Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2818W

Sports Direct International Plc

08 February 2017

Released: 8 February 2017

Sports Direct International Plc

8 February 2017

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

SHARE BUYBACK

Transaction in Own Shares

Sports Direct announces that on 7 February 2017 it purchased 2,796 of its ordinary shares from Citigroup Global Markets Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at a price of 299.8 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 58,322,864 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 582,279,505.

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

Aggregated information:

Platform code	XLON
Date of purchase:	07 February 2017
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	2,632
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	299.83


Platform code	CHIX
Date of purchase:	07 February 2017
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	164
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	299.84

Transaction details:

Transaction date	Transaction time	Volume	Price (p)	Platform code
07/02/2017	08:00:27:060	9	300	XLON
07/02/2017	08:04:30:330	324	299.9	XLON
07/02/2017	09:39:34:441	289	299.8	XLON
07/02/2017	08:04:30:337	195	299.9	XLON
07/02/2017	08:04:30:338	455	299.5	XLON
07/02/2017	09:39:33:327	936	300	XLON
07/02/2017	08:04:30:342	41	299.8	XLON
07/02/2017	08:04:30:356	317	299.7	XLON
07/02/2017	08:00:27:056	45	300	XLON
07/02/2017	08:00:27:058	21	300	XLON
07/02/2017	08:04:30:333	65	299.9	CHIX
07/02/2017	09:39:34:439	96	299.8	CHIX
07/02/2017	09:39:33:323	3	300	CHIX