Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 6846C
Sainsbury(J) PLC
01 May 2026
 

 1 May 2026

TRANSACTIONS IN OWN SHARES

J Sainsbury plc (the "Company") announces today that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares, from Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited (the "Broker").

Date of Purchase

Aggregate Number of shares

Highest price paid (pence)

Lowest price paid (pence)

Volume weighted average price (pence)

24 April 2026

                          780,000

349.1000

340.0000

345.5024

27 April 2026

                          870,000

335.8000

328.8000

333.8117

28 April 2026

                          905,000

334.1000

326.1000

328.7348

29 April 2026

                          910,000

329.0000

325.7000

                  327.4701

30 April 2026

                          909,000

332.1000

326.1000

329.4034

 

Such purchases form part of the Company's existing share buyback programme and were effected pursuant to the instructions issued to the Broker by the Company on 23 April 2026 as announced on 24 April 2026.

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation) (as such legislation forms part of retained EU law as defined in the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018), a full breakdown (in aggregated and detailed form) of the individual trades made by the Broker on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme is set out in the Schedule to this announcement available through the link below.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/6846C_1-2026-4-30.pdf

 

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