17 Dec 2018 14:28
JD Sports Fashion Plc (the "Company")
Notification and Public Disclosure of a Transaction by a Director/Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
The Company was notified on 17 December 2018 by Peter Cowgill (the Company's Executive Chairman) that he had acquired an interest in 30,000 ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each in the Company on 17 December 2018 at a price of 340.5 pence per ordinary share.
Following this purchase, Peter Cowgill has a total interest in 8,450,260 shares, representing 0.87% of the issued share capital of the Company.
1. | Details of the PDMR / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Peter Cowgill | ||||
2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position / status | Executive Chairman (Director/PDMR) | ||||
b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | JD Sports Fashion Plc | ||||
4. | Details of the transaction(s): section 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 of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary shares in JD Sports Fashion Plc
GB00BMNQZP86 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition of Shares
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information |
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e) | Date of the transaction | 17 December 2018 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange XLON | ||||
Enquiries:
JD Sports Fashion Plc Tel: 0161 767 1000
Peter Cowgill, Executive Chairman
Neil Greenhalgh, Chief Financial Officer
Siobhan Mawdsley, Company Secretary
MHP Communications Tel: 0203 128 8100
Andrew Jaques
Giles Robinson
JD Sports (JD.)