JD Sports Fashion Plc Result of General Meeting (1092Q)

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RNS Number : 1092Q

JD Sports Fashion Plc

24 November 2016

24 November 2016

JD Sports Fashion plc

Result of General Meeting

JD Sports Fashion plc ("Company") announces that at its General Meeting held earlier today, the resolution was duly passed.

The result of the resolution is set out below:

 
 Resolution      Number        % of      Number      % of       Number      % of 
  Name            of Votes      Votes     of Votes    Votes      of Votes    Votes 
                  For           For       Against     Against    Withheld    Withheld 
--------------  ------------  --------  ----------  ---------  ----------  ---------- 
 Sub-division    175,665,503   99.998%     3,883      0.002%      4,867      0.003% 
--------------  ------------  --------  ----------  ---------  ----------  ---------- 
 

It is expected that dealings in the new ordinary shares of 0.25p each ("New Ordinary Shares") will commence at 8.00 a.m. on Monday 28 November 2016 with the ISIN code GB00BYX91H57.

Immediately following the sub-division becoming effective, there will be 973,233,160 New Ordinary Shares allotted, called up and fully paid in issue, all with voting rights. The Company will hold no New Ordinary Shares in treasury.

As of 28 November 2016, the figure of 973,233,160 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the resolution passed at the General Meeting has also been submitted to the UKLA via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

Enquiries:

JD Sports Fashion plc Tel: [phone]

Siobhan Mawdsley

Company Secretary

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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