Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMJD. 
 
RNS Number : 2516M 
JD Sports Fashion Plc 
26 January 2009 
 

 
 
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| For filings with the FSA include the    | 
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| For filings with issuer exclude the     | 
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| TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares                            | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying   | JD SPORTS FASHION PLC        | 
| issuer of existing shares to which voting     |                              | 
| rights are attached:                          |                              | 
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| 2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                          | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                       | YES      | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may     |          | 
| result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which       |          | 
| voting rights are attached                                        |          | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                  |          | 
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| Other (please specify):______________                             |          | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to   | ABERFORTH PARTNERS LLP              | 
| notification obligation:               |                                     | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if     | Shareholder                         | 
| different from 3):                     | Shares                              | 
|                                        | 1. Aberforth Smaller Companies      | 
|                                        | Trust plc                           | 
|                                        | 2,751,281                           | 
|                                        | 2. Aberforth UK Small Companies     | 
|                                        | Fund                                | 
|                                        | 1,503,097                           | 
|                                        | 3. The Church Commissioners for     | 
|                                        | England                             | 
|                                        | 641,900                             | 
|                                        | 4.  Aberforth Geared Capital &      | 
|                                        | Income Trust plc                    | 
|                                        | 559,962                             | 
|                                        | 1,2,4 = registered in the name of   | 
|                                        | Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/c           | 
|                                        | Aberforth, 3 = The Church           | 
|                                        | Commissioners for England (Chase    | 
|                                        | GIS) Nominees Ltd                   | 
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| 5. Date of transaction (and date on    | 23/01/2009                          | 
| which the threshold is crossed or      |                                     | 
| reached if different):                 |                                     | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:      | 26/01/2009                          | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | 11%                                 | 
| reached:                               |                                     | 
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| 8: Notified Details                                                                           | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                           | 
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| Class/type   | Situation previous    | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction   | 
| of shares    | to the triggering     |                                                        | 
| If           | transaction           |                                                        | 
| possible     |                       |                                                        | 
| use ISIN     |                       |                                                        | 
| code         |                       |                                                        | 
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|              | Number    | Number    | Number    | Number of voting     | Percentage of       | 
|              | of        | of        | of        | rights               | voting rights       | 
|              | shares    | voting    | shares    |                      |                     | 
|              |           | rights    |           |                      |                     | 
+              +           +           +           +----------------------+---------------------+ 
|              |           |           |           | Direct   | Indirect  | Direct   | Indirect | 
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| Ordinary     | 4,884,473 | 4,884,473 | 5,456,240 | N/A      | 5,456,240 | N/A      | 11.31    | 
| GB0004771548 |           |           |           |          |           |          |          | 
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| B: Financial Instruments                                                             | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                 | 
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| Type of       | Expiration    | Exercise/     | No. of voting        | Percentage of | 
| financial     | date          | conversion    | rights that          | voting rights | 
| instrument    |               | period/date   | may be               |               | 
|               |               |               | acquired (if         |               | 
|               |               |               | the                  |               | 
|               |               |               | instrument           |               | 
|               |               |               | exercised/converted) |               | 
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| N/A           | N/A           | N/A           | N/A                  | N/A           | 
|               |               |               |                      |               | 
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| Total (A+B)                                                                 | 
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| Number of voting rights              | Percentage of voting rights          | 
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| 5,456,240                            | 11.31                                | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or | 
| the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:              | 
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| HELD BY ABERFORTH PARTNERS LLP                                              | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                               | 
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| 10. Name of proxy holder:            | N/A                                  | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy    | N/A                                  | 
| holder will cease to hold:           |                                      | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will  | N/A                                  | 
| cease to hold voting rights:         |                                      | 
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| 13. Additional information:          | N/A                                  | 
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| 14 Contact name:                     | Pauline Robson, Aberforth Partners   | 
|                                      | LLP                                  | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:        | 0131 220 0733                        | 
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For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website. 
 
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