Last checked at 26 Nov 2021 15:11
26 November 2021
JD Sports Fashion plc
Result of General Meeting
JD Sports Fashion plc ("Company") announces that, at its General Meeting held earlier today, the resolution to sub-divide each of its ordinary shares of 0.25 pence into five ordinary shares of 0.05 pence was duly passed.
The result of the resolution is set out below:
Resolution name | Number of votes for | % of votes for | Number of votes against | % of votes against | Total Votes | % of I.S.C voted | Number of votes withheld |
Sub-division | 897,307,753 | 100.00% | 12,477 | 0.00% | 897,320,230 | 86.98% | 4,222 |
It is expected that dealings in the new ordinary shares of 0.05 pence each ("New Ordinary Shares") will commence at 8.00 a.m. on Tuesday 30 November 2021 (the "Effective Time") with the ISIN code GB00BM8Q5M07.
Immediately following the Effective Time, there will be 5,158,135,745 New Ordinary Shares allotted, called up and fully paid in issue, all with voting rights. The Company will hold no New Ordinary Shares in treasury.
From the Effective Time, the figure of 5,158,135,745 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the resolution passed at the General Meeting has also been submitted to the FCA via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Enquiries:
JD Sports Fashion plc Tel: 0161 767 1000
Peter Cowgill, Executive Chairman
Neil Greenhalgh, Chief Financial Officer
Jennifer Iveson, Investor Relations
Siobhan Mawdsley, Company Secretary
MHP Communications Tel: 0203 128 8193
Andrew Jaques
Peter Hewer
Charles Hirst
Catherine Chapman