22nd Jan 2007 10:00
Sainsbury(J) PLC22 January 2007 J Sainsbury plc - Notification of major interests in shares On 19 January 2007, Sainsbury's received notification that AXA S.A. and itsGroup companies were interested in 264,430,004 ordinary shares representing15.41% of the issued share capital. These shares are represented by a beneficialinterest of 5,682,275 (0.33% - previously disclosed 0.33%) and a non-beneficialinterest of 258,747,729 (15.08% - previously disclosed 14.83%), the majority ofwhich, 257,707,448 was held by AXA Financial Inc on behalf of Bernstein. AXA'spreviously disclosed total shareholding was 15.16%. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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