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JD Sports FashionAnnouncement

02/05/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 9153M  JD Sports Fashion PLC  02 May 2024

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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