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Ticker · SBRY ISIN · GB00B019KW72 LEI · 213800VGZAAJIKJ9Y484 IL Wholesale and retail trade
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Filings indexed 1,914 across all filing types
Latest filing 2017-03-21 Board/Management Inform…
Country GB United Kingdom
Listing IL SBRY

About Sainsbury (J) PLC

https://www.about.sainsburys.co.uk/

J Sainsbury plc is a multi-channel retailer with a primary focus on food and groceries. The company operates through a family of brands to provide customers with food, general merchandise, clothing, and financial services. Its core grocery business is conducted through Sainsbury's supermarkets and convenience stores, emphasizing quality and value. The company also retails general merchandise and home goods through its Argos and Habitat brands, and clothing under the Tu brand. Additionally, J Sainsbury plc operates Sainsbury's Bank, offering a range of financial products, and manages the Nectar loyalty rewards program, enhancing its multi-channel customer offering.

Recent filings

Filing Released Lang Actions
Directorate Change
Board/Management Information Classification · 98% confidence The document explicitly announces a change in the company's Non-Executive Director (Mary Harris stepping down and Susan Rice taking over as Chair of the Remuneration Committee). This directly aligns with the definition of Board/Management Information. The presence of an 'RNS Number' suggests it is a regulatory announcement, but the content is specific to management changes, making 'MANG' the most precise classification over the general 'RNS' fallback. The document length is short (2043 chars), but the content is the primary announcement itself, not just a notice that a report is attached.
2017-03-21 English
Fourth Quarter Trading Statement
Earnings Release Classification · 98% confidence The document is titled 'Fourth Quarter Trading Statement for the nine weeks to 11 March 2017' and provides key sales figures and operational highlights for the period. It is explicitly identified as an RNS announcement ('RNS Number : 6200Z'). This type of document, which releases periodic financial performance highlights outside of the full annual or interim report, aligns best with the 'Earnings Release' (ER) definition. Although it mentions a separate 'Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability update' (SR) and a conference call (CT), the primary content is the trading update, which is the core function of an ER. Q4 2016
2017-03-16 English
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2017
Annual Report Classification · 100% confidence The document is titled 'Annual Report and Financial Statements 2017' for J Sainsbury plc. It contains comprehensive sections including a Strategic Report, Governance Report, and Financial Statements (Income Statement, Financial Position, Cash Flows). It is clearly the full annual report for the fiscal year, not an announcement or a summary. FY 2017
2017-03-11 English
Holding(s) in Company
Major Shareholding Notification Classification · 99% confidence The document is clearly identified by the header 'RNS Number : 8635Y' and the footer 'This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange'. The content details a 'TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES' concerning a change in voting rights crossing the 3% threshold for an individual shareholder (Miss Judith Susan Portrait). This type of filing, reporting changes in significant share ownership, directly corresponds to the Major Shareholding Notification category (MRQ). Although it is an RNS filing, MRQ is the more specific and appropriate classification for a TR-1 form.
2017-03-08 English
Total Voting Rights
Regulatory Filings Classification · 98% confidence The document is very short (1116 characters) and explicitly states it is providing 'Additional information' via an 'RNS Number'. The content details the total number of issued ordinary shares and confirms the total number of voting rights as of a specific date (30 December 2016). This structure—a brief notification confirming capital structure details relevant to shareholder voting rights, issued via the RNS system—most closely aligns with a general regulatory announcement. While it touches upon voting rights, it is not the official declaration of results (DVA) but rather a statement of the denominator for voting calculations. Given the source (RNS Number) and the nature of the update (capital/voting rights denominator), the most appropriate general classification is Regulatory Filings (RNS), as it is a standard regulatory disclosure that doesn't fit the more specific categories like DIV, SHA, or DVA.
2017-03-01 English
Director/PDMR Shareholding
Director's Dealing Classification · 99% confidence The document is clearly identified by the 'RNS Number' header and contains the phrase 'Notification of transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ('PDMRs')'. It details the purchase of ordinary shares by specific executives (John Rogers, Tim Fallowfield, etc.) under a share purchase plan. This type of filing, reporting insider transactions by directors/executives, directly corresponds to the definition of Director's Dealing (DIRS). Although it is distributed via RNS, the specific content mandates the DIRS classification over the general RNS fallback.
2017-02-23 English

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