Transaction in Own Shares

Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc ("the Company") announces that on 08 January 2013 it purchased through Jefferies International Limited 550,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 254.052 pence per share.

These shares will be cancelled.

Following the above, the Company holds 2,818,300 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue is 2,348,699,571 (excluding ordinary shares held as treasury shares).  

The total number of voting rights in the Company, excluding treasury shares, is 2,348,699,571. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.