Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9974M

Sports Direct International Plc

20 October 2016

 

Released: 20 October 2016

Sports Direct International Plc

20 October 2016

SPORTS DIRECT INTERNATIONAL PLC ("Sports Direct" or "the Company")

SHARE BUYBACK

Transaction in Own Shares

Sports Direct announces that on 19 October 2016 it purchased 116,931 of its ordinary shares from Citigroup Global Markets Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at a price of 279.1 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 46,580,033 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 594,022,336.

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Sports Direct International plc

Matt Pearson, Acting Chief Financial Officer

T. 0344 245 9200

E. [e-mail]

KBA PR                                   

Keith Bishop

T. 0207 734 9995

E. [e-mail]

 

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