20 May 2019
J Sainsbury plc
(the 'Company')
Director/PDMR Shareholding
The Company was notified that, on 15 May 2019, Paul Mills-Hicks exercised 2,086 options over ordinary shares of 284/7 pence each in the Company ('Shares'), at an option price of £1.95 per Share, granted in December 2015 under the terms of the Company's Savings-Related Share Option Scheme (also known as Sharesave), and transferred them to a closely associated person.
On 20 May 2019, Paul Mills-Hicks transferred 1,562 Shares acquired through the Company's Share Incentive Plan (also known as SSPP), to a closely associated person.
The Notification of Dealing Form can be found below.
This notification is made in accordance with the requirements of Market Abuse Regulation Article 19.
For further information please contact:
Lucy Glover
Senior Assistant Company Secretary
+44 (0)207 695 8066
Notification of dealing form
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| a) | Name | Paul Mills-Hicks | |
| 2 | Reason for the notification
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| a) | Position/status | Food Commercial Director | |
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | |
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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| a) | Name | J Sainsbury plc
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| b) | LEI | 213800VGZAAJIKJ9Y484
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| 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
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| | Transaction 1 | ||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 284/7 pence each
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| Identification code | ISIN: GB00B019KW72 | ||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of options granted in December 2015 under the J Sainsbury plc Savings-Related Share Option Scheme | |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
| £1.95 | 2,086 | ||
| d) | Aggregated information
| Aggregated price | Aggregated volume |
| N/A | N/A | ||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 15 May 2019
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| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |
| | Transaction 2 | ||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 284/7 pence each
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| Identification code | ISIN: GB00B019KW72 | ||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Transfer of Shares to a closely associated person | |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
| £nil | 2,086 | ||
| d) | Aggregated information
| Aggregated price | Aggregated volume |
| N/A | N/A | ||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 15 May 2019
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| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |
| | Transaction 3 | ||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 284/7 pence each
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| Identification code | ISIN: GB00B019KW72 | ||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Transfer of Shares acquired under the J Sainsbury plc Share Incentive Plan to a closely associated person | |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
| nil | 1,562 | ||
| d) | Aggregated information
| Aggregated price | Aggregated volume |
| N/A | N/A | ||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 20 May 2019
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| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |