REVOLT AT JD SPORTS

JD Sports chief Peter Cowgill faced shareholder mutiny over his £2.3m pay package.

Almost 15pc of investors voted against a pay report yesterday at the company’s annual general meeting.

They had been urged to rebel by influential advisor the Pensions and Investment Research Consultants. It comes after a revolt last year when one in five shareholders voted against Cowgill’s 10pc rise in salary.

The executive chairman’s pay this year had fallen 17pc from £2.8m, but he still trousered a £767,000 salary, £2,000 in benefits, a £1.5m bonus and £488,000 in performance pay.