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JD Sports agrees £38m sale of Footasylum after UK watchdog ruling

Deal with German asset management firm Aurelius Group follows CMA concerns

The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2022

JD Sports sells Footasylum to German group for almost £40m

JD Sports first agreed to buy Footasylum in March 2019 for £90m

Birmingham Post · Aug 1, 2022

JD Sports 'in exclusive talks' to sell Footasylum to private equity group

JD Sports had originally agreed to buy Footasylum in a £90m deal in March 2019

Birmingham Post · Jul 20, 2022

JD’s trainer king, Peter Cowgill, loses his crown – leaving big shoes to fill

A string of missteps saw the chief executive leave the company he built into a global brand. But one rival may be celebrating …

The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2022

JD Sports boss Peter Cowgill quits as executive chairman with immediate effect

A former CFO of ASOS will become interim non-executive chair

Birmingham Post · May 25, 2022

JD Sports boss Peter Cowgill quits with immediate effect

Outspoken leader thought to have resisted board’s attempts to split the roles of chair and chief executive

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2022

JD Sports boss quits after £4.3 million CMA fine

The Executive Chairman of JD Sports has quit the company after it was fined £4.3 million by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

Evening Standard · May 25, 2022

JD Sports profits rise to at least £900m as full-year results delayed

The retail giant was recently fined by the CMA

Birmingham Post · Feb 17, 2022

JD Sports and Footasylum fined almost £5 million over ‘black hole’ car park meeting

JD Sports denies deliberately deleting phone records relating to the meeting

Evening Standard · Feb 14, 2022

JD Sports and Footasylum fined almost £5m for breaching CMA order

Breach included sharing of commercially sensitive information concerning blocked merger

The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2022