2nd Nov 2006 15:57
Sainsbury(J) PLC02 November 2006 J Sainsbury plc announces notification of major interests in shares On 2 November 2006, Sainsbury's received notification that AXA S.A. and itsGroup companies were interested in 259,555,731 ordinary shares representing15.16% of the issued share capital. These shares are represented by a beneficialinterest of 5,687,505 (0.33% - previously disclosed 0.09%) and a non-beneficialinterest of 253,868,226 (14.83% - previously disclosed 14.38%), the majority ofwhich, 251,411,255 was held by AXA Financial Inc on behalf of Bernstein. AXA'spreviously disclosed total shareholding was 14.47%. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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