24 Jul 2009 16:06
PRESS RELEASE
JJB Sports PLC
Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
The Board of JJB Sports plc ("JJB" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the shareholders of the Company today approved all resolutions put to the AGM at Martland Park, Challenge Way, Wigan WN5 0LD. Voting was by poll on each of the fifteen resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM and the results are set out in the table below.
| Resolution | For | Against | Vote Withheld | ||
| 1. Receipt of 2009 Annual Report and Accounts | 143,459,992 | 99.97% | 36,488 | 0.03% | 25,250 |
| 2. Approval of 2009 Remuneration Report | 138,070,892 | 96.22% | 5,418,782 | 3.78% | 32,056 |
| 3. Re-election of Sir David Jones CBE as a director | 141,780,105 | 98.82% | 1,688,780 | 1.18% | 52,845 |
| 4. Re-election of Alan Benzie as a director | 143,296,737 | 99.84% | 224,893 | 0.16% | 100 |
| 5. Reappointment of Lawrence Coppock as a director | 142,100,313 | 99.01% | 1,421,317 | 0.99% | 100 |
| 6. Reappointment of Richard Manning as a director | 142,095,734 | 99.01% | 1,418,865 | 0.99% | 7,131 |
| 7. Reappointment of Colin Tranter as a director | 142,100,621 | 99.01% | 1,420,814 | 0.99% | 295 |
| 8. Reappointment of Deloitte LLP as auditors and authorisation of directors to determine remuneration | 143,367,526 | 99.89% | 153,020 | 0.11% | 1,184 |
| 9. Increase of authorised share capital | 118,985,346 | 82.93% | 24,497,051 | 17.07% | 39,333 |
| 10. Renewal of directors' authority to allot shares | 113,682,120 | 79.26% | 29,739,531 | 20.74% | 100,079 |
| 11. Renewal of directors' authority to disapply pre-emption rights* | 143,303,718 | 99.86% | 195,373 | 0.14% | 22,639 |
| 12. Authority for Company to purchase its own shares* | 143,452,640 | 99.95% | 69,090 | 0.05% | 0 |
| 13. Authority to make donations to political organisations and incur political expenditure | 142,947,891 | 99.72% | 404,777 | 0.28% | 169,062 |
| 14. Adoption of new Articles of Association* | 137,903,645 | 96.09% | 5,611,646 | 3.91% | 6,439 |
| 15. Notice period for General Meetings* | 139,094,128 | 96.92% | 4,424,534 | 3.08% | 1,316 |
* Special Resolution
Votes cast as a percentage of the issued share capital was approximately 57%.
A 'Vote Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
As required by the Listing Rules, two copies of all resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business and two copies of the new Articles of Association have today been submitted to the UK Listing Authority for publication through the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at the Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.
For further information, please contact
| JJB Sports PLC | 01942 221 400 |
| Sir David Jones | |
| Richard Manning | |
| Maitland | 020 7379 5151 |
| Neil Bennett | |
| Emma Burdett |
About JJB Sports
JJB Sports plc (JJB: LSE) is one of the UK's leading sports retailers. The group, headquartered in Wigan and listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, trades from over 250 JJB branded retail stores in the UK and Ireland and employs approximately 6,750 people. Further information about the group can be found on the group's corporate website, www.jjbcorporate.co.uk.