Holding(s) in Company

 

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RNS Number : 6684I 
JD Sports Fashion Plc 
16 March 2010 
 

 
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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                   |          | 
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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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|                |                                              | YES -    | 
| Other (please  |                                              | TRANSFER | 
| specify):      |                                              | OF       | 
|                |                                              | VOTING   | 
|                |                                              | RIGHTS   | 
|                |                                              |          | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject  | Aberforth Partners LLP                             | 
| to the notification obligation:    |                                                    | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if | Shareholder                              Shares    | 
| different from 3.):                | 1. Aberforth Smaller Companies           2,880,881 | 
|                                    | Trust plc                                          | 
|                                    | 2. Aberforth UK Small Companies          1,270,897 | 
|                                    | Fund                                               | 
|                                    | 3. Aberforth Geared Capital &            559,962   | 
|                                    | Income Trust plc                                   | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and     | 15/03/2010                                         | 
| date on which the threshold is     |                                                    | 
| crossed or reached:                |                                                    | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:  | 15/03/2010                                         | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are        | 10%                                                | 
| crossed 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   | Situation               | Resulting situation after the triggering             | 
| of           | previous                | transaction                                          | 
| shares       | to the                  |                                                      | 
| if possible  | triggering              |                                                      | 
| using        | transaction             |                                                      | 
| the ISIN     |                         |                                                      | 
| CODE         |                         |                                                      | 
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|              | Number      | Number    | Number      | Number of          | % of  voting      | 
|              | of          | of        | of          | voting             | rights            | 
|              | Shares      | Voting    | shares      | rights             |                   | 
|              |             | Rights    |             |                    |                   | 
+              +             +           +-------------+--------------------+-------------------+ 
|              |             |           | Direct      | Direct | Indirect  | Direct | Indirect | 
+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+--------+-----------+--------+----------+ 
| Ordinary     | 5,342,640   | 5,342,640 | 4,711,740   |        | 4,711,740 | N/A    | 9.68     | 
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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       | Expiration | Exercise/  | Number of     | % of      | 
| financial     | date       | Conversion | voting        | voting    | 
| instrument    |            | Period     | rights that   | rights    | 
|               |            |            | may be        |           | 
|               |            |            | 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               | 
| financial  | price    | date       | Conversion | voting      | voting             | 
| instrument |          |            | period     | rights      | rights             | 
|            |          |            |            | instrument  |                    | 
|            |          |            |            | refers to   |                    | 
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| N/A        | N/A      | N/A        | N/A        | N/A         |  Nominal   |Delta  | 
|            |          |            |            |             |            |       | 
+            +          +            +            +             +------------+-------+ 
|            |          |            |            |             | 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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| 4,711,740                          | 9.68                         | 
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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  | N/A                          | 
| holder will cease to hold:         |                              | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder     | N/A                          | 
| will cease to hold voting rights:  |                              | 
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| 13. Additional information:        | The voting rights attached   | 
|                                    | to shares beneficially held  | 
|                                    | by The Church Commissioners  | 
|                                    | for England ("Church") were  | 
|                                    | transferred to Church with   | 
|                                    | effect from today, 15 March  | 
|                                    | 2010.  Aberforth Partners    | 
|                                    | LLP continue to manage funds | 
|                                    | for the Church on a          | 
|                                    | discretionary basis.         | 
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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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