Sainsbury's Regulatory News (SBRY)

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES i

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii

J SAINSBURY PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

No

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

No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

No

Other (please specify):

Announcement by issuer of voting rights and capital

Yes

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii

Qatar Holding LLC

Qatar Investment Authority (as parent undertaking only)

4. Full name of shareholder(s)

(if different from 3.): iv

Qatar Holding LLC

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v

03 July 2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

05 July 2017

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or

reached: vi, vii

22% (downwards)

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary shares of 28 and 4/7 pence each

GB00B019KW72

481,746,132

481,746,132

481,746,132

481,746,132

N/A

21.99%

N/A

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/ConversionPeriod xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exerciseprice

Expirationdate xvii

Exercise/Conversionperiod xviii

Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

 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

 481,746,132

 21.99%

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

Qatar Holding LLC is the beneficial holder of the specified shares and voting rights in J Sainsbury plc. Qatar Holding LLC is established as a limited liability company in the Qatar Financial Centre ("QFC") and is licensed by the QFC Authority under License No. 00004. Qatar Holding LLC is wholly-owned by Qatar Investment Authority ("QIA") and makes this notification on behalf of itself and QIA.

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:

As required under the DTRs, this notification has been prepared using the total voting rights figure of 2,189,757,531 as set out in the public announcement made by J Sainsbury plc dated 03 July 2017.

14. Contact name:

Ian Robert Kellow,

Head of Compliance,

Qatar Investment Authority/ Qatar Holding LLC

15. Contact telephone number:

 +974 4499 5893