Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the 'Code')

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:

Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

J Sainsbury Plc

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

J Sainsbury Plc

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

24 MAY 2016

(e)Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?

Yes

2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchases/sales

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

28 4/7p ordinary

PURCHASES

1,397,584

2.6630 GBP

2.5790 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

SALES

1,766,694

2.6650 GBP

2.5760 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. CFD

Nature of dealing

e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

16,955

2.6214 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

26,530

2.6241 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

22,820

2.6251 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

78,111

2.6336 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

3,150

2.6354 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

166

2.6354 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

1,071

2.6354 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

98,479

2.6356 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

296,872

2.6380 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

19,919

2.6382 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

17,381

2.6400 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

72,381

2.6408 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

2,044

2.6410 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

3,154

2.6410 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

9,404

2.6410 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

81,872

2.6410 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

5,279

2.6426 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

1,159

2.6470 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

28,541

2.6470 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

7,660

2.6470 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

1,722

2.6477 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

2,464

2.6486 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

580

2.6486 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

3,045

2.6486 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

13,040

2.6501 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

27,549

2.6501 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

645

2.6526 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

3,390

2.6526 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

2,746

2.6526 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

13,223

2.6539 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

425

2.6539 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

7,946

2.6539 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

58,391

2.6171 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

103,584

2.6330 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

78,815

2.6343 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

36,534

2.6348 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

19,939

2.6359 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

9,366

2.6383 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

2,717

2.6408 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

2,200

2.6408 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

517

2.6408 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

27,418

2.6420 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

83,100

2.6422 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

21,820

2.6433 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

1,325

2.6456 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

30,004

2.6467 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

30,464

2.6503 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

46,006

2.6526 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

2,367

2.6526 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

75,953

2.6526 GBP

(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Typee.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product descriptione.g. call option

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealinge.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

3. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state 'none'

None

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state 'none'

None

Date of disclosure:

25 MAY 2016

Contact name:

Craig Horsley

Telephone number:

+44(141) 245 7736

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel atmonitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

J. Sainsbury plc published this content on 25 May 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein.
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