JD Sports Fashion PLC Result of Meeting (4495P)

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RNS Number : 4495P

JD Sports Fashion PLC

09 October 2023

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9 October 2023

JD SPORTS FASHION PLC

PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF IBERIAN SPORTS RETAIL GROUP, S.L. ("ISRG") APPROVED BY JD SPORTS FASHION PLC ("JD") SHAREHOLDERS

Results of JD General Meeting

At the JD General Meeting held earlier today for JD's shareholders ("JD Shareholders") to consider the proposed acquisition by JD of 49.98 per cent. of shares in ISRG from Balaiko Firaja Invest, S.L. and Sonae Holdings, S.A. for cash consideration of EUR500.1 million (the "Transaction"), the JD Shareholders approved the Transaction. The Transaction is expected to close tomorrow, 10 October 2023.

Resolution

The full text of the resolution can be found in the Notice of General Meeting, contained in the circular published by JD on 22 September 2023 in connection with the Transaction (the "Circular"). This is available on JD's website at www.jdplc.com . The full poll voting results can also be found on JD's website at www.jdplc.com .

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, the full text of the resolution passed at the JD General Meeting will also be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available in due course for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

Voting results of the JD General Meeting

The table below sets out the results of the poll at the JD General Meeting held today. Each JD Shareholder, present in person or by proxy, was entitled to one vote per JD share held at the Voting Record Time.

 
                              FOR*                  AGAINST             TOTAL        I.S.C.   WITHHELD** 
                        Number        % of      Number      % of      Number of        %      Number of 
                        of Votes      Votes     of Votes    Votes       Votes                    Votes 
                    --------------  --------  ----------  -------  --------------  --------  ----------- 
 Ordinary 
  resolution 
  Authority 
  to approve 
  and implement 
  the Transaction    4,517,235,992   100.00%   37,449      0.00%    4,517,273,441    87.15    2,181,345 
                    --------------  --------  ----------  -------  --------------  --------  ----------- 
 
   *   Includes discretionary votes. 

** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" the resolutions.

The number of JD shares in issue at the Voting Record Time of 6.30 p.m. (London time) on 5 October 2023 was 5,183,135,745 and JD plc holds no ordinary shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in JD at the Voting Record Time was 5,183,135,745.

Enquiries

JD Sports Fashion Plc Tel: [phone]

Régis Schultz, Chief Executive Officer

Dominic Platt, Chief Financial Officer

Theresa Casey, General Counsel & Company Secretary

Mark Blythman, Investor Relations Director

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