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JD Sports Fashion Plc

28 July 2016

28 July 2016

JD SPORTS FASHION PLC

PRE-CLOSE TRADING STATEMENT

JD Sports Fashion Plc (the 'Group'), the leading retailer of sports, fashion and outdoor brands, today announces an update on performance in the first half of the year.

Further to our AGM trading statement on 17 June 2016, we are pleased to report that the strong performance of our business has continued. Subject to the continuation of positive trading, we are now well positioned to deliver a headline profit before tax for the year ending 28 January 2017 in the upper half of current market expectations which range between GBP170 million and GBP190 million.

The Group will announce its results for the half year ended 30 July 2016 on 13 September 2016.

Enquiries:

JD Sports Fashion Plc Tel: 0161 767 1600

Peter Cowgill, Executive Chairman

Brian Small, Chief Financial Officer

MHP Communications Tel: 0203 128 8100

Andrew Jaques

Barnaby Fry

Gina Bell

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