| General
contact details |
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| An audio tape
of the Annual Review and Summary Financial
Statement can be obtained by calling: 01435
862737. |
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| Annual Reports,
Interim Reports and information on Corporate
Social Responsibility are all available
on the Internet at: www.j-sainsbury.co.uk
and by calling: 0800 0154330. |
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| Share price
information is available on the Company’s
website, in the financial press and the
Cityline service operated by the Financial
Times (Telephone: 0906 843 3545). |
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| For general enquiries about Sainsbury’s
Bank call: 0500 405060. |
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| For any customer enquiries
please contact our Customer Careline by calling: 0800 636262. |
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