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 PLC

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

 Yes

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

 No

Other (please specify):

 No

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

William H. Gates III

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

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust

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

April 27, 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

April 30, 2012

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

Below 5%

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

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB00B646JG43

14,622,722

14,622,722

 20,227,893

 4.98%

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

 See Box 13 below

0

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 20,227,893

4.98%

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

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

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:

 On April 27, 2012, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust exercised warrants to subscribe for 1,177,137 shares and subscribed to an additional 4,422,863 shares, as part of a capital raising by JJB Sports plc that caused Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust's overall holding of voting rights to fall from 5.87% to 4.98%.

14. Contact name:

Arian Colachis

15. Contact telephone number:

1-425-889-7900