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JD Sports FashionAnnouncement

09/10/2023 14:15

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RNS Number : 4495P  JD Sports Fashion PLC  09 October 2023

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9 October 2023

JD SPORTS FASHION PLC

PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF IBERIAN SPORTS RETAIL GROUP, S.L. ("ISRG") APPROVED BY
JD SPORTS FASHION PLC ("JD") SHAREHOLDERS

 

Results of JD General Meeting

At the JD General Meeting held earlier today for JD's shareholders ("JD
Shareholders") to consider the proposed acquisition by JD of 49.98 per cent.
of shares in ISRG from Balaiko Firaja Invest, S.L. and Sonae Holdings, S.A.
for cash consideration of €500.1 million (the "Transaction"), the JD
Shareholders approved the Transaction. The Transaction is expected to close
tomorrow, 10 October 2023.

Resolution

The full text of the resolution can be found in the Notice of General Meeting,
contained in the circular published by JD on 22 September 2023 in connection
with the Transaction (the "Circular"). This is available on JD's website at
www.jdplc.com (http://www.jdplc.com) . The full poll voting results can also
be found on JD's website at www.jdplc.com (http://www.jdplc.com) .

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R,  the full text of the resolution
passed at the JD General Meeting will also be submitted to the National
Storage Mechanism and will be available in due course for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

Voting results of the JD General Meeting

The table below sets out the results of the poll at the JD General Meeting
held today. Each JD Shareholder, present in person or by proxy, was entitled
to one vote per JD share held at the Voting Record Time.

                                                      FOR*                         AGAINST                      TOTAL           I.S.C.   WITHHELD**
                                                      Number of Votes  % of Votes  Number of Votes  % of Votes  Number of      %         Number of

Votes
Votes
 Ordinary resolution                                  4,517,235,992    100.00%     37,449           0.00%       4,517,273,441  87.15     2,181,345

 Authority to approve and implement the Transaction

*   Includes discretionary votes.

** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation
of the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" the resolutions.

The number of JD shares in issue at the Voting Record Time of 6.30 p.m.
(London time) on 5 October 2023 was 5,183,135,745 and JD plc holds no ordinary
shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in JD at the
Voting Record Time was 5,183,135,745.

 

Enquiries

 

JD Sports Fashion Plc
                                 Tel: 0161 767 1000

Régis Schultz, Chief Executive Officer

Dominic Platt, Chief Financial Officer

Theresa Casey, General Counsel & Company Secretary

Mark Blythman, Investor Relations Director

 

 

Unless otherwise defined, all capitalised terms used but not defined in this
announcement shall have the meaning given to them in the Circular.

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