JD Sports Fashion Plc Director/PDMR Shareholding (2938K)

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RNS Number : 2938K

JD Sports Fashion Plc

06 July 2017

6 July 2017

JD Sports Fashion Plc (the "Company")

Notification and Public Disclosure of a Transaction by a Director/Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

The Company was notified on 5 July 2017 by Peter Cowgill (the Company's Executive Chairman) that he had acquired an interest in 30,000 ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each in the Company on 5 July 2017 at a price of GBP3.52 per ordinary share.

Following this purchase, Peter Cowgill has a total interest in 8,410,260 shares, representing 0.86% of the issued share capital of the Company.

 
 1.   Details of the PDMR / person 
       closely associated 
---  ------------------------------------------------------ 
 a)   Name               Peter Cowgill 
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 2.   Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position           Executive Chairman (Director/PDMR) 
       / status 
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 b)   Initial            Initial notification 
       notification 
       / amendment 
---  -----------------  ----------------------------------- 
 3.   Details of the issuer, emission 
       allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer 
       or auction monitor 
---  ------------------------------------------------------ 
 a)   Name               JD Sports Fashion Plc 
---  -----------------  ----------------------------------- 
 4.   Details of the transaction(s): 
       section to be repeated for (i) 
       each type of instrument; (ii) 
       each type of transaction; (iii) 
       each date; and (iv) each place 
       where transactions have been 
       conducted 
---  ------------------------------------------------------ 
 a)   Description        Ordinary shares in JD 
       of the             Sports Fashion Plc 
       financial 
       instrument, 
       type of            GB00BMNQZP86 
       instrument 
       Identification 
       code 
---  -----------------  ----------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature             Acquisition of Shares 
       of the 
       transaction 
---  -----------------  ----------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s)            Price(s)      Volume(s) 
       and volume(s)      ------------  ---------- 
                           GBP3.52 
                            per share    30,000 
                          ------------  ---------- 
---  -----------------  ----------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated          Price(s)      Volume(s) 
       information        ------------  ---------- 
                           GBP3.52 
                            per share    30,000 
                          ------------  ---------- 
 
 
 e)   Date of            5 July 2017 
       the transaction 
---  -----------------  ----------------------------------- 
 f)   Place              London Stock Exchange 
       of the             XLON 
       transaction 
---  -----------------  ----------------------------------- 
 

Enquiries:

JD Sports Fashion Plc Tel: [phone]

Peter Cowgill, Executive Chairman

Brian Small, Chief Financial Officer

MHP Communications Tel: [phone]

Andrew Jaques

Barnaby Fry

Gina Bell

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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