Frasers Group PLC - Major Shareholding Notification 2017

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RNS Number : 2620Z

Sports Direct International Plc

13 March 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			ü
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii	FIL Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv	See Section 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	8 March 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:	10 March 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	5%


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
Indirect		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct
GB00B1QH8P22	28,339,965			28,339,965			28,339,965


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date xiii		Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv


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 date xvii		Exercise/ Conversion period xviii
Contract for Difference
0.04%			0.04%

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
28,568,416

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi


Controlled Undertaking	Percentage Holding
FIL GESTION	0.59
FIL INVESTMENT ADVISORS (UK) LIMITED	0.10
FIL INVESTMENTS INTERNATIONAL	3.99
FIL LIMITED	0.00
FIL PENSION MANAGEMENT	0.32
Grand Total	5.00

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire/ cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire/ cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

N/A

14. Contact name:

Sally-Ann Hatton

15. Contact telephone number:

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