Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 4842Q

Sports Direct International Plc

30 November 2016

 

Released: 30 November 2016

Sports Direct International Plc

30 November 2016

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

SHARE BUYBACK

Transaction in Own Shares

Sports Direct announces that on 29 November 2016 it purchased 1,937 of its ordinary shares from Citigroup Global Markets Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at a price of 297.3 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 47,477,868 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 593,124,501.

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:

Date of purchase:	29 November 2016
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	1,937
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	297.3

Transaction details:

Issuer name:	Sports Direct International Plc
ISIN:	GB00B1QH8P22
Intermediary name:	Citigroup Global Markets Limited
Intermediary Code:	SBILGB2LXXX
Timezone:	UTC
Currency:	GBP
Transaction date	Transaction time	Volume	Price (p)	Platform code
29/11/2016	08:00:02:020	3	295	XLON
29/11/2016	08:12:23:909	50	298.5	XLON
29/11/2016	08:12:23:911	284	298.5	XLON
29/11/2016	08:13:00:444	224	294.1	XLON
29/11/2016	08:13:00:447	213	294.1	XLON
29/11/2016	08:15:44:031	495	298.3	XLON
29/11/2016	08:19:58:464	334	298	XLON
29/11/2016	08:23:14:258	334	298	XLON

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Sports Direct International plc

Matt Pearson, Acting Chief Financial Officer

T. 0344 245 9200

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KBA PR                                   

Keith Bishop

T. 0207 734 9995

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