24 Nov 2016 15:15
24 November 2016
JD Sports Fashion plc
Result of General Meeting
JD Sports Fashion plc ("Company") announces that at its General Meeting held earlier today, the resolution 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 | Number of Votes Withheld | % of Votes Withheld |
Sub-division | 175,665,503 | 99.998% | 3,883 | 0.002% | 4,867 | 0.003% |
It is expected that dealings in the new ordinary shares of 0.25p each ("New Ordinary Shares") will commence at 8.00 a.m. on Monday 28 November 2016 with the ISIN code GB00BYX91H57.
Immediately following the sub-division becoming effective, there will be 973,233,160 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.
As of 28 November 2016, the figure of 973,233,160 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 UKLA via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
Enquiries:
JD Sports Fashion plc Tel: 0161 767 1000
Siobhan Mawdsley
Company Secretary
MHP Communications Tel: 0203 128 8100
Andrew Jaques
Barnaby Fry
Gina Bell
JD Sports (JD.)