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YOUR GUIDE TO THE SAINSBURY'S SELF INVESTED PENSION PLAN (SAINSBURY'S SIPP) - Legal & General
YOUR GUIDE TO THE
SAINSBURY’S SELF INVESTED
PENSION PLAN
(SAINSBURY’S SIPP).
September 2018

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Introduction.                                   What is the Sainsbury’s SIPP?                 To see how tax impacts your contributions,
                                                                                              including shares paid into the Sainsbury’s
                                                Your Sainsbury’s SIPP is a defined            SIPP, see pages 5 and 6.
About this guide                                contribution (DC) pension scheme. You
                                                pay into the SIPP and Legal & General         You can’t get access to your pension pot
This guide gives an overview of the             invests this, together with any Sainsbury’s   until you reach age 55. This keeps your
Sainsbury’s Self Invested Pension Plan          contribution and any tax relief that’s        money locked away for your future and
(Sainsbury’s SIPP), which is part of the        added. At retirement, you can then access     also gives you the chance to make the
WorkSave Pension Plan provided by               the pension pot you have built up (see        most of its growth potential.
Legal & General. Reference in this guide        page 9 for more details).
to the Sainsbury’s SIPP means the                                                             The tax treatment depends on the
Legal & General WorkSave Pension Plan.                                                        individual circumstances of the investor
Full details of the Plan are available in the                                                 and may be subject to change in the
information provided by Legal & General         How does the                                  future.
which you can access online in the ‘SIPP’
section of www.jspensions.com
                                                Sainsbury’s SIPP work?
                                                A pension is an investment. Your pension
                                                pot is invested in one or more funds which
About the Sainsbury’s SIPP                      are managed by fund managers. The
                                                Sainsbury’s SIPP gives you a choice of
Saving for retirement is an important part      where you’d like to put your money but if
of your financial planning. The Sainsbury’s     you don’t wish to make a choice,
SIPP is designed to give you additional         Legal & General will invest your pension
flexibility in the way you save for your        pot in the default investment option
retirement. It gives you the opportunity to     (please see page 5 for more information).
boost your retirement savings by:
                                                The Sainsbury’s SIPP is a pension plan
• Allowing you to make regular                  with a difference: in addition to any
contributions - and receive contributions       contributions from you and Sainsbury’s, it
from Sainsbury’s based on your                  allows you to put in J Sainsbury plc shares
pensionable pay                                 from Sainsbury’s share plans and receive
• Making extra contributions at any time        tax relief.
• Contributing Sainsbury’s shares.

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Start Up                                       Step Up
Who can join the                                                                            If you choose to join Step Up, you must
Sainsbury’s SIPP?                            Start Up contributions are currently 1% of     contribute at least 5% of your Step Up
                                             Start Up Pensionable Pay, but your             Pensionable Pay. Sainsbury’s will
All colleagues at C6/6S grades and above     contributions will increase in the future as   contribute 12.5% of your Step Up
can join the Sainsbury’s SIPP.               shown in the table below. The table also       Pensionable Pay to your pension pot.
                                             shows the contributions Sainsbury’s will
                                             pay.                                           Step Up Contributions:
Contributions to your                        Start Up Contributions:
                                                                                               Sainsbury’s                You
Sainsbury’s SIPP                             From            Sainsbury’s         You
                                                                                                  12.5%                5% or more
                                             Apr 2018 –                                     You can pay contributions over and above
                                                                  2%              3%
How much will I pay?                         Mar 2019                                       5% of your Step Up Pensionable Pay but
                                             Apr 2019                                       Sainsbury’s maximum contribution will be
There are two sections to the Plan, ‘Start                        4%              4%
                                             onwards                                        12.5% of your Step Up Pensionable Pay.
Up’ and ‘Step Up’. If you’re automatically
enrolled you’ll join Start Up, but you can   Start Up Pensionable Pay is your total         Step Up Pensionable Pay is your total
move between them at any time.               taxable pay excluding car allowance,           taxable pay including overtime and shift
                                             share payments and leaving payments,           premiums but excluding bonuses and any
                                             which in the year 2018/2019 fall between       other allowances or one off payments.
                                             £464 and £3,566 per pay period. These
                                             limits are set by the Government and are       If you join Step Up, you’ll be eligible for
                                             likely to change in the future.                enhanced Life Cover and Long Term
                                                                                            Disability Insurance cover. These benefits
                                                                                            are only available to colleagues paying
                                                                                            Step Up contributions. For further details
                                                                                            see page 11.

