Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3634I

Sports Direct International Plc

21 March 2018

Date: 21 March 2018

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

SHARE BUYBACK

Transaction in Own Shares

Sports Direct announces that on 20 March 2018 it purchased 137,571 of its ordinary shares from Liberum Capital Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at a price of 375.164972 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 100,781,882 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 539,820,487.

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:	20-Mar-18
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	5649
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	374.9312622

Platform code	XLON
Date of purchase:	20-Mar-18
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	81102
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	375.2559937

Platform code	CHIX
Date of purchase:	20-Mar-18
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	42109
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	375.0199459

Platform code	TRQX
Date of purchase:	20-Mar-18
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	8711
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	375.1701412

Transaction details:

Transaction Date	Transaction Time	Volume	Price (p)	Platform code

20/03/2018	09:07:24.611	557	376.6	BATE
20/03/2018	09:14:19.424	525	376.4	BATE
20/03/2018	09:26:47.175	590	376.2	BATE
20/03/2018	10:25:42.388	527	375.9	BATE
20/03/2018	12:35:14.532	579	376.1	BATE
20/03/2018	14:22:22.333	499	375.5	BATE
20/03/2018	16:00:52.627	682	373.1	BATE
20/03/2018	16:00:52.627	597	373.1	BATE
20/03/2018	16:02:01.089	599	372.9	BATE
20/03/2018	16:24:15.821	494	374.2	BATE
20/03/2018	08:20:48.609	575	377.2	CHIX
20/03/2018	08:30:33.114	587	376.7	CHIX
20/03/2018	09:07:24.608	539	376.8	CHIX
20/03/2018	09:14:19.424	505	376.5	CHIX
20/03/2018	09:14:19.424	42	376.5	CHIX
20/03/2018	09:16:55.193	530	376.9	CHIX
20/03/2018	09:22:09.165	88	376.8	CHIX
20/03/2018	09:22:09.165	423	376.8	CHIX
20/03/2018	09:25:06.431	321	376.5	CHIX
20/03/2018	09:26:47.175	183	376.5	CHIX
20/03/2018	09:26:47.175	608	376.5	CHIX
20/03/2018	09:29:44.368	284	376.2	CHIX
20/03/2018	09:29:44.368	271	376.2	CHIX
20/03/2018	09:41:08.380	527	376.2	CHIX
20/03/2018	09:43:14.684	70	376.2	CHIX
20/03/2018	09:43:14.684	469	376.2	CHIX
20/03/2018	09:44:44.901	183	376.2	CHIX
20/03/2018	09:44:44.901	324	376.2	CHIX
20/03/2018	09:44:51.573	190	376.2	CHIX
20/03/2018	09:54:12.647	553	375.9	CHIX
20/03/2018	10:19:44.953	651	376.3	CHIX
20/03/2018	10:19:44.953	38	376.3	CHIX
20/03/2018	10:19:51.243	541	376.2	CHIX
20/03/2018	10:25:42.388	595	375.9	CHIX
20/03/2018	10:39:05.444	555	375	CHIX
20/03/2018	10:43:45.037	602	375.2	CHIX
20/03/2018	11:11:16.632	559	376.7	CHIX
20/03/2018	11:23:30.015	588	376.7	CHIX
20/03/2018	11:42:13.362	597	376.1	CHIX
20/03/2018	12:28:19.395	586	376.5	CHIX
20/03/2018	12:51:00.544	501	376.3	CHIX
20/03/2018	12:58:03.839	538	376.3	CHIX
20/03/2018	13:11:08.470	596	375.6	CHIX
20/03/2018	13:23:33.459	520	375.2	CHIX
20/03/2018	13:28:17.336	22	375.4	CHIX
20/03/2018	13:29:50.409	65	375.4	CHIX
20/03/2018	13:32:20.224	553	375.9	CHIX
20/03/2018	13:35:57.401	514	375.4	CHIX
