Frasers Group PLC - Major Shareholding Notification 2017

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RNS Number : 6053J

Sports Direct International Plc

29 June 2017



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii		Sports Direct International plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			x
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii	MASH Holdings Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	27 June 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:	28 June 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	From 60% to 61% (total direct and indirect)


8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction					Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares			Number of Voting Rights		Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of voting rights x
Direct		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct			Indirect
Ordinary Shares of 10p each GB00B1QH8P22	330,000,000			330,000,000		26,492,540		26,492,540		303,507,460	4.90%			56.18%


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date xiii			Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv				Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.				% of voting rights


C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price		Expiration dates xvii			Exercise/ Conversion period xviii			Number of voting rights instrument refers to			% of voting rights xix, xx
															Delta


Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights							Percentage of voting rights
330,000,000							61.09%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
MASH Holdings Limited holds an interest in 26,492,540 ordinary shares of the issuer (representing 4.90% of the voting rights of the issuer). MASH Beta Limited, a controlled undertaking of MASH Holdings Limited, holds an interest in 303,507,460 ordinary shares of the issuer (representing 56.18% of the voting rights of the issuer). In aggregate, MASH Holdings Limited and MASH Beta Limited hold interests in 330,000,000 ordinary shares of the issuer (representing 61.09% of the voting rights of the issuer). MASH Holdings Limited is wholly owned by Mike Ashley.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A

13. Additional information:	N/A
14. Contact name:	Justin Barnes
15. Contact telephone number:	01737 231 340

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