Bestway buys 3.45% Sainsbury's stake, won't make offer

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Bestway said it intends to hold its shares in Sainsbury's for investment purposes and looks forward to supporting the executive management team.

Privately owned retail group Bestway, the owner of Costcutter, has built a 3.45% stake in Sainsbury's.

Bestway bills itself as the seventh largest family-owned business in the UK with turnover of about £4.5 billion. It said it may look to make further market purchases of Sainsbury's shares from time to time, subject to availability and price.Sainsbury's noted Bestway's announcement.The 3.45% stake makes Bestway Sainsbury's sixth largest investor, Refinitiv Eikon data showed.

 

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