Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2763U

Sainsbury(J) PLC

28 July 2015

 



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		N/A
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments		N/A
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights		N/A
Other (please specify):		N/A

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	UBS Investment Bank UBS Group AG
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	UBS AG London Branch UBS Securities LLC
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	23 July 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	27 July 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	3%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares		Number of voting rights		% of  voting rights
			Direct		Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B019KW72	Below Notifiable Threshold	Below Notifiable Threshold	-	-		58,273,630	-		3.03%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
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 financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers 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
58,273,630	3.03%

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

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%)

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:	Konstantina Georgaki / Zuzana Görögová
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

 

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