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RNS Number : 2763U

Sainsbury(J) PLC

28 July 2015

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the 
  underlying issuer of existing shares     J Sainsbury plc 
  to which voting rights are attached: 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box 
  or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                          Yes 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued 
  to which voting rights are attached                                 N/A 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic 
  effect to qualifying financial instruments                          N/A 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                     N/A 
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 Other (please                                                        N/A 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject      UBS Investment Bank 
  to the notification obligation:        UBS Group AG 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if     UBS AG London Branch 
  different from 3.):                    UBS Securities LLC 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date    23 July 2015 
  on which the threshold is crossed 
  or reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:      27 July 2015 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or reached:                           3% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type      Situation previous            Resulting situation after the triggering 
  of              to the triggering             transaction 
  shares          transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
--------------  ----------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
                 Number         Number         Number         Number of voting       % of voting 
                  of             of             of shares      rights                 rights 
                  Shares         Voting 
                                 Rights 
--------------  -------------  -------------  -------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
                                               Direct         Direct    Indirect     Direct   Indirect 
--------------  -------------  -------------  -------------  --------  -----------  -------  ------------- 
                    Below          Below 
                  Notifiable     Notifiable 
 GB00B019KW72      Threshold      Threshold         -           -       58,273,630     -         3.03% 
--------------  -------------  -------------  ------------  ---------  -----------  -------  ------------- 
 
 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial   Expiration   Exercise/     Number of voting         % of voting 
  instrument          date         Conversion    rights that              rights 
                                   Period        may be 
                                                 acquired if 
                                                 the 
                                                 instrument is 
                                                 exercised/ converted. 
------------------  -----------  ------------  -----------------------  ------------ 
 
   N/A                 N/A          N/A           N/A                      N/A 
------------------  -----------  ------------  -----------------------  ------------ 
 
 
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying 
  Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial   Exercise   Expiration   Exercise/     Number of voting     % of voting 
  instrument          price      date         Conversion    rights instrument    rights 
                                              period        refers to 
------------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  -------------------  ---------------- 
                                                                                Nominal   Delta 
------------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  -------------------  --------  ------ 
 
 N/A                 N/A        N/A          N/A           N/A                    N/A       N/A 
------------------  ---------  -----------  ------------  -------------------  --------  ------ 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights 
------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 58,273,630                3.03% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting 
  rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
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   UBS Group AG is a group holding company for UBS Investment Bank 
   business. Voting rights are held through its controlled undertakings 
   as set out below. 
 
   UBS AG: 
   (i) directly through its branches: UBS AG London Branch - 57,773,630 
   (3.00%); and 
   (ii) indirectly through its subsidiaries: UBS Securities LLC 
   - 500,000 (0.03%) 
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 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:          N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy      N/A 
  holder will cease to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will    N/A 
  cease to hold voting rights: 
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 13. Additional information: 
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 14. Contact name:                Konstantina Georgaki / Zuzana 
                                   Görögová 
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 15. Contact telephone number:    +41 44 239 4071 
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