Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5212R

Sainsbury(J) PLC

30 April 2009

 



30 April 2009

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 30 April 2009 that the following Directors and other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility for the Company acquired Shares under the SSPP on 30 April 2009 held through HSDL Nominees Limited - SIP (the 'Trustee'):

Director	Number of  Partnership  shares  purchased at  329.50 pence  per share	Number of  Matching Shares allocated	Total holding following notification
Justin King	35	9	549,051
Darren Shapland	35	8	442,443
Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility
Gwyn Burr	35	9	80,638
Tim Fallowfield	35	8	180,166
Angela Morrison	35	9	13,417
Neil Sachdev	35	9	48,305

The SSPP operates as follows

• Each month the Trustee uses participants' contributions (which may not exceed £115 per participant per four weekly period) to purchase Shares in the market. These shares are called 'Partnership Shares'.

• At the same time the Company allocated to participants via the Trustee one share for every four Partnership Shares purchased that four weekly period. These shares are called 'Matching Shares'.

 

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