Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

JJB SPORTS

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

 Yes

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

 No

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

 No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

 No

Other (please specify):

 No

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Harris Associates L.P.

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

JPMorgan Chase

Northern Trust Company

State Street Bank

Unknown

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

11 June 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

12 June 2012

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

20%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Numberof Shares

Numberof VotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

 GB00B646JG43

73,118,445

56,098,960

117,483,691

84,416,833

 20.80%

 Common stock

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/ConversionPeriod

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exerciseprice

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversionperiod

Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 84,416,833

20.80%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

JPMorgan Chase - 4,770,692 Common Stock shares

Northern Trust Company - 6,504,479 Common Stock shares

State Street Bank - 70,261,962 Common Stock shares

Unknown - 2,879,700 Common Stock shares

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

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

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

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

 Sarah E. Grimm

15. Contact telephone number:

 312-621-0628