Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

AMENDMENT (Section 2b)

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 AUGUST 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

1,794,142

2.4591 GBP

2.4270 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

SALES

2,293,047

2.4620 GBP

2.4270 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

54,407

2.4293 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

26,546

2.4314 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

206,662

2.4314 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

21,656

2.4318 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

2,050

2.4320 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

1,103

2.4320 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

3,853

2.4320 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

12,751

2.4330 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

632

2.4330 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

3,897

2.4334 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

190,002

2.4361 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

217,066

2.4386 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

7,600

2.4419 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

7,600

2.4419 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

20,043

2.4422 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

843

2.4428 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

103,324

2.4437 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

1,449

2.4466 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

17,147

2.4478 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

28

2.4486 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

421

2.4486 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

776

2.4486 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

1,585

2.4490 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

19,995

2.4490 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

1,690

2.4490 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

672

2.4492 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

31

2.4492 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

29

2.4500 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

508

2.4500 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

11,799

2.4503 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

27,712

2.4512 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

84,986

2.4516 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

7,184

2.4516 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

9,887

2.4521 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

13,923

2.4526 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

990

2.4535 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

2,268

2.4535 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

56,013

2.4535 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

11,536

2.4565 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

313

2.4580 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

217

2.4290 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

39

2.4290 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

977

2.4290 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

74

2.4290 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

85,725

2.4309 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

27,837

2.4317 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

468

2.4320 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

2,075

2.4320 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

3,037

2.4320 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

368,702

2.4320 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

196,040

2.4321 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

107,446

2.4337 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

21,400

2.4380 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

1

2.4390 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

3,894

2.4399 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

24,410

2.4408 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

42,700

2.4417 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

1,540

2.4423 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

18

2.4440 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

326

2.4440 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

1,530

2.4440 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

5,912

2.4441 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

4,437

2.4443 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

82,095

2.4444 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

65,658

2.4448 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

45,404

2.4454 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

9,614

2.4473 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

7,745

2.4473 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

3,341

2.4473 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

2,132

2.4490 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

4,764

2.4492 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

1,655

2.4492 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

3,837

2.4492 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

16,362

2.4510 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

11,403

2.4519 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

4,917

2.4519 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

14,154

2.4519 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

2,019

2.4525 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:

26 AUGUST 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 26 August 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein.
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