20/03/2018	14:03:50.711	545	375.9	CHIX
20/03/2018	14:07:30.851	528	376	CHIX
20/03/2018	14:30:05.013	400	375.7	CHIX
20/03/2018	14:36:50.437	602	375.8	CHIX
20/03/2018	14:51:07.811	519	376	CHIX
20/03/2018	14:51:07.811	527	376	CHIX
20/03/2018	14:57:47.253	540	375.5	CHIX
20/03/2018	14:59:35.858	602	375.2	CHIX
20/03/2018	15:15:19.048	591	375.7	CHIX
20/03/2018	15:23:30.178	539	374.5	CHIX
20/03/2018	15:24:27.348	570	374.7	CHIX
20/03/2018	15:31:10.048	1250	374.6	CHIX
20/03/2018	15:31:10.048	479	374.6	CHIX
20/03/2018	15:38:10.713	948	374.8	CHIX
20/03/2018	15:38:10.713	365	374.8	CHIX
20/03/2018	15:40:51.575	570	374.4	CHIX
20/03/2018	15:42:54.510	599	374	CHIX
20/03/2018	15:45:40.711	772	373.8	CHIX
20/03/2018	15:50:51.136	559	373.8	CHIX
20/03/2018	15:51:56.069	601	373.5	CHIX
20/03/2018	15:51:56.069	574	373.5	CHIX
20/03/2018	15:58:06.581	522	373.8	CHIX
20/03/2018	15:58:06.581	510	373.8	CHIX
20/03/2018	15:58:06.581	527	373.8	CHIX
20/03/2018	15:59:00.360	29	373.6	CHIX
20/03/2018	16:00:38.015	548	373.3	CHIX
20/03/2018	16:02:01.089	558	372.9	CHIX
20/03/2018	16:06:10.049	555	373.1	CHIX
20/03/2018	16:06:10.049	651	373.1	CHIX
20/03/2018	16:07:31.870	527	372.9	CHIX
20/03/2018	16:10:06.808	139	373.1	CHIX
20/03/2018	16:10:06.808	415	373.1	CHIX
20/03/2018	16:10:06.808	550	373.1	CHIX
20/03/2018	16:14:40.050	604	373.7	CHIX
20/03/2018	16:14:48.782	600	373.4	CHIX
20/03/2018	16:17:17.683	583	374	CHIX
20/03/2018	16:20:30.052	1543	373.8	CHIX
20/03/2018	16:22:50.054	511	374.4	CHIX
20/03/2018	16:22:50.057	615	374.4	CHIX
20/03/2018	16:24:30.047	180	374.3	CHIX
20/03/2018	16:25:30.505	606	374.3	CHIX
20/03/2018	16:26:20.046	364	374.5	CHIX
20/03/2018	16:26:20.051	150	374.4	CHIX
20/03/2018	16:26:20.051	406	374.4	CHIX
20/03/2018	16:27:40.050	256	374.5	CHIX
20/03/2018	16:28:03.043	406	374.3	CHIX
20/03/2018	16:28:03.047	185	374.6	CHIX
20/03/2018	16:28:03.047	427	374.6	CHIX
20/03/2018	16:28:16.784	480	374.7	CHIX
20/03/2018	16:28:16.784	89	374.7	CHIX
20/03/2018	09:07:24.610	609	376.7	TRQX
20/03/2018	09:49:10.476	520	376	TRQX
20/03/2018	09:56:51.403	526	375.5	TRQX
20/03/2018	10:27:13.418	576	375.3	TRQX
20/03/2018	12:23:43.232	605	376.9	TRQX
20/03/2018	13:08:25.383	70	376	TRQX
20/03/2018	13:08:25.387	561	376	TRQX
20/03/2018	13:12:18.995	87	375.5	TRQX
20/03/2018	13:12:18.995	473	375.5	TRQX
20/03/2018	14:07:30.852	525	375.9	TRQX
20/03/2018	14:51:07.812	507	375.9	TRQX
20/03/2018	15:36:20.535	607	374.4	TRQX
20/03/2018	15:42:54.514	293	373.7	TRQX
20/03/2018	15:51:56.070	366	373.5	TRQX
20/03/2018	15:51:56.070	136	373.5	TRQX
20/03/2018	16:00:49.585	576	373.2	TRQX
20/03/2018	16:21:02.093	549	373.9	TRQX
20/03/2018	16:24:15.826	269	374.3	TRQX
20/03/2018	16:27:00.057	794	374.8	TRQX
20/03/2018	16:27:00.057	62	374.8	TRQX
20/03/2018	08:20:08.880	200	377.5	XLON
20/03/2018	08:20:08.884	811	377.5	XLON
20/03/2018	08:20:48.609	556	377.2	XLON
20/03/2018	08:20:48.609	244	377.2	XLON
20/03/2018	08:20:48.609	311	377.2	XLON
20/03/2018	08:30:33.113	818	376.9	XLON
20/03/2018	08:30:48.660	478	376.2	XLON
20/03/2018	09:02:02.820	501	376.9	XLON
20/03/2018	09:07:24.608	74	376.9	XLON
20/03/2018	09:07:24.608	503	376.9	XLON
20/03/2018	09:14:19.424	594	376.5	XLON
20/03/2018	09:14:25.453	589	376.5	XLON
20/03/2018	09:14:25.457	519	376.5	XLON
