Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5856F

Sports Direct International Plc

22 February 2018

Date: 22 February 2018

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

SHARE BUYBACK

Transaction in Own Shares

Sports Direct announces that on 21 February 2018 it purchased 101,305 of its ordinary shares from Liberum Capital Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at a price of 373.51 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 98,630,226 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 541,972,143.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), detailed information about the individual purchases made is set out below.

Aggregated information:

Platform code	BATE
Date of purchase:	21-Feb-18
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	6,116
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	373.53

Platform code	XLON
Date of purchase:	21-Feb-18
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	60,451
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	373.51

Platform code	CHIX
Date of purchase:	21-Feb-18
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	26,059
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	373.63

Platform code	TRQX
Date of purchase:	21-Feb-18
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	8,679
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	373.23

Transaction details:

Transaction Date	Transaction Time	Volume	Price (p)	Platform code
21/02/2018	08:20:50.572	554	374.6	XLON
21/02/2018	08:20:50.574	665	374.3	CHIX
21/02/2018	08:20:50.575	671	373.7	BATE
21/02/2018	08:34:53.193	554	374.6	XLON
21/02/2018	08:48:15.938	636	374.6	TRQX
21/02/2018	08:48:15.938	481	374.6	XLON
21/02/2018	08:49:56.132	245	373.9	XLON
21/02/2018	08:49:56.132	246	373.9	XLON
21/02/2018	08:54:15.945	570	373.9	XLON
21/02/2018	08:54:15.945	595	373.8	CHIX
21/02/2018	08:54:15.945	599	373.7	BATE
21/02/2018	08:58:18.439	518	372.2	XLON
21/02/2018	08:58:18.439	531	372.2	XLON
21/02/2018	08:58:18.440	365	372.2	CHIX
21/02/2018	08:58:18.440	384	372.2	CHIX
21/02/2018	09:04:27.851	680	371.4	TRQX
21/02/2018	09:15:01.801	595	372.8	XLON
21/02/2018	09:15:01.801	357	372.7	CHIX
21/02/2018	09:15:01.801	313	372.7	CHIX
21/02/2018	09:15:01.802	640	372.7	TRQX
21/02/2018	09:16:26.014	484	372.8	XLON
21/02/2018	09:17:48.610	400	372.4	XLON
21/02/2018	09:17:48.610	84	372.4	XLON
21/02/2018	09:17:48.610	544	372.4	XLON
21/02/2018	09:17:48.612	623	372.2	CHIX
21/02/2018	09:21:42.559	519	371.7	XLON
21/02/2018	09:22:59.346	583	371.7	XLON
21/02/2018	09:37:00.709	667	374	CHIX
21/02/2018	09:37:00.709	514	373.9	XLON
21/02/2018	09:37:00.709	526	373.9	XLON
21/02/2018	09:37:00.710	601	373.7	TRQX
21/02/2018	09:46:05.740	525	373.9	XLON
21/02/2018	09:46:05.740	400	373.9	XLON
21/02/2018	09:46:05.742	480	373.9	CHIX
21/02/2018	09:46:05.742	192	373.9	XLON
21/02/2018	09:46:05.742	120	373.9	CHIX
21/02/2018	09:49:18.627	569	373.6	BATE
21/02/2018	09:49:18.629	726	373.6	XLON
21/02/2018	09:49:18.629	169	373.5	CHIX
21/02/2018	09:49:18.629	471	373.5	CHIX
21/02/2018	09:50:22.769	498	372.6	CHIX
21/02/2018	09:50:22.770	115	372.6	CHIX
21/02/2018	09:57:01.767	616	373.4	XLON
