Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7800X

Sainsbury(J) PLC

20 August 2009

 



20 August 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 20 August 2009 that the following Directors and other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility for the Company acquired Shares under the SSPP on 20 August 2009 held through HSDL Nominees Limited - SIP (the 'Trustee'):

Director	Number of Partnership shares purchased at 317.6 pence per share	Number of Matching Shares allocated	Total holding following notification
Justin King	36	9	1,160,225
Darren Shapland	36	9	787,176
Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility
Gwyn Burr	36	9	80,818
Tim Fallowfield	36	9	332,473
Neil Sachdev	37	9	48,486

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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