Somerfield plc announces that on 9 July 2003, 1,797 Ordinary Shares of 10p each
in the Company were transferred by Somerfield QUEST Limited, as trustee of the
Somerfield plc Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust, to satisfy options
exercised by employees under the Company Approved Savings-Related Share Option
Scheme (1996). As a result of this transfer J von Spreckelsen, S Back, M Oakes,
R Whitbread, B Williams and G Wotherspoon who are potential beneficiaries of
the trust, ceased to have an interest in those 1,797 Ordinary Shares of 10p
each in the Company.



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