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Lord Sainsbury12 February 2007 The 'Rule 8.3 - Sainsbury(J) PLC' announcement released on 12/02/2007 at 14:38 under RNS No 1051R has been amended. The full amended text is shown below. FORM 8.3 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE (Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of person dealing (Note 1) Lord Sainsbury of Turville Company dealt in J. Sainsbury plc Class of relevant security to which J. Sainsbury plc ordinary shares the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 12 February 2007 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevantsecurity dealt in (Note 3) Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities 133,096,566 7.75% (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to Up to 20,000,000 1.16%purchase/sell Total 133,096,566 7.75% Up to 20,000,000 1.16% (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan the class dealt in (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 4) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 5) (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product Long/short Number of Price per name, e.g. (Note 6) securities unit (Note 5)CFD (Note 7) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, Expiry Option name,e.g. selling, securities price e.g. date money call purchasing, to which American, paid/ option varying the option European received etc. relates etc. per unit (Note 7) (Note 5) (ii) Exercising Product name, Number of Exercise price per unit e.g. call option securities (Note 5) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction Details Price per unit (Note 8) (if applicable) (Note 5) Ending of Blind Trust 133,096,566 J.Sainsbury for Lord Sainsbury shares have been transferred of Turville to Lord Sainsbury of Turville by Miss Judith Portrait 4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. .............................................................................. .............................................................................. Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) YES Date of disclosure 12 February 2007 Contact name Miss Judith Portrait Telephone number 0207 320 3890 If a connected EFM, name of offeree /offeror with which connected If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10) Notes The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS (This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate) OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1) Product Written Number of Exercise Type, Expiry name,e.g. or securities price e.g. date call purchased to which (Note 2) American, option the option European or etc. derivative relates Structured OTC 20,000,000 This contract wasderivative entered into several months ago. Contract provides that for each business day between 1 March 2007 and 16 November 2007, 110,497 shares are hedged at a 'selling price' of 424.9p per share providing that the VWAP for JS shares for that day is no less than 360p per share. Contract provides that discloser can opt for physical or cash settlement at expiry. Notes 1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (exceptfor CFDs), full details should be given. Full details of any existing agreementsto purchase or to sell should also be given on this form. 2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated. For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 and itsNotes which can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange ENDRelated Shares:
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