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:

26 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

1,605,901

2.6980 GBP

2.6390 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

SALES

1,989,720

2.6970 GBP

2.6290 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

108,270

2.6290 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

3,746

2.6706 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

713

2.6707 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

2,249

2.6713 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

11,806

2.6714 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

8,921

2.6714 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

11,214

2.6722 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

2,277

2.6743 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

78,506

2.6760 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

3,823

2.6760 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

863

2.6760 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

5,591

2.6760 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

8,773

2.6777 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

25,631

2.6780 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

19,493

2.6783 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

8,439

2.6790 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

31,439

2.6790 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

1,276

2.6790 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

25,347

2.6793 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

106,044

2.6794 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

62,709

2.6805 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

51,692

2.6811 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

1,363

2.6816 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

40,257

2.6816 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

25,736

2.6816 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

101,583

2.6819 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

6,238

2.6872 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

1,571

2.6872 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

LONG

8,255

2.6873 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

36,324

2.6690 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

8,153

2.6707 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

6,161

2.6707 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

1,553

2.6712 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

4,459

2.6723 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

60,533

2.6761 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

59,053

2.6767 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

1,859

2.6772 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

77,993

2.6772 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

8,743

2.6787 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

23,500

2.6789 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

13,621

2.6795 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

6,336

2.6802 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

29,837

2.6805 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

3,308

2.6817 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

22,135

2.6819 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

32,464

2.6875 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

61,378

2.6875 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

1,570

2.6875 GBP

28 4/7p ordinary

CFD

SHORT

179

2.6910 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:

31 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 31 May 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein.
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