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Can I change my contribution?                  you’re automatically enrolled or choose to    Sainsbury’s deducts your contributions
                                               pay Start Up contributions and £980 if you    from your pay after tax, and pays this to
Yes, you can change your contribution at       choose to pay Step Up contributions.          Legal & General. Legal & General then
any time by contacting AskHR on 08000                                                        adds basic rate tax relief to your
15 30 30.                                      If you choose to join the Plan rather than    contribution. If you pay higher rate tax, you
                                               being automatically enrolled, you’ll          can also claim back the additional tax relief
How do I pay?                                  automatically be included in SMART. You       from Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs
                                               can, however, opt out of SMART and pay        (HMRC).
Contributions can either be deducted from      contributions by deduction from pay.
your pay or paid through SMART.                                                              J Sainsbury plc shares
                                               SMART is not suitable for every colleague,    Please see page 6 for more information
What is SMART?                                 so more detailed information is provided in   about this option.
                                               the ‘SMART and your pension’ leaflet at
                                               www.jspensions.com. This leaflet also
SMART gives you both National Insurance
                                               explains when you can move in and out of
savings and immediate tax relief. You
                                               SMART.
sacrifice a percentage of your pay into the
Plan, which is equal to your contribution.
Sainsbury’s then pays this amount into the     If you do not wish to participate in SMART,
Plan together with their contribution. As      contact AskHR.
SMART reduces your pay, your National
Insurance contributions are reduced. If        When are contributions deducted
you’re a higher rate tax payer, SMART          from pay?
also gives you full tax relief at source
rather than having to claim some through       Your contributions will be deducted from
your tax return.                               your pay rather than being paid through
                                               SMART if:
If you’re automatically enrolled into the
Plan, your contributions for the first three   • You’ve been automatically enrolled (for
pay periods will be deducted from your pay     the first three pay periods only), or,
rather than through SMART. From the            • If you’ve chosen not to take part in
fourth pay period onwards, Sainsbury’s will    SMART, or
include you in SMART. You won’t be in          • You earn below the Pay Protection Limit.
SMART if your pay falls below the Pay
Protection Limit. The Pay Protection Limit
is currently set at £940 per pay period if

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This default investment option is the            Self Invested Arrangements
Investing in your                               Sainsbury’s SIPP Pre-Packaged to
Sainsbury’s SIPP                                Flexible Income Lifestyle Profile. The           A Self Invested Arrangement gives you
                                                default investment option is not a “no risk”     access to a wide choice of investments,
You choose where your Sainsbury’s SIPP          option and details of the risks of this option   including:
pension pot is invested, allowing flexibility   are in the Sainsbury’s fund information
in the way you save for your retirement.        guides.                                          • Shares in individual companies, such as
The Sainsbury’s SIPP offers two ways of                                                          J Sainsbury plc shares
investing, using either:                        This Lifestyle Profile is designed for           • Unit and investment trusts
                                                members who plan to leave their whole            • Open ended investment companies
• Insured Arrangements, or                      pension pot invested after their retirement      • Fixed Interest Securities
• Self Invested Arrangements.                   date and use it to provide a regular
                                                income.                                          These Self Invested Arrangements are
Insured Arrangements                                                                             appropriate for more experienced
                                                Full details, charges and descriptions of        investors who have a good understanding
The Sainsbury’s SIPP offers more than           the range of Insured Funds, including the        of the risks and costs involved. It is in your
100 Insured Funds, which invest in a            funds which make up the default                  best interests to take financial advice
variety of assets (such as equities or          investment option, are in the Sainsbury’s        before considering investing in the Self
property), industry sectors (such as retail     fund information guides provided by              Invested Arrangements.
or technology) and geographic regions           Legal & General on www.jspensions.com
(such as Europe or Asia Pacific). These                                                          If you invest in a single asset, such as the
range from low to high risk options.            Investment returns are not guaranteed and        shares of a single company, you will be
                                                the value of your investments may fall as        taking a greater risk than if you spread
Using the details in the Sainsbury’s fund       well as rise.                                    your investment over a number of assets.
information guides, you can select, based
upon your circumstances, a suitable fund                                                         For further information, you should refer to
or funds to invest in. If you would like more                                                    the detailed information provided by
information before choosing a fund or                                                            Legal & General which is on
funds for your contributions into the                                                            www.jspensions.com.
Sainsbury’s SIPP, you should consider
seeking financial advice. However, if you
don’t want to seek advice and don’t wish to
make an investment choice, Sainsbury’s
has selected a default investment option.

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Changing your investments                    Transferring your                              Capital Gains Tax
If you would like to make a change to your   shares to your
investments you’ll need to contact                                                          Contributing shares to a SIPP is a
Legal & General by email at                  Sainsbury’s SIPP                               disposal for the purposes of Capital
employerdedicatedteam@landg.com or                                                          Gains Tax (CGT). If the price at which
call them on the number shown on page        You may have the opportunity to transfer       you acquire your shares is different to
11.                                          your maturing shares under Sainsbury’s         the price at which you ‘transfer’ your
                                             Executive Share Plans into the                 shares, you may incur a CGT gain (or
Alternatively, you can log into Manage       Sainsbury’s SIPP. You will receive details     loss). The law and tax rates may change
Your Account to change funds, view your      of the options for transferring the            in the future.
savings and update your details online in    J Sainsbury plc shares you receive when
the years before you start to access your    each share plan matures.
pension pot.
                                             If you transfer Sainsbury’s shares into your
                                             Sainsbury’s SIPP then currently basic rate
                                             tax (20% of gross contributions for the
                                             2018/2019 tax year) for this contribution
                                             will be automatically paid into your
                                             Member’s SIPP bank account in your
                                             Sainsbury’s SIPP, which you can then
                                             choose to invest. If you’re a higher rate
                                             taxpayer, you will need to claim any
                                             additional tax back either through your tax
                                             return or by contacting HMRC. For further
                                             information, go to www.jspensions.com
                                             and look at the Share Contribution Key
                                             Facts document provided by
                                             Legal & General.

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Sainsbury’s SIPP                              fund(s) and varies from investment fund to
                                              investment fund. The way it’s calculated
                                                                                               Self Investment charges

charges                                       depends on who manages the investment            An Annual Management Charge of 0.30%
                                              fund and is reflected in the price of units in   (inclusive of VAT) of the value of your self
Sainsbury’s has negotiated competitive        the fund.                                        invested assets, including your
rates with Legal & General.                                                                    J Sainsbury plc shares if applicable
                                              The Fund Management Charges are in the           (minimum £25 a year – maximum £100 a
Please note these are the charges as at       fund information guides provided by              year).
September 2018, which may be subject to       Legal & General.
change in the future. Other fees and                                                           An installation charge of £100 (inclusive of
charges may apply.                            Insured Arrangement charges example              VAT), plus other charges depending on
                                                                                               your investment choice is also payable.
Legal & General may increase charges to       Total charges may not be exactly as              The installation charge does not apply if
reflect increases in their overall costs      shown due to the different ways the              you’re making regular contributions to the
and/or changes in their assumptions about     Annual Management Charge and the Fund            Sainsbury’s SIPP.
their future expenses. They’ll let you know   Management Charge are applied.
at least 30 days before they make any
change. For further details see the           If you are in the Legal & General (PMC)
Legal & General booklet you received on       Multi-Asset Fund and your fund was
joining, which explains how your plan is      worth £10,000 throughout the year, at
administered.                                 current rates you would be charged as
                                              follows:
Insured Funds charges                         Value of insured
                                                                          £10,000
                                              fund
Annual Management Charge – 0.10% of           Annual
the value of your insured funds a year.       Management                    £10
                                              Charge at 0.10%
The Annual Management Charge is               Fund Management
                                                                            £23
independent of your choice of investment      Charge at 0.23%
funds. Legal & General works out the          Total charges                 £33
charge daily and takes it monthly for each
previous month by cashing in units.

The Fund Management Charge covers the
cost of managing your chosen investment

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Share transfer charges
example

                                         Year 1 charges based on transferring         These are the current charges (as at
Important:
                                         5,000 shares valued at £3.20 each.           September 2018), which may be subject to
This example assumes that the shares     Value of shares                              change in the future. There may also be
                                                                    £16,000           other charges applicable to a share
being transferred represent the share    (5,000 @ £3.20)
holding once shares have been sold to                                                 transfer.
                                         Basic rate tax relief
settle your income tax and National      credit to Member’s
Insurance liability. Shares released                                                  For further information, please refer to the
                                         SIPP bank account           £4,000
under the Value Builder and Future                                                    Share Contribution Key Facts and the
                                         (20% for 2018/19
Builder shares plans and Bonus Shares                                                 Sainsbury’s Fees and Charges documents
                                         tax year*)
are subject to income tax and National                                                provided by Legal & General.
                                         Stamp duty
Insurance.                               deduction from
                                                                      - £80
                                         Member’s SIPP
                                         bank account
                                         Installation charge         - £100
                                         Account holding fee
                                         (£10 + VAT per               - £48
                                         quarter)
                                         AMC of 0.3% + VAT
                                         (min £25 + VAT               - £72
                                         max £100 + VAT)
                                         Total value of
                                                                    £19,700
                                         investment

                                         *For a £16,000 share contribution, basic
                                         rate tax relief of £4,000 would be applied
                                         to your plan. (£16,000 + £4,000 = £20,000.
                                         20% of £20,000 = £4,000).

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Taking your Sainsbury’s                       Buy an annuity
                                              Use some or all of your pension pot to buy
SIPP benefits                                 an annuity after taking up to 25% as a tax-
                                              free lump sum. An annuity will provide you
You can currently start to take your          with a taxable, guaranteed income for life
benefits at any time from age 55 – even if    or a fixed term depending on the type of
you’re still working.                         annuity you buy.

Legislation now allows you to access the      Pension Wise is an independent
money in your pension pot by taking cash      government service offering free and
                                              impartial guidance to help you understand
lump sums, flexi-access drawdown, buying      your options when you come to access
an annuity or a combination of these          your pension pot. Please visit their website
options:                                      at www.pensionwise.gov.uk

Cash lump sum                                 You can also visit the Accessing your pot
Take some or all of your pension pot as a     page on the Legal & General website for
cash lump sum. 25% of the lump sum            more information.
taken will be tax-free with the remainder
taxable as income. Any remaining pot          You may want to consider taking financial
stays invested until you're ready to access   advice. Hargreaves Lansdown have been
your pot again.                               appointed to help you to buy an annuity on
                                              the open market. Their details are on
Flexi-Access Drawdown                         www.jspensions.com
Select some or all of your pension pot and
take up to 25% of the amount selected as
a tax-free amount. The rest of the amount
selected can stay invested or be taken as
a taxable income when you need it on a
monthly or occasional basis. The part of
the pot which wasn't selected can also
stay invested until you access it again.

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(MPAA). Please see your Legal & General
Annual Allowance                              Member’s booklet for more information.
                                                                                              Lifetime Allowance
You’ll receive tax relief on your             If you exceed the Annual Allowance you          The value of your Sainsbury’s SIPP will
contributions up to 100% of earnings or       will pay tax on the total amount that is paid   also count towards your Lifetime
£3,600 gross if greater, but if yours and     above it.                                       Allowance. This is the maximum value of
Sainsbury’s contributions exceed the                                                          retirement benefits you can build up in a
Annual Allowance then you’ll be subject to                                                    tax-efficient way. It includes benefits from
a tax charge on the excess.                                                                   your Sainsbury’s SIPP, any previous
                                                                                              employer’s plan (including the Sainsbury’s
The Annual Allowance is £40,000 for the                                                       Executive Stakeholder Plan), and any
tax year 2018/2019. It includes:                                                              other personal pension arrangements and
                                                                                              defined benefit plans you may have. Any
• Contributions you and Sainsbury’s make                                                      benefits in excess of your Lifetime
to your Sainsbury’s SIPP                                                                      Allowance incur a tax charge.
• Contributions to other registered pension
schemes                                                                                       Most people’s Lifetime Allowance will be
• The increase in value of any defined                                                        the Standard Lifetime Allowance. The
benefit pension you have built up during                                                      Standard Lifetime Allowance for the
the tax year.                                                                                 2018/2019 tax year is £1,030,000.

