JJB.L Regulatory News (JJB)

16 May 2006 12:56

JJB Sports PLC16 May 2006 Letter to JJB Sports PLC dated 10 May 2006 Enclosed are amended notifications of disclosable interests under the UKCompanies Act 1985. Please note that while this information details the disclosable interests of more than one entity, the enclosed disclosureconstitutes separate notifications of interest which have been combined solelyfor proposes of clarity and efficiency. It is not intended to indicate that any of these entities act as a group or in concert with respect to these interests. These disclosures are made in the interest of conformity with the Companies Act. The interest detailed herein were acquired solely for investment purposes. For disclosure proposes, holdings should be represented as FMR Corpand its direct and indirect subsidiaries, being non-beneficial holders. From Fidelity NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- U.K. COMPANIES ACT 1. Company in which shares are held: JJB SPORTS PLC 2. Notifiable Interest: Ordinary Shares (A) FMR Corp 82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109 Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO) investment manager for US Mutual funds. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings.) (B) Fidelity International Limited (FIL) PO Box HM 670 Hamilton, HMCX, Bermuda Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), Fidelity Pension Management Ltd (FPM), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings.) 3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of Mr Edward C Johnson 3d 82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109 A principal shareholder of FMR Corp and Fidelity International Limited. 4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit trust schemes in the U.K. notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985. 5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarity efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, or Mr Edward C Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these notifications on a joint basis. 6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4) (b) of the Act, namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively. SCHEDULE A SECURITY: JJB SPORTS PLC Open Filing CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE: 3.10% TOTAL SHARES HELD: 7,147,037 SHARES IN ISSUE: 230,611,969 SHARES HELD MANAGEMENT NOMINEE/REGISTERED COMPANY NAME 199,300 FPM JP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 8,700 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 4,500,000 FMRCO BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO 80,806 FISL JP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 2,348,131 FIL BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN LUX 10,100 FIL NORTHERN TRUST LONDON This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange