Director/PDMR Shareholding

Sainsbury(J) PLC

20 August 2026

 

20 August 2026

J Sainsbury plc

(the 'Company')

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Exercise and Sale of Ordinary Shares

The Company was notified that, on 18 August 2026, the following Director and Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility ('PDMR') exercised Win in Food awards granted under the J Sainsbury plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2016 (the 'LTIP Plan'). The awards exercised were granted in June 2021 as nil-cost options over ordinary shares of 28⁴/₇ pence each in the Company ('Shares'). The Win in Food award vested after three years, in accordance with the achievement of the performance conditions and was subject to a two-year retention period.

PDMR	Number of Shares Exercised	Number of Shares sold (1)	Number of Shares retained
Simon Roberts (Director)	735,024	346,154 (2)	388,870

(1)   The Shares were sold on the London Stock Exchange at an average price of £3.32917 per Share.

(2)   Sufficient Shares were sold to cover tax withholding obligations and the balance was retained.

Following the exercise and sale of Shares, Simon continues to hold an interest in 2,937,952 Shares.

Sale of Ordinary Shares

The Company was notified that, on 18 August 2026, a Closely Associated Person of Bláthnaid Bergin (Director and PDMR) has sold 255,092 Shares.   

PDMR	Date Shares Sold	Number of Shares Sold	Sale Price per Share
Bláthnaid Bergin (Director)	18 August 2026	255,092	£3.3243

Following the sale, Bláthnaid Bergin continues to hold an interest in 566,527 Shares.

The Notification of Dealing Forms can be found below.

This notification is made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.

For further information please contact:

Enquiries 

Investor Relations: James Collins [phone] 

Media: Rebecca Reilly [phone] 

LEI: 213800VGZAAJIKJ9Y484

Notification of dealing form

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Simon Roberts
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer
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
	Transaction 1
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of 284/7 pence each
	Identification code	ISIN: GB00B019KW72
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of options granted under the J Sainsbury plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2016
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		Nil	735,024
d)	Aggregated information	Aggregated price	Aggregated volume
		Nil	735,024
e)	Date of the transaction	18 August 2026
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
	Identification code	ISIN: GB00B019KW72
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of sufficient Shares to cover tax withholding obligations arising on exercising the aforesaid options under the J Sainsbury plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2016
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		£3.32917	346,154
d)	Aggregated information	Aggregated price	Aggregated volume
		£3.32917	346,154
e)	Date of the transaction	18 August 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

Notification of dealing form

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Bláthnaid Bergin
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Financial Officer
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	Ordinary shares of 284/7 pence each
	Identification code	ISIN: GB00B019KW72
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of Ordinary Shares by a Closely Associated Person (CAP)
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		£3.3243	255,092
d)	Aggregated information	Aggregated price	Aggregated volume
		£3.3243	255,092
e)	Date of the transaction	18 August 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

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