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Sainsbury (J) PLC AGM Information 2021

Jun 7, 2021

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AGM Information

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2021 Annual General Meeting Attendance Card

Shareholder Reference Number

The 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at our registered office, 33 Holborn, London EC1N 2HT, at 11:00am on Friday, 9 July 2021 and will be broadcast live so that you may join electronically.

The Chairman's Letter to Shareholders appears at the front of the 2021 Notice of Annual General Meeting and contains important information about our AGM, as well as details of our recent Board changes. We encourage all shareholders to read it.

AGM arrangements

As there is continuing uncertainty as to whether indoor public gatherings will be permitted without restrictions at the time of the AGM, we recommend that shareholders attend and participate in the AGM electronically, via a live webcast, which you can access by logging on to http://web.lumiagm.com; further details are available in the Notice. We may need to adapt the arrangements in place for the AGM, so you should check our website for further information at www.about.sainsburys.co.uk/AGM2021.

We strongly encourage you to appoint the chairman of the meeting as your proxy and return your completed Proxy Form in the prepaid envelope. Alternatively, you can vote online at www.sharevote.co.uk.

You should bring this Attendance Card with you, if you have registered to attend the AGM in person.

J Sainsbury plc 2021 Annual General Meeting Proxy Form

Voting ID Task ID Shareholder Reference Number

You can lodge your proxy vote online at www.sharevote.co.uk using the above numbers or by completing and sending this form back in the enclosed prepaid envelope. Before completing the Proxy Form, please read the explanatory notes overleaf.

I/We appoint the chairman of the meeting, or the following person:

Name of proxy No. of shares Please tick here
if this proxy appointment is
one of multiple appointments being made. If you
are appointing more than one proxy, please refer

one of multiple appointments being made. If you are appointing more than one proxy, please refer to note 6 overleaf.

as my/our proxy to attend, speak and vote for me/us and on my/our behalf at the 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of J Sainsbury plc (the Company) to be held at 11:00am on Friday, 9 July 2021, and at any adjournment thereof. I/We direct that my/our vote(s) be cast on the specified resolutions as indicated by an 'X'.

Resolutions For Against Withheld Resolutions For Against Withheld
1 To receive and adopt the Company's audited
Annual Report and Financial Statements for
the 52 weeks to 6 March 2021, together with
12 To re-elect Keith Weed as a Director
the Reports of the Directors and auditor 13 To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor
2 To approve the Annual Report on
Remuneration
14 To authorise the Audit Committee
to determine the auditor's remuneration
3 To declare a final dividend of 7.4 pence per
ordinary share in respect of the 52 weeks to
15 To authorise the Directors to allot shares
4 6 March 2021
To elect Adrian Hennah as a Director
16 Authority to disapply pre-emption rights
without restriction as to use*
5 To re-elect Brian Cassin as a Director 17 Authority to disapply pre-emption rights for
acquisitions or specified capital investments*
6 To re-elect Jo Harlow as a Director 18 To authorise the Company to make 'political
donations' and incur 'political expenditure'
7 To re-elect Tanuj Kapilashrami as a Director 19 To authorise the Company to purchase
its own shares*
8 To re-elect Kevin O'Byrne as a Director 20 To authorise the Directors to operate the
J Sainsbury 1980 Savings-Related Share
Option Scheme (Sharesave)
9 To re-elect Dame Susan Rice as a Director 21 To authorise the Company to call a general
meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice*
10 To re-elect Simon Roberts as a Director * Special Resolution
11 To re-elect Martin Scicluna as a Director Please mark this box if signing on behalf of the shareholder
as attorney, receiver or otherwise.

DD MM YY 5634-054-S

Notes

  • 1 This Proxy Form must be lodged with the Registrars, Equiniti, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing BN99 6DA, no later than 11:00am on Wednesday, 7 July 2021. A prepaid envelope is enclosed for the return of your completed Proxy Form.
  • 2 This is not a summary of the matters covered in the 2021 Notice of Annual General Meeting (Notice) and should not be regarded as a substitute for reading the Notice. You should read the Notice in conjunction with this Proxy Form before taking any decisions in relation to the business to be considered at the AGM.
  • 3 You can submit your proxy online by accessing our Registrar's website at www.sharevote.co.uk and registering your intention to vote in this way. For details on appointing a proxy using the CREST voting facility by CREST participants, please see the explanatory Notes to the Notice.
  • 4 In the case of joint holders, the signature of any one holder will suffice. If multiple instructions are received, the vote of the senior holder who tenders a vote will be accepted to the exclusion of the vote of the other joint holders, seniority being determined by the order in which the names stand in the Register of Members.
  • 5 A corporation should execute this Proxy Form under its common seal or in accordance with Section 44 of the Companies Act 2006 or signed on its behalf by a duly authorised officer or attorney.
  • 6 To appoint more than one proxy, you should photocopy this form. Please indicate, next to the proxy holder's name, the number of shares in relation to which the proxy is authorised to act as your proxy. Please also indicate, by ticking the box provided, if the proxy appointment is one of multiple appointments made. All forms should be signed and returned in the same envelope. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company.
  • 7 Any alterations to this form should be initialled.
  • 8 Your proxy may vote as they choose on any resolution for which you do not give an instruction and on any amended resolutions or other procedural issues that might arise at the meeting.
  • 9 The vote 'Withheld' option overleaf is provided to enable you to abstain on any particular resolution. However, it should be noted that a vote 'Withheld' is not a vote in law and will not be counted in the calculation of the proportions of votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.
  • 10 The appointment of a proxy does not prevent shareholders from attending the meeting in person or electronically and voting. Please refer to the Chairman's Letter to Shareholders and the Notice for more information on the AGM arrangements this year.
  • 11 This form is issued only to the addressee(s) and is specific to the class of security and the unique designated account printed hereon. This personalised form is not transferable between different (i) account holders; (ii) classes of security; or (iii) uniquely designated accounts. The issuer and Equiniti accept no liability for any instruction that does not comply with these conditions.
  • 12 This form should not be used for any comments, changes of address or other notifications or enquiries.