Holding(s) in Company

 

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RNS Number : 5563D 
JD Sports Fashion Plc 
03 December 2009 
 

 
 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                         | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the          |   JD Sports Fashion PLC           | 
| underlying issuer of existing shares to   |                                   | 
| which voting rights are attached:         |                                   | 
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| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):      | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                           |   Yes  | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which  |        | 
| may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which       |        | 
| voting rights are attached                                            |        | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic       |        | 
| effect to qualifying financial instruments                            |        | 
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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                                      | 
| the notification obligation:              |                                                              | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if        |                                                              | 
| different from 3.):                       | Shareholder                                           Shares | 
|                                           | 1. Aberforth Smaller Companies                     2,748,181 | 
|                                           | Trust plc                                                    | 
|                                           | 2. Aberforth UK Small Companies                    1,507,197 | 
|                                           | Fund                                                         | 
|                                           | 3. The Church Commissioners for                      527,300 | 
|                                           | England                                                      | 
|                                           | 4. Aberforth Geared Capital &                        558,962 | 
|                                           | Income Trust plc                                             | 
|                                           | 1.2.4 = registered in the name of Nortrust                   | 
|                                           | Nominees Ltd A/c Aberfrth, 3 = The Church                    | 
|                                           | Commissioners for England (Chase GIS)                        | 
|                                           | Nominees Ltd                                                 | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date       |  01/12/2009                                                  | 
| on which the threshold is crossed         |                                                              | 
| or reached:                               |                                                              | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:         |  02/12/2009                                                  | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed       |  11%                                                         | 
| or reached:                               |                                                              | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                                        | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                         | 
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| Class/type of  | Situation previous          | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction         | 
| shares         | to the triggering           |                                                              | 
| if possible    | transaction                 |                                                              | 
| using          |                             |                                                              | 
| the ISIN CODE  |                             |                                                              | 
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|                | Number         | Number     | Number         | Number of voting      | % of voting rights  | 
|                | of             | of         | of             | rights                |                     | 
|                | Shares         | Voting     | shares         |                       |                     | 
|                |                | Rights     |                |                       |                     | 
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|                |                |            |                | Direct   | Indirect   | Direct   | Indirect | 
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|  Ordinary      |  5,456,240     |  5,456,240 | 5,342,640      | N/A      | 5,342,640  | N/A      | 10.98    | 
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|  GB0004771548  |                |            |                |          |            |          |          | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                          | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                         | 
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| Type of financial   | Expiration | Exercise/          | Number of voting    | % of voting    | 
| instrument          | date       | Conversion         | rights that may be  | rights         | 
|                     |            | Period             | acquired if the     |                | 
|                     |            |                    | instrument is       |                | 
|                     |            |                    | exercised/          |                | 
|                     |            |                    | converted.          |                | 
|                     |            |                    |                     |                | 
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|  N/A                |  N/A       |  N/A               |  N/A                |  N/A           | 
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                 | 
| Instruments                                                                                   | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                          | 
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| Type of       | Exercise | Expiration | Exercise/  | Number of      | % of voting             | 
| financial     |          |            | Conversion | voting         | rights                  | 
| instrument    | price    | date       |            | rights         |                         | 
|               |          |            | period     | instrument     |                         | 
|               |          |            |            | refers to      |                         | 
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|  N/A          |  N/A     |  N/A       |  N/A       |  N/A           |    Nominal    |  Delta  | 
|               |          |            |            |                |               |         | 
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|               |          |            |            |                |  N/A          |  N/A    | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                 | 
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| Number of voting rights                   | Percentage of voting rights       | 
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|  5,342,640                                | 10.98                             | 
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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 the proxy holder:             | N/A                               | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder  |  N/A                              | 
| will cease to hold:                       |                                   | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease |  N/A                              | 
| 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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