16th Dec 2005 11:30
Sainsbury(J) PLC16 December 2005 J Sainsbury plc announces notification of major interests in shares On 15 December 2005, Sainsbury's received notification that AXA S.A. and itsGroup companies were interested in 208,926,783 ordinary shares representing12.27% of the issued share capital. These shares are represented by abeneficial interest of 1,559,605 (0.09%) and a non-beneficial interest of207,367,178 (12.18% - previously disclosed 11.96%), the majority of which,206,275,324 was held by AXA Financial, Inc on behalf of Bernstein. AXA'spreviously disclosed total shareholding was 12.05%. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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