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Frasers Group PLC AGM Information 2011

Sep 7, 2011

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AGM Information

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SPORTS DIRECT INTERNATIONAL PLC

VOTING RESULTS OF 2011 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND GENERAL MEETING

Annual General Meeting

Sports Direct International Plc announces that all items of business were duly passed on a show of hands at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on Wednesday 7 September 2011.

Proxy votes were as follows:

Resolution For Against Withheld
1. To receive and consider the Reports of the Directors
and the Auditors for the financial year ended 24 April
2011
530,089,556 139,507 0
2. Approval of the Directors Remuneration Report 475,596,204 53,895,376 737,483
3. Re-election of Keith Hellawell as a director 514,380,599 15,846,958 1,506
4. Re-election of Mike Ashley as a director 529,574,891 654,172 0
5. Re-election of Simon Bentley as a director 513,294,177 15,829,880 1,099,006
6. Re-election of Dave Forsey as a director 529,570,229 658,834 0
7. Re-election of Bob Mellors as a director 529,574391 653,928 744
8. Re-election of Dave Singleton as a director 514,405,439 15,823,624 0
9. Election of Claire Jenkins as a director 499,958,087 26,560,383 3,710,673
10.Election of Charles McCreevy as a director 529,945,962 281,839 1,262
11.Re-appointment of Grant Thornton UK LLP as
auditors
528,224,180 905,577 1,099,306
12.That the directors be authorised to determine of the
auditors remuneration
529,890,705 338,058 300
13. To authorise the Directors to allot shares in the
Company pursuant to section 551 of the Companies
Act 2006
527,799,920 2,429,143 0
14.To authorise the Directors to allot shares in the
Company pursuant to section 551 of the Companies
Act 2006
527,729,963 2,499,100 0
15.To disapply pre-emption rights and grant authority to
the directors to allot relevant securities.
530,208,057 20,000 1,006
16.To approve the purchase of ordinary shares
pursuant to section 701 of the Companies Act 2006.
530,228,063 1,000 0
17.Approval of amendments to the Sports Direct Bonus
Share Scheme 2011
434,439,550 92,148,278 3,641,235
18. Approval of amendments to the Sports Direct
Executive Bonus Share Scheme 2011
434,167,309 94,159,377 1,902,377
19.That a general meeting may be called on not less
than 14 clear days notice
525,936,271 4,291,530 1,262
20.Authorsiation of political donations 529,859,938 364,311 4,814

General Meeting

At the General meeting held following the AGM, the resolution to approve the acquisition of 32 freehold and long leasehold properties from Mr Michael Ashley was passed on a show of hands. Proxy votes were as follows:

Resolution For Against Withheld
1. Approve the acquisition of freehold and
long leasehold properties from Mr Michael
Ashley
70,543,462 47,052,767 3,400

The number of shares in respect of which proxies were received at the AGM was approximately 512.3m and for the General Meeting was 116.4m. The number of shares currently in issue is 576,602,369

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R copies of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting and have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

A copy of the poll results for the Annual General Meeting and the full text of each of the resolutions are set out in the notice of Annual General Meeting, copies of which are available on the Sports Direct International plc website (www.sports-direct-international.com)

Further information Rebecca Tylee-Birdsall Company Secretary Tel: 0870 838 7309