JD Sports Fashion PLC Result of Meeting (4495P)
October 09 2023 - 8:02AM
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JD Sports Fashion PLC
09 October 2023
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9 October 2023
JD SPORTS FASHION PLC
PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF IBERIAN SPORTS RETAIL GROUP, S.L.
("ISRG") APPROVED BY JD SPORTS FASHION PLC ("JD") SHAREHOLDERS
Results of JD General Meeting
At the JD General Meeting held earlier today for JD's
shareholders ("JD Shareholders") to consider the proposed
acquisition by JD of 49.98 per cent. of shares in ISRG from Balaiko
Firaja Invest, S.L. and Sonae Holdings, S.A. for cash consideration
of EUR500.1 million (the "Transaction"), the JD Shareholders
approved the Transaction. The Transaction is expected to close
tomorrow, 10 October 2023.
Resolution
The full text of the resolution can be found in the Notice of
General Meeting, contained in the circular published by JD on 22
September 2023 in connection with the Transaction (the "Circular").
This is available on JD's website at www.jdplc.com . The full poll
voting results can also be found on JD's website at www.jdplc.com
.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, the full text of the
resolution passed at the JD General Meeting will also be submitted
to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available in due
course for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .
Voting results of the JD General Meeting
The table below sets out the results of the poll at the JD
General Meeting held today. Each JD Shareholder, present in person
or by proxy, was entitled to one vote per JD share held at the
Voting Record Time.
FOR* AGAINST TOTAL I.S.C. WITHHELD**
Number % of Number % of Number of % Number of
of Votes Votes of Votes Votes Votes Votes
-------------- -------- ---------- ------- -------------- -------- -----------
Ordinary
resolution
Authority
to approve
and implement
the Transaction 4,517,235,992 100.00% 37,449 0.00% 4,517,273,441 87.15 2,181,345
-------------- -------- ---------- ------- -------------- -------- -----------
* Includes discretionary votes.
** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in
the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" the
resolutions.
The number of JD shares in issue at the Voting Record Time of
6.30 p.m. (London time) on 5 October 2023 was 5,183,135,745 and JD
plc holds no ordinary shares in treasury. Therefore, the total
number of voting rights in JD at the Voting Record Time was
5,183,135,745.
Enquiries
JD Sports Fashion Plc Tel: 0161 767 1000
Régis Schultz, Chief Executive Officer
Dominic Platt, Chief Financial Officer
Theresa Casey, General Counsel & Company Secretary
Mark Blythman, Investor Relations Director
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defined in this announcement shall have the meaning given to them
in the Circular.
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