JD SPORTS FASHION PLC

Completion of First Tranche of £200m share buyback programme

JD Sports Fashion plc ('the Company') announces that it has successfully completed the first £100m tranche (the 'First Tranche') of the £200m share buyback programme (the 'Programme') which was notified to the market on 23 February 2026.

As a result of the First Tranche completing, the Company acquired 136,794,500 ordinary shares at an average price of 73.0904 pence per share for total consideration of £99,983,618.97.

Following completion of the First Tranche on 29 May 2026, the Company holds 79,897,460 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 4,889,437,068 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares), which corresponds to the total number of voting rights.

The above figure of 4,809,539,608 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Further details on the second £100m tranche of the share buyback programme will be announced in due course.

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