5 January 2017
J Sainsbury plc
(the 'Company')
Notification of transactions by
Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ('PDMRs')
The Company has been notified that in respect of the interim dividend for the 2016/17 financial year paid on 4 January 2017, the following PDMRs acquired ordinary shares of 284/7 pence each ('Shares') in the Company through their participation in the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan ('DRIP'). The Shares were purchased on 4 January 2017 at £2.52752 each.
| PDMR | Number of Shares acquired under the DRIP |
| Mary Harris | 382 |
| Jon Hartland | 728 |
The Notification of Dealing Form for each PDMR can be found below.
This notification is made in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation.
For further information please contact:
Lucy Glover
Senior Assistant Company Secretary
+44 (0)20 7695 8066
Notification of dealing form
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||||||
| a) | Name | Mary Harris | |||||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||||||||
| a) | Position/status | Non-Executive Director
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| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | |||||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||||
| a) | Name | J Sainsbury plc | |||||||
| b) | LEI | 213800VGZAAJIKJ9Y484 | |||||||
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | ||||||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary shares of 284/7 pence each
GB00B019KW72 | |||||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of shares under the Dividend Reinvestment Plan | |||||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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| e) | Date of the transaction | 4 January 2017 (UTC)
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| f) | Place of the transaction | XLON | |||||||
Notification of dealing form
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||||||
| a) | Name | Jon Hartland | |||||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||||||||
| a) | Position/status | Acting Retail and Operations Director
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| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | |||||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||||
| a) | Name | J Sainsbury plc | |||||||
| b) | LEI | 213800VGZAAJIKJ9Y484 | |||||||
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | ||||||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary shares of 284/7 pence each
GB00B019KW72 | |||||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of shares under the Dividend Reinvestment Plan | |||||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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| e) | Date of the transaction | 4 January 2017 (UTC)
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| f) | Place of the transaction | XLON | |||||||