Form 8.3 - JJB Sports plc

FORM 8.3

                                                                               

           PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY            

    A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE     

                  Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")                   

                                                                               

1.         KEY INFORMATION

 

(a) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings   Invesco Limited / Crystal
are being disclosed:                                  Amber Fund Limited       
                                                      (Concert Party)          
                                                                               
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short                                 
positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):                                   
                                                                               
     The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is                             
insufficient                                                                   
                                                                               
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose      JJB Sports plc           
relevant securities this form relates:                                         
                                                                               
     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree                              
                                                                               
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an                                
offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of                            
offeror/offeree:                                                               
                                                                               
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:            21 February 2011         
                                                                               
(f)  Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are   YES                      
they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of                            
any other party to this offer?                                                 
                                                                               

 

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the
offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if
any)

 

Class of relevant security:                          Ordinary 1p Shares        
                                                                               
                                                        GB0004685235           
                                                                               
                                                 Interests            Short    
                                                                    positions  
                                                                               
                                               Number       %      Number     %
                                                                               
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or         43,040,876   33.30                
controlled:                                                                    
                                                                               
(2) Derivatives (other than options):                                          
                                                                               
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/                                        
sell:                                                                          
                                                                               
                                             43,040,876   33.30                
                                                 *                             
     TOTAL:                                                                    
                                                                               

 

* This is a post consolidation figure further to the receipt of the Placing
stock

 

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

 

Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase
or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open
Positions).

 

Class of relevant security:                         Deferred  49p Shares       
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                 Interests            Short    
                                                                    positions  
                                                                               
                                               Number       %      Number     %
                                                                               
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or         10,270,000   15.78                
controlled:                                                                    
                                                                               
(2) Derivatives (other than options):                                          
                                                                               
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/                                        
sell:                                                                          
                                                                               
                                             10,270,000   15.78                
                                                                               
     TOTAL:                                                                    
                                                                               

 

 

 

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and
other executive options)

 

Class of relevant security in relation to which          Ordinary 1p Shares    
subscription right exists:                                                     
                                                         GB0004685235          
                                                                               
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and    Warrant Entitlement   
relevant percentages:                                    12,634,611            
                                                                               

 

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one
class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy
table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant
security.

 

3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

(a)        Purchases and sales

 

    Class of relevant       Purchase/sale        Number of          Price per  
        security                                securities            unit     
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               

 

(b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options)

 

Class of      Product            Nature of dealing           Number of    Price
relevant    description                                      reference     per 
security                   e.g. opening/closing a long/     securities    unit 
             e.g. CFD       short position, increasing/                        
                          reducing a long/short position                       
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               

 

(c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities

 

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

Class of     Product      Writing,     Number of    Exercise     Type      Expiry    Option 
relevant   description   purchasing,   securities    price                  date     money  
security    e.g. call     selling,      to which    per unit     e.g.                paid/  
             option        varying       option                American,            received
                            etc.        relates                European             per unit
                                                                 etc.                       
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
                                                                                            

 

(ii)        Exercising

 

  Class of relevant         Product          Number of       Exercise price per
      security            description        securities             unit       
                                                                               
                           e.g. call                                           
                            option                                             
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               

 

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

  Class of             Nature of dealing            Details     Price per unit 
  relevant                                                      (if applicable)
  security       e.g. subscription, conversion                                 
                                                                               
Ordinary 1p     Subscription to Placing and Open   32,770,876   0.5 GBP        
Shares          Offer, and Introduction Fee                                    
                Shares                                                         
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
Deferred 49p    Consolidation                      10,270,000                  
Shares                                                                         
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               

 

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of
the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

 

4.         OTHER INFORMATION

 

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

 

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or            
understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be
an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making
the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with 
a party to the offer:                                                          
                                                                               
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"  
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
none                                                                           
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               

 

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or
derivatives

 

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal,    
between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:     
                                                                               
(i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or         
                                                                               
(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant       
securities to which any derivative is referenced:                              
                                                                               
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"  
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
none                                                                           
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               

 

(c)        Attachments

 

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?                         NO 
                                                                               

 

 

Date of disclosure:               22 February 2011                             
                                                                               
Contact name:                     Sam Edwards (Invesco)                        
                                                                               
                                  Kevin Smith (Crystal Amber)                  
                                                                               
Telephone number:                 01491 416381 (Invesco)                       
                                                                               
                                  01481 737495 (Crystal Amber)                 
                                                                               

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at 
[e-mail] .  The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is
available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure
requirements on [phone].

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk .