REG - JD Sports Fashion - BLOCK LISTING APPLICATION

JD Sports FashionAnnouncement

20/12/2022 12:15

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RNS Number : 3508K  JD Sports Fashion Plc  20 December 2022

20 DECEMBER 2022

JD SPORTS FASHION PLC

BLOCK LISTING APPLICATION

JD Sports Fashion Plc ("Company") announces that an application will be made
to the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") and to London Stock Exchange plc
("London Stock Exchange") on or around 20 December 2022 for a total of
25,000,000 ordinary shares of 0.05 pence each ("New Shares") to be admitted to
the Official List.

 

These New Shares are expected to be admitted to the Official List on or around
22 December 2022.

 

The New Shares will be delivered to the trustee(s) of JD Sports Employee
Benefit Trust ("Trust") and shall be issued, in part to satisfy a buyout award
due to Regis Schultz, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, which will be the
subject of a separate RNS. The remainder of the New Shares shall be held by
the Trust in connection with the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan 2022. The
remainder of the New Shares will be issued from time to time on the exercise
of vested options or on the vesting of conditional awards under the plan. The
New Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the Company's existing
ordinary shares of 0.05p nominal value each.

 

As a result of this allotment, the total number of ordinary shares in issue
now stands at 5,183,135,745.

 

Enquiries:

 

JD Sports Fashion
Plc
Tel: 0161 767 1000

Andy Higginson, Chair

Neil Greenhalgh, Chief Financial Officer

Nim Cassidy, General Counsel and Company Secretary

 

FGS
Global
                             Tel: 0207 251 3801

Rollo Head

Jenny Davey

James Thompson

LEI: 213800HROV6Y9MUU8375

 

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