JD Sports is facing an investor backlash after handing its boss a £4.3m bonus despite benefiting from hundreds of millions of pounds in Covid support.
Executive chairman Peter Cowgill's total pay, including a reduced salary, reached nearly £5m last year.
The retailer received £86.1m through the furlough scheme and an estimated £38m in business rates relief.
JD Sports was also granted a £300m loan through the Bank of England's Covid Corporate Financing Facility Scheme which was set up to help larger firms through the pandemic.
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