Sainsbury(J) PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (0863G)

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RNS Number : 0863G

Sainsbury(J) PLC

27 February 2015

27 February 2015

J Sainsbury plc

Purchase of ordinary shares of 28 (4) /(7) pence in J Sainsbury plc ('Shares' and the 'Company', respectively) by Directors of the Company and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMRs) under the Sainsbury's Share Purchase Plan ('SSPP').

The Company was notified on 26 February 2015 that the following Directors and other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility for the Company acquired Shares under the SSPP on 26 February 2015 held through Computershare Company Nominees Limited - ESS (the 'Trustee'):

 
 Director                      Number of Partnership   Total holding 
                                shares purchased        following notification 
                                at 274.5 pence 
                                per share 
----------------------------  ----------------------  ------------------------ 
 John Rogers                   42                      501,351 
----------------------------  ----------------------  ------------------------ 
 
 Person Discharging 
  Managerial Responsibility 
----------------------------  ----------------------  ------------------------ 
 Helen Buck                    42                      316,429 
----------------------------  ----------------------  ------------------------ 
 Tim Fallowfield               42                      429,807 
----------------------------  ----------------------  ------------------------ 
 Paul Mills Hicks              36                      22,592 
----------------------------  ----------------------  ------------------------ 
 Sarah Warby                   42                      896 
----------------------------  ----------------------  ------------------------ 
 Angie Risley                  42                      5,799 
----------------------------  ----------------------  ------------------------ 
 Jon Rudoe                     42                      34,604 
----------------------------  ----------------------  ------------------------ 
 

The SSPP operates as follows

-- Each month the Trustee uses participants' contributions (which may not exceed GBP115 per participant per four weekly period) to purchase Shares in the market. These shares are called 'Partnership Shares'.

For further information please contact

B Odumosu [phone]

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