RNS Announcement
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
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
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
Indirect
N/A
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Type of financialinstrument
Expirationdate
Exercise/ConversionPeriod
Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.
% of votingrights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Exerciseprice
Exercise/Conversionperiod
Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to
Nominal
Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
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:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:
May Khalife and Sherine El Jamal
15. Contact telephone number:
+961 1 356666
Holding(s) in Company
10:26:51
22 Oct 2013
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