The U.K.’s biggest sportswear retailer JD Sports is to buy Alabama-based athletic fashion retailer Hibbett Inc. for about $1.08 billion, the companies said.

Hibbett (NASDAQ:HIBB) confirmed on Monday that shareholders approved the merger transaction with JD Sports Fashion (OTCPK:JDSPY). The U.K. sportswear retailer proposed to buy all outstanding ...

British sportswear and sneaker retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc agreed to buy Hibbett Inc. for about $1.1 billion to speed up its US expansion.

JD Sports Fashion on Tuesday said it had struck an agreement to buy Alabama headquartered sportswear seller Hibbett for $1.1 billion in a deal aimed at further boosting the British retailer’s ...

Dive Brief: U.K.-based JD Sports plans to buy U.S.-based athletic retailer Hibbett Inc. for $1.1 billion, the companies said in a Tuesday announcement. JD Sports will acquire all of Hibbett’s ...

JD Sports said Tuesday it plans to acquire 100 percent of Hibbett, which is quoted on the Nasdaq, for a price of $87.50 per share, in cash, implying an enterprise value of $1.11 billion.

JD Sports will pay $87.50 per Hibbett share in cash, representing a premium of about 20% to the U.S. firm's last closing price. Hibbett's shares were up nearly 19% at $86.17 in U.S. noon trading.

JD Sports plans to buy US retailer Hibbett in a $1.09 billion (£899million) deal aimed at expanding its reach across North America. The sporting goods giant, ...

JD Sports announced to buy Hibbett at a valuation of $87.50 per share, ... and no plans to initiate any such positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, ...

JD Sports will pay $87.50 per Hibbett share in cash, representing a premium of about 20% to the U.S. firm's last closing price. Hibbett's shares were up nearly 19% at $86.17 in U.S. noon trading.

Hibbett (HIBB) approved a merger with JD Sports Fashion, with shareholders agreeing to a $87.50 per share deal, a 21% premium to the closing price.