JD Sports Fashion Plc Director/PDMR Shareholding (4548V)

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RNS Number : 4548V

JD Sports Fashion Plc

09 August 2022

JD Sports Fashion Plc (the "Company")

Notification and Public Disclosure of a Transaction by a Director/Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

The Company announces that on 8 August 2022 and 9 August 2022 June 2022, Andrew Higginson (the Company's Non-Executive Chair), purchased a total of 292,725 ordinary shares of 0.05 pence each in the Company at an average price of 132.66 pence per ordinary share as set out below.

Following this acquisition, Andrew Higginson has a total interest in 298,942 shares, representing 0.01% of the issued share capital of the Company.

The Notification of Dealing Form set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.

Notification of Dealing Form

 
       Details of the PDMR / person closely 
  1.    associated 
 a)    Name                   Andrew Higginson 
      ---------------------  ------------------------------------ 
       Reason for the notification 
  2. 
      ----------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Position /             Non-Executive Chair (Director/PDMR) 
        status 
      ---------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 b)    Initial notification   Initial notification 
        / amendment 
      ---------------------  ------------------------------------ 
       Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
  3.    market participant, auction platform, 
        auctioneer or auction monitor 
      ----------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                   JD Sports Fashion Plc 
      ---------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 b)    LEI Code               213800HROV6Y9MUU8375 
      ---------------------  ------------------------------------ 
       Details of the transaction(s): section 
  4.    to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; 
        (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each 
        date; and (iv) each place where transactions 
        have been conducted 
      ----------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Description            Ordinary shares in JD Sports 
        of the financial       Fashion Plc of 0.05 pence 
        instrument,            each 
        type of instrument 
        Identification 
        code                   GB00BM8Q5M07 
      ---------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 b)    Nature of the          Acquisition of Shares 
        transaction 
      ---------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 c)    Price(s) and            Price(s)        Volume(s) 
        volume(s)               132.67p per 
                                 share          292,725 
                                 132.32p per 
                                  share          6,217 
                                               ---------- 
      ---------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 d)    Aggregated              Price(s)       Volume(s) 
        information             132.66p per 
                                 share         298,942 
                                              ---------- 
 
 
 e)    Date of the            8 August 2022 / 9 August 2022 
        transaction 
      ---------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 f)    Place of the           London Stock Exchange XLON 
        transaction 
      ---------------------  ------------------------------------ 
 

Enquiries:

JD Sports Fashion Plc Tel: [phone]

Andrew Higginson, Chair

Kath Smith, Interim Chief Executive Officer

Neil Greenhalgh, Chief Financial Officer

FGS Global Tel: [phone]

Rollo Head

Jenny Davey

James Thompson

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