26th May 2006 11:56
Sainsbury(J) PLC26 May 2006 J Sainsbury plc announces notification of major interests in shares On 25 May 2006, Sainsbury's received notification that AXA S.A. and its Groupcompanies were interested in 239,635,558 ordinary shares representing 14.00% 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 238,071,940 (13.91% - previously disclosed 11.96%), the majority of which,235,850,491 was held by AXA Financial, Inc on behalf of Bernstein. AXA'spreviously disclosed total shareholding was 13.06%. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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