Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

J Sainsbury plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Yes

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

No

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

Yes

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

No

Other (please specify):

No

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

M1 Capital Limited

M1 Capital International Investments Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

Date of the transaction: 17 October 2013

Date on which threshold crossed: 17 October 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

21 October 2013

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Below 3%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/ConversionPeriod

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exerciseprice

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversionperiod

Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to

% of voting rights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Nominal

Delta

N/A

N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

N/A

N/A

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

M1 Beta Capital Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of M1 Capital Limited, owns ordinary shares in J Sainsbury plc.

M1 Capital International Investments Limited, a member of the same group of companies as M1 Capital Limited, is the counterparty to the Total Return Swaps on J Sainsbury plc.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

 N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

 N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

 N/A

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

May Khalife and Sherine El Jamal

15. Contact telephone number:

 +961 1 356666