02 May 2024
JD SPORTS FASHION PLC
DIRECTORATE CHANGE
JD Sports Fashion Plc ('JD' or 'Group') today announces that Mahbobeh Sabetnia, a non-executive director and member of the Remuneration Committee having served on the Board for nearly two and a half years, has decided not to stand for re-election at our Annual General Meeting on 27 June 2024, and will therefore step down from the Board at the conclusion of the meeting.
Mahbobeh has served as a member of the Remuneration Committee since 29 November 2021.
Andy Higginson, Chair, said: "Mahbobeh has made a valuable contribution to the Board and in her role as a member of the Remuneration Committee. On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank her for her time and wish her every success for the future."
The Board is commencing a process to identify and appoint an additional independent non-executive director shortly and will provide an update in due course.
This notification is made in accordance with LR 9.6.11.
Enquiries
JD Sports Fashion Plc Tel: 0161 767 1000
Régis Schultz, Chief Executive Officer
Dominic Platt, Chief Financial Officer
Mark Blythman, Director of Investor Relations
Advisors
Bank of America - Antonia Rowan Tel: 0207 628 1000
Peel Hunt LLP - Dan Webster Tel: 0207 418 8869
FGS Global - Rollo Head, Jenny Davey, James Thompson Tel: 0207 251 3801
About JD Sports Fashion Plc
Founded in 1981, the JD Group ('JD') is a leading global omnichannel retailer of Sports Fashion brands. JD provides customers with the latest athleisure fashion through working with established and new brands to deliver products that our customers most want, across both footwear and apparel. The vision of JD is to inspire the emerging generation of consumers through a connection to the universal culture of sport, music and fashion. JD focuses on four strategic pillars: JD brand first, first priority, first in the world; leveraging complementary concepts to support JD Group global expansion; moving beyond physical retail by building the right infrastructure and creating a lifestyle ecosystem of relevant products and services; and doing the best for its people, partners and communities. JD is a constituent of the FTSE 100 index and had 3,313 stores worldwide at 2 March 2024.
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