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

No

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

Yes

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:

March 31, 2011

6. Date on which issuer notified:

April 4, 2011

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

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

6,505,997

6,505,997

6,505,997

4.97%

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

Warrants

See Box 13 below

21/02/14

24/02/11-21/02/14

1,177,137

Nominal

Delta

0.90%

N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

7,683,134

5.87%

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:

The exercise price of the warrants is the lower of: (i) 50 pence per ordinary share; (ii) the then current market price (as determined in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Instrument); and (iii) an adjusted price (as determined in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Instrument, which will be lower than the price in (i) if the Company has issued further ordinary shares and the then current market price is also above the price in (i)); and (iv) the price offered per ordinary share in any takeover offer which has become or been declared wholly unconditional, subject in each case to a minimum price of the nominal value of an ordinary share

14. Contact name:

Arian Colachis

15. Contact telephone number:

1-425-889-7900