27th Mar 2006 16:36
Sainsbury(J) PLC27 March 2006 J Sainsbury plc announces notification of major interests in shares On 27 March 2006, Sainsbury's received notification that AXA S.A. and its Groupcompanies were interested in 222,264,235 ordinary shares representing 13.06% ofthe issued share capital. These shares are represented by a beneficial interestof 1,565,368 (0.09%) and a non-beneficial interest of 220,698,867 (12.96% -previously disclosed 11.96%), the majority of which, 219,012,560 was held by AXAFinancial, Inc on behalf of Bernstein. AXA's previously disclosed totalshareholding was 12.05%. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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