21/02/2018	09:58:24.089	507	373.1	XLON
21/02/2018	09:58:24.089	521	373.1	XLON
21/02/2018	10:28:47.788	296	373.8	XLON
21/02/2018	10:28:47.788	582	373.8	XLON
21/02/2018	10:28:47.788	194	373.8	XLON
21/02/2018	10:29:08.702	591	373.7	CHIX
21/02/2018	10:43:38.030	643	373.4	CHIX
21/02/2018	10:43:38.031	588	373.4	TRQX
21/02/2018	10:43:38.031	45	373.3	XLON
21/02/2018	10:43:38.034	655	373.3	XLON
21/02/2018	10:48:38.208	491	373.6	XLON
21/02/2018	10:55:57.930	341	373.3	XLON
21/02/2018	10:55:57.930	258	373.3	XLON
21/02/2018	11:00:20.778	690	372.8	XLON
21/02/2018	11:09:31.721	400	372.8	XLON
21/02/2018	11:09:31.721	312	372.8	XLON
21/02/2018	11:17:46.719	545	372.8	XLON
21/02/2018	11:24:21.021	492	373.1	XLON
21/02/2018	11:24:21.023	1213	373.1	XLON
21/02/2018	11:28:01.304	593	372.8	CHIX
21/02/2018	11:46:19.212	164	372.6	XLON
21/02/2018	11:49:22.011	343	372.6	XLON
21/02/2018	11:49:22.011	590	372.6	XLON
21/02/2018	11:49:22.011	95	372.5	CHIX
21/02/2018	11:49:22.011	574	372.5	CHIX
21/02/2018	11:49:22.014	625	372.4	TRQX
21/02/2018	11:56:37.650	503	372.5	XLON
21/02/2018	11:56:37.650	516	372.5	XLON
21/02/2018	11:56:37.652	561	372.5	CHIX
21/02/2018	12:09:53.588	559	373.5	XLON
21/02/2018	12:12:45.950	572	373.4	CHIX
21/02/2018	12:12:45.950	54	373.4	CHIX
21/02/2018	12:15:23.589	107	373.4	XLON
21/02/2018	12:15:23.589	380	373.4	XLON
21/02/2018	12:15:23.589	356	373.4	XLON
21/02/2018	12:18:08.833	550	373.4	XLON
21/02/2018	12:18:08.834	340	373.2	TRQX
21/02/2018	12:18:08.834	271	373.2	TRQX
21/02/2018	12:26:50.462	589	373.1	XLON
21/02/2018	12:26:50.462	554	373.1	CHIX
21/02/2018	12:27:10.041	536	372.7	XLON
21/02/2018	12:30:33.516	616	371.4	TRQX
21/02/2018	12:35:31.676	547	371.5	XLON
21/02/2018	12:46:33.643	578	371.5	XLON
21/02/2018	12:47:02.960	171	370.9	BATE
21/02/2018	12:47:04.000	304	370.9	BATE
21/02/2018	12:49:05.355	139	370.9	BATE
21/02/2018	12:52:35.978	555	370.8	CHIX
21/02/2018	13:00:15.308	556	370.7	XLON
21/02/2018	13:09:53.589	564	372.2	XLON
21/02/2018	13:09:53.594	365	372.2	XLON
21/02/2018	13:19:10.823	502	372.7	XLON
21/02/2018	13:20:48.773	732	372.6	XLON
21/02/2018	13:20:48.784	2600	372.7	XLON
21/02/2018	13:20:48.784	205	372.7	XLON
21/02/2018	13:21:59.386	562	372.5	CHIX
21/02/2018	13:21:59.387	636	372.4	TRQX
21/02/2018	13:22:09.476	141	372	BATE
21/02/2018	13:22:34.664	451	372	BATE
21/02/2018	13:26:14.116	647	372	CHIX
21/02/2018	13:26:14.116	505	372	XLON
21/02/2018	13:26:14.116	556	372	XLON
21/02/2018	13:33:50.094	103	372.7	XLON
21/02/2018	13:33:50.094	395	372.7	XLON
21/02/2018	13:43:13.690	596	372.4	XLON
21/02/2018	13:46:03.588	200	372.5	XLON
21/02/2018	13:46:03.588	492	372.5	XLON
21/02/2018	13:55:58.687	248	372.6	XLON
21/02/2018	13:55:58.687	2200	372.5	XLON
21/02/2018	13:55:58.687	652	372.4	CHIX
21/02/2018	13:55:58.687	628	372.4	CHIX
21/02/2018	13:59:52.863	588	372.3	XLON
21/02/2018	13:59:52.864	500	372.5	CHIX
21/02/2018	13:59:52.864	49	372.5	CHIX
21/02/2018	14:11:44.960	531	372.7	XLON
21/02/2018	14:11:44.960	57	372.7	XLON
21/02/2018	14:11:45.054	643	372.7	CHIX
21/02/2018	14:11:45.054	513	372.6	XLON
21/02/2018	14:17:25.067	284	372.7	XLON
21/02/2018	14:19:54.575	414	372.7	CHIX
21/02/2018	14:19:54.576	207	372.7	XLON
21/02/2018	14:19:54.576	219	372.7	XLON
