Close Period Repurchase Programme

Morrison (Wm.) Supermarkets PLC

1 February 2013

Close period repurchase programme

Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc ("Morrisons" or the "Company") announces that the Company has entered into an irrevocable and nondiscretionary arrangement with its broker, Jefferies International Limited, to repurchase on its behalf and within certain pre-set parameters, ordinary shares in the Company for cancellation during the Company's close period beginning at the close of business on 1 February 2013 and ending on the day of the announcement of the Company's preliminary results on 14 March 2013. This arrangement is in accordance with Chapter 12 of the UKLA Listing Rules and the Company's general authority to repurchase shares.