Result of Meeting and Completion of transactions

RNS Number : 2297M

JD Sports Fashion Plc

13 September 2012

 



13 September 2012

JD Sports Fashion Plc

Result of General Meeting and completion of Transactions

Further to the announcement made on 23 August 2012, the Board of JD Sports Fashion Plc is pleased to announce that the Resolutions to approve the disposal of Canterbury and the acquisition of the ONETrueSaxon Brand (as detailed in the circular to Shareholders dated 23 August 2012) were duly passed at the General Meeting held at 2.00 p.m. today, and that both of the Transactions have now been completed.

A copy of the Resolutions has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

The following is a summary of the Forms of Proxy appointing the Chairman of the General Meeting as proxy:

No.	Resolution	Votes for*	Votes against	Votes withheld**
1	To approve the disposal of Canterbury	11,634,031	5,893,256	57,233
2	To approve the acquisition of ONETrueSaxon	11,634,031	5,893,256	57,233

*           Includes those votes giving the Chairman discretion

**          A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution

Total issued ordinary share capital as at 11 September 2012: 48,661,658.

Number of shares eligible to vote represented by proxy: 17,584,520 (84.96%).

Enquiries:

JD Sports Fashion Plc	Tel: [phone]
Peter Cowgill, Executive Chairman
Barry Bown, Group Chief Executive
Brian Small, Group Finance Director
MHP Communications	Tel: [phone]
Andrew Jaques
Barnaby Fry
Ian Payne
Investec Bank plc	Tel: [phone]
David Currie
David Flin

Capitalised terms used, but not defined, in this announcement have the same meanings as given to them in the circular referred to above.

Investec, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for JD Sports Fashion Plc and no one else in connection with the Transactions and this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than JD Sports Fashion Plc for providing the protections afforded to clients of Investec nor for providing advice in connection with the Transactions or this announcement or any matter referred to herein.

 

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