For those with earnings over £110,000 a                                                       HMRC will tax the value of any benefits
year, and £150,000 a year when total                                                          over your Lifetime Allowance using a rate
pension contributions are included, the                                                       of up to 25% if your benefits are taken as
Annual Allowance may reduce below                                                             an income and up to 55% if your benefits
£40,000 but not less than £10,000. If you                                                     are taken as a lump sum.
think you may be affected by this, you may
need to take financial advice. Advisers                                                       If you think you may be affected by the
usually charges for their services.                                                           Lifetime Allowance, you should contact a
When you decide to access your pension                                                        financial adviser and let Sainsbury’s know.
pot your Annual Allowance for money                                                           Please note, financial advisers will usually
purchase benefits may be restricted to                                                        charge a fee for their services.
£4,000 depending on the options you
choose. When this applies, it is called the
money purchase annual allowance

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Joining process.                                You can find out more about Pensions
                                                Automatic Enrolment on                           Any questions?
You can join at any time by going to
                                                www.jspensions.com
AskHR. If you haven't got your own
access, please check with your line                                                              If you have any questions about the
                                                Saving for retirement is an important part       Sainsbury’s SIPP, call the
manager. If you don’t join voluntarily then
                                                of planning for your future. The                 Legal & General helpline on
Sainsbury’s will automatically enrol you
                                                Sainsbury’s SIPP is designed to give you         0345 302 0323. Call charges will vary.
into the Plan when you meet certain
                                                additional flexibility in the way you save for   They may record and monitor calls.
conditions. You will be enrolled from the
                                                your retirement. If you’re uncertain
beginning of the next pay period if:
                                                whether a Self Invested Pension Plan is          Please note Legal & General cannot give
                                                right for you, you should consult a financial    you advice.
• You are at least 22 years old and
                                                adviser. You can find a financial adviser at
• You are below State Pension age and
                                                www.unbiased.co.uk. Advisers may
• Your earnings exceed the Threshold
                                                charge for their services.
Earnings, which are currently £768 in a
four-weekly pay period and
• You have completed nine weeks
continuous employment with Sainsbury’s
from your start date or from age 22.

If you’re automatically enrolled you’ll join
the Start Up section. Please see page 3
for further details on the different sections
to the Plan.

You have one month to opt out of the Plan
and receive a refund of your contributions
once you have been automatically
enrolled, although the law will require
Sainsbury’s to re-enrol you at a later date
if you then satisfy the same conditions.

You can choose to leave the Plan at any
time but you will not be able to take a
refund of your contributions.

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Long-Term Disability Insurance (LTDI)
                                                                                              Note:
Other benefits.
                                               If you pay Step Up contributions then you’ll
                                                                                              If you stop paying Step Up contributions,
If you’re employed by Sainsbury’s and pay      be eligible for Long-Term Disability
                                                                                              the life cover and Long Term Disability
Step Up contributions into the SIPP then       Insurance cover of up to 50% of your
                                                                                              Insurance cover will stop immediately.
you’ll also be eligible for the following      annual contractual basic pay and pension
additional benefits:                           contributions should you become unable to
                                               work for medical reasons.
Life Cover
                                               In the event of a claim, this benefit is
If you pay Step Up contributions then you’ll   payable at the discretion of the insurance
be eligible for life cover of six times your   company providing the cover.
annual contractual basic pay should you        These benefits are provided by
die while employed by Sainsbury’s.             Sainsbury’s and are not provided by or
                                               underwritten by Legal & General.
Payment of the life cover under Step Up is
subject to any conditions or restrictions
applied by the insurance company
providing the benefit cover.

If you don’t join Step Up within the first
year of joining Sainsbury’s, then your life
cover may be restricted by the insurer.

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