Sainsbury(J) PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (9798N)

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RNS Number : 9798N

Sainsbury(J) PLC

21 May 2015

21 May 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 21 May 2015 that the following Directors and other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility for the Company acquired Shares under the SSPP on 21 May 2015 held through Computershare Company Nominees Limited - ESS (the 'Trustee'):

 
 Director                      Number of Partnership   Total holding 
                                shares purchased        following notification 
                                at 263.1 pence 
                                per share 
 John Rogers                   44                      559,778 
                              ----------------------  ------------------------ 
 
 Person Discharging 
  Managerial Responsibility 
                              ----------------------  ------------------------ 
 Helen Buck                    44                      351,613 
                              ----------------------  ------------------------ 
 Tim Fallowfield               44                      459,911 
                              ----------------------  ------------------------ 
 Paul Mills Hicks              38                      37,154 
                              ----------------------  ------------------------ 
 Sarah Warby                   44                      20,564 
                              ----------------------  ------------------------ 
 Angie Risley                  44                      5,929 
                              ----------------------  ------------------------ 
 Jon Rudoe                     44                      45,179 
                              ----------------------  ------------------------ 
 

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

Michaella Hornbuckle [phone]

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