21/02/2018	14:30:36.843	492	373.1	XLON
21/02/2018	14:30:36.843	674	373	CHIX
21/02/2018	14:30:36.844	582	373	TRQX
21/02/2018	14:39:30.917	349	373.1	XLON
21/02/2018	14:39:30.917	314	373.1	XLON
21/02/2018	14:53:53.261	506	374.1	XLON
21/02/2018	14:53:53.261	817	374.1	XLON
21/02/2018	14:53:53.261	415	374.1	XLON
21/02/2018	14:53:53.261	493	374.1	XLON
21/02/2018	14:53:53.261	243	374.1	XLON
21/02/2018	14:53:53.261	20	374	XLON
21/02/2018	15:01:27.836	555	374.4	XLON
21/02/2018	15:01:27.837	200	374.3	CHIX
21/02/2018	15:01:27.837	414	374.3	CHIX
21/02/2018	15:01:27.837	593	374.3	CHIX
21/02/2018	15:01:28.159	325	374.2	BATE
21/02/2018	15:01:28.196	297	374.2	BATE
21/02/2018	15:01:28.196	250	374.2	BATE
21/02/2018	15:01:28.451	561	374.2	TRQX
21/02/2018	15:01:28.451	105	374.2	TRQX
21/02/2018	15:01:28.452	360	374.2	BATE
21/02/2018	15:03:47.033	203	374.1	XLON
21/02/2018	15:04:01.046	750	374.2	XLON
21/02/2018	15:06:03.589	706	374.5	XLON
21/02/2018	15:06:03.589	390	374.5	XLON
21/02/2018	15:07:50.784	606	374.4	CHIX
21/02/2018	15:07:50.784	564	374.4	CHIX
21/02/2018	15:13:03.665	106	374.7	XLON
21/02/2018	15:13:03.665	393	374.7	XLON
21/02/2018	15:23:03.589	20	374.8	XLON
21/02/2018	15:23:03.589	600	374.8	XLON
21/02/2018	15:23:03.589	327	374.8	XLON
21/02/2018	15:23:03.589	500	374.8	XLON
21/02/2018	15:23:03.589	107	374.8	XLON
21/02/2018	15:23:03.589	504	374.8	XLON
21/02/2018	15:23:03.589	360	374.8	XLON
21/02/2018	15:25:32.584	546	374.6	CHIX
21/02/2018	15:25:32.584	543	374.6	CHIX
21/02/2018	15:25:32.584	335	374.5	TRQX
21/02/2018	15:25:32.584	253	374.5	TRQX
21/02/2018	15:29:20.015	502	374.4	XLON
21/02/2018	15:31:28.240	605	374.2	CHIX
21/02/2018	15:31:28.256	410	374.1	TRQX
21/02/2018	15:31:28.256	196	374.1	TRQX
21/02/2018	15:38:13.695	514	374.4	XLON
21/02/2018	15:38:13.695	54	374.4	XLON
21/02/2018	15:38:13.695	462	374.4	XLON
21/02/2018	15:44:03.589	1000	374.7	XLON
21/02/2018	15:44:25.893	676	374.5	CHIX
21/02/2018	15:44:25.894	55	374.5	TRQX
21/02/2018	15:44:25.894	549	374.5	TRQX
21/02/2018	15:44:25.981	555	374.4	XLON
21/02/2018	15:51:39.137	503	374.2	XLON
21/02/2018	15:51:39.138	34	374.2	BATE
21/02/2018	15:52:23.724	581	374.2	BATE
21/02/2018	15:53:49.037	615	374.2	CHIX
21/02/2018	15:53:49.037	387	374.2	XLON
21/02/2018	15:53:49.037	146	374.2	XLON
21/02/2018	15:55:47.064	582	374.2	BATE
21/02/2018	16:04:03.589	957	374.4	XLON
21/02/2018	16:04:03.589	400	374.4	XLON
21/02/2018	16:04:08.216	555	374.3	XLON
21/02/2018	16:04:08.216	548	374.2	XLON
21/02/2018	16:07:45.827	650	374.3	XLON
21/02/2018	16:07:45.827	595	374.3	CHIX
21/02/2018	16:09:47.921	566	374.6	XLON
21/02/2018	16:09:59.124	326	374.5	CHIX
21/02/2018	16:09:59.125	221	374.5	CHIX
21/02/2018	16:09:59.125	642	374.5	BATE
21/02/2018	16:09:59.125	656	374.5	CHIX
21/02/2018	16:09:59.229	2067	374.6	XLON
21/02/2018	16:11:45.932	546	375	CHIX
21/02/2018	16:11:45.932	1026	375	CHIX
21/02/2018	16:14:03.589	548	375.3	XLON
21/02/2018	16:14:09.234	182	375.3	XLON
21/02/2018	16:14:09.234	2000	375.3	XLON
21/02/2018	16:14:43.817	634	375.3	CHIX
21/02/2018	16:17:03.535	600	375.8	CHIX
21/02/2018	16:17:15.547	45	375.8	CHIX
21/02/2018	16:17:15.547	665	375.8	CHIX
21/02/2018	16:17:15.554	1200	375.8	XLON