Trading Statement

Sports Direct International Plc
21 January 2008


21st January 2008

 

                        SPORTS DIRECT INTERNATIONAL PLC                         

                               TRADING STATEMENT                                

 
Sports Direct International plc ("the Company") announces the result of trading
for the 11 weeks from 29th October to 13th January 2008.


Group sales for this period were £280m, and the corresponding group gross profit
was £126m.


The Company announced at its Interim Results on 19th December 2007 that despite
the worsening trading conditions in UK retail generally, it remained confident
of exceeding the underlying EBITDA (pre foreign exchange and exceptional items)
market expectations for the full year 2007/08, which stood at £137.7m at the
time of the results. This view remains unchanged.


Commenting on the result of trading in this period, Dave Forsey, Chief
Executive, said:


"We expect the retail trading environment in the UK to become increasingly
difficult over the next six months. However the resilience of our business gives
us the confidence to repeat the guidance on full year performance that we gave
on 19th December 2007."


The Company will release an Interim Management Statement for the 13 weeks from
29th October 2007 to 27th January 2008 on 9th March 2008.


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Enquiries:

 
Sports Direct International plc                                        
Dave Forsey, Chief Executive               Tel: [phone]                 
Bob Mellors, Group Finance Director                                    
                                                                       

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