JD Sports Fashion Plc (the "Company")
Notification and Public Disclosure of a Transaction by a Director/Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
The Company announces that on 21 November 2024, Andrew Higginson (Chair) and Andrew Long (Non-Executive Director) have each purchased ordinary shares of 0.05 pence each in the Company as follows:
| Name | Shares purchased | Average price (pence) | Resulting total interest in Shares | % of issued share capital |
| Andrew Higginson | 74,501 | 0.958 | 608,321 | 0.00% |
| Andrew Long | 31,064 | 0.960498 | 94,337 | 0.00% |
The Company further announces that on 21 November 2024, the spouse of Andrew Higginson (Chair), purchased a total of 29,687 ordinary shares of 0.05 pence each in the Company at an average price of 0.958 pence per ordinary share as set out below.
Following this acquisition, Andrew Higginson and Persons Closely Associated with him have a total interest in 608,321 shares, representing 0.00% of the issued share capital of the Company.
The Notification of Dealing Forms set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.
Notification of Dealing Forms
| 1. | Details of the PDMR / person closely associated | |||||||
| a) | Name | Andrew Higginson | ||||||
| 2. | Reason for the notification | |||||||
| a) | Position / status | Chair/PDMR | ||||||
| b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | ||||||
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
| a) | Name | JD Sports Fashion Plc | ||||||
| b) | LEI Code | 213800HROV6Y9MUU8375 | ||||||
| 4. | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary shares in JD Sports Fashion Plc of 0.05 pence each
GB00BM8Q5M07 | ||||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition of Shares
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| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information |
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| e) | Date of the transaction | 21 November 2024 | ||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange XLON | ||||||
| 1. | Details of the PDMR / person closely associated | |||||||
| a) | Name | Andrew Long | ||||||
| 2. | Reason for the notification | |||||||
| a) | Position / status | Non-Executive Director/PDMR | ||||||
| b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | ||||||
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
| a) | Name | JD Sports Fashion Plc | ||||||
| b) | LEI Code | 213800HROV6Y9MUU8375 | ||||||
| 4. | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary shares in JD Sports Fashion Plc of 0.05 pence each
GB00BM8Q5M07 | ||||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition of Shares
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| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information |
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| e) | Date of the transaction | 21 November 2024 | ||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange XLON | ||||||
| 1. | Details of the PDMR / person closely associated | |||||||
| a) | Name | Angela Higginson | ||||||
| 2. | Reason for the notification | |||||||
| a) | Position / status | PCA of Andrew Higginson Chair/PDMR | ||||||
| b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | ||||||
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
| a) | Name | JD Sports Fashion Plc | ||||||
| b) | LEI Code | 213800HROV6Y9MUU8375 | ||||||
| 4. | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary shares in JD Sports Fashion Plc of 0.05 pence each
GB00BM8Q5M07 | ||||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition of Shares
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| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information |
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| e) | Date of the transaction | 21 November 2024 | ||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange XLON | ||||||
Enquiries:
JD Sports Fashion Plc Tel: 0161 767 1000
Regis Schultz, Chief Executive Officer
Mark Blythman, Investor Relations Director
Theresa Casey, General Counsel & Company Secretary
FGS Global Tel: 0207 251 3801
Rollo Head
Jenny Davey
James Thompson
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