Holding(s) in Company
March 16 2010 - 9:29AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMJD.
RNS Number : 6684I
JD Sports Fashion Plc
16 March 2010
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES |
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the | JD Sports Fashion PLC |
| underlying issuer of existing | |
| shares to which voting rights are | |
| attached: | |
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| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or |
| boxes): |
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | |
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial | |
| instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares | |
| already issued to which voting rights are attached | |
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar | |
| economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | |
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | |
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| | | YES - |
| Other (please | | TRANSFER |
| specify): | | OF |
| | | VOTING |
| | | RIGHTS |
| | | |
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| | | |
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject | Aberforth Partners LLP |
| to the notification obligation: | |
| | |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if | Shareholder Shares |
| different from 3.): | 1. Aberforth Smaller Companies 2,880,881 |
| | Trust plc |
| | 2. Aberforth UK Small Companies 1,270,897 |
| | Fund |
| | 3. Aberforth Geared Capital & 559,962 |
| | Income Trust plc |
| | |
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| 5. Date of the transaction and | 15/03/2010 |
| date on which the threshold is | |
| crossed or reached: | |
| | |
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 15/03/2010 |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are | 10% |
| crossed or reached: | |
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| 8. Notified details: |
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares |
| |
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| Class/type | Situation | Resulting situation after the triggering |
| of | previous | transaction |
| shares | to the | |
| if possible | triggering | |
| using | transaction | |
| the ISIN | | |
| CODE | | |
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| | Number | Number | Number | Number of | % of voting |
| | of | of | of | voting | rights |
| | Shares | Voting | shares | rights | |
| | | Rights | | | |
+ + + +-------------+--------------------+-------------------+
| | | | Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect |
+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+--------+-----------+--------+----------+
| Ordinary | 5,342,640 | 5,342,640 | 4,711,740 | | 4,711,740 | N/A | 9.68 |
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| GB0004771548 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+--------+-----------+--------+----------+
+---------------+------------+------------+---------------+-----------+
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
| |
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| Type of | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of | % of |
| financial | date | Conversion | voting | voting |
| instrument | | Period | rights that | rights |
| | | | may be | |
| | | | acquired if | |
| | | | the | |
| | | | instrument is | |
| | | | exercised/ | |
| | | | converted. | |
| | | | | |
+---------------+------------+------------+---------------+-----------+
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
+---------------+------------+------------+---------------+-----------+
+------------+----------+------------+------------+-------------+------------+-------+
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to |
| Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
| |
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| Type of | Exercise | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of | % of |
| financial | price | date | Conversion | voting | voting |
| instrument | | | period | rights | rights |
| | | | | instrument | |
| | | | | refers to | |
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| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Nominal |Delta |
| | | | | | | |
+ + + + + +------------+-------+
| | | | | | N/A | N/A |
+------------+----------+------------+------------+-------------+------------+-------+
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| Total (A+B+C) |
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| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
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| 4,711,740 | 9.68 |
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or |
| the |
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
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| Held by Aberforth Partners LLP |
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| Proxy Voting: |
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A |
| | |
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy | N/A |
| holder will cease to hold: | |
| | |
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder | N/A |
| will cease to hold voting rights: | |
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| 13. Additional information: | The voting rights attached |
| | to shares beneficially held |
| | by The Church Commissioners |
| | for England ("Church") were |
| | transferred to Church with |
| | effect from today, 15 March |
| | 2010. Aberforth Partners |
| | LLP continue to manage funds |
| | for the Church on a |
| | discretionary basis. |
| | |
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| 14. Contact name: | Pauline Robson, Aberforth |
| | Partners LLP |
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| 15. Contact telephone number: | 0131 220 0733 |
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