Close period repurchase programme

Morrison (Wm.) Supermarkets PLC

27 July 2012

Close period repurchase programme

Morrison (Wm.) 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 on 30 July 2012 and ending on the day of the announcement of the Company's results for the half year ended 29 July 2012. This arrangement is in accordance with Chapter 12 of the UKLA Listing Rules and the Company's general authority to repurchase shares.