16th Jun 2006 09:00
Sainsbury(J) PLC16 June 2006 J Sainsbury plc announces notification of major interests in shares On 14 June 2006, Sainsbury's received notification that AXA S.A. and its Groupcompanies were interested in 247,590,329 ordinary shares representing 14.47% ofthe issued share capital. These shares are represented by a beneficial interestof 1,563,618 (0.09% - previously disclosed 0.09%) and a non-beneficial interestof 246,026,711 (14.38% - previously disclosed 13.89%), the majority of which,243,295,678 was held by AXA Financial, Inc on behalf of Bernstein. AXA'spreviously disclosed total shareholding was 13.98%. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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