20/03/2018	09:14:25.457	307	376.2	XLON
20/03/2018	09:14:49.593	127	376.9	XLON
20/03/2018	09:14:49.600	593	377	XLON
20/03/2018	09:15:10.007	700	377	XLON
20/03/2018	09:15:10.007	793	377	XLON
20/03/2018	09:15:40.006	700	377	XLON
20/03/2018	09:15:40.006	572	377	XLON
20/03/2018	09:16:01.887	500	377	XLON
20/03/2018	09:16:01.892	78	377	XLON
20/03/2018	09:16:04.989	563	376.9	XLON
20/03/2018	09:16:14.548	700	377	XLON
20/03/2018	09:16:30.007	83	377	XLON
20/03/2018	09:16:30.007	1144	377	XLON
20/03/2018	09:16:50.362	621	377	XLON
20/03/2018	09:16:55.192	614	376.9	XLON
20/03/2018	09:26:47.174	493	376.3	XLON
20/03/2018	09:26:47.174	634	376.3	XLON
20/03/2018	09:26:51.597	37	376.5	XLON
20/03/2018	09:26:51.597	750	376.5	XLON
20/03/2018	09:26:51.597	252	376.5	XLON
20/03/2018	09:26:51.612	569	376.3	XLON
20/03/2018	09:26:51.612	581	376.3	XLON
20/03/2018	09:28:17.638	584	376.6	XLON
20/03/2018	09:29:06.265	961	376.4	XLON
20/03/2018	09:29:44.368	1030	376.2	XLON
20/03/2018	09:32:13.512	235	376.4	XLON
20/03/2018	09:32:13.512	365	376.4	XLON
20/03/2018	09:32:13.512	435	376.4	XLON
20/03/2018	09:32:13.512	60	376.4	XLON
20/03/2018	09:40:07.192	614	376.4	XLON
20/03/2018	09:54:12.647	596	375.9	XLON
20/03/2018	09:54:12.647	1	375.9	XLON
20/03/2018	09:56:20.020	206	375.6	XLON
20/03/2018	09:56:51.399	559	375.6	XLON
20/03/2018	10:05:22.390	212	376.2	XLON
20/03/2018	10:06:53.678	377	376.2	XLON
20/03/2018	10:06:53.678	18	376.2	XLON
20/03/2018	10:06:53.678	536	376.2	XLON
20/03/2018	10:13:02.423	457	375.6	XLON
20/03/2018	10:13:50.330	105	375.6	XLON
20/03/2018	10:17:55.984	723	376.3	XLON
20/03/2018	10:18:04.507	800	376.3	XLON
20/03/2018	10:19:43.454	200	376.3	XLON
20/03/2018	10:19:43.454	270	376.3	XLON
20/03/2018	10:19:43.465	800	376.3	XLON
20/03/2018	10:25:42.387	475	375.9	XLON
20/03/2018	10:25:42.387	59	375.9	XLON
20/03/2018	10:25:57.507	462	375.3	XLON
20/03/2018	10:27:13.418	158	375.3	XLON
20/03/2018	10:27:35.895	512	375.1	XLON
20/03/2018	10:30:31.308	474	374.9	XLON
20/03/2018	10:30:31.308	69	374.9	XLON
20/03/2018	10:43:45.038	548	375.2	XLON
20/03/2018	10:58:02.391	508	375.6	XLON
20/03/2018	11:09:04.254	112	376.8	XLON
20/03/2018	11:11:16.631	456	376.8	XLON
20/03/2018	11:11:16.632	513	376.8	XLON
20/03/2018	11:14:19.215	487	376.4	XLON
20/03/2018	11:23:30.015	531	376.6	XLON
20/03/2018	11:28:58.227	528	376.4	XLON
20/03/2018	11:47:41.010	494	375.9	XLON
20/03/2018	12:23:43.232	205	376.8	XLON
20/03/2018	12:23:43.232	364	376.8	XLON
20/03/2018	12:28:19.399	24	376.6	XLON
20/03/2018	12:28:19.399	391	376.6	XLON
20/03/2018	12:35:08.890	250	376.4	XLON
20/03/2018	12:35:08.890	415	376.4	XLON
20/03/2018	12:58:03.834	15	376.4	XLON
20/03/2018	12:58:03.834	512	376.4	XLON
20/03/2018	13:06:17.479	308	376.1	XLON
20/03/2018	13:06:17.479	377	376.1	XLON
20/03/2018	13:09:42.295	118	375.7	XLON
20/03/2018	13:10:59.892	112	375.7	XLON
20/03/2018	13:10:59.893	249	375.7	XLON
20/03/2018	13:10:59.893	112	375.7	XLON
20/03/2018	13:23:33.458	521	375.2	XLON
20/03/2018	13:32:20.228	555	375.6	XLON
20/03/2018	14:07:41.355	498	375.8	XLON
20/03/2018	14:07:41.365	513	375.8	XLON
20/03/2018	14:07:41.365	240	375.8	XLON
20/03/2018	14:10:46.739	514	375.8	XLON
20/03/2018	14:10:46.739	268	375.8	XLON
20/03/2018	14:10:46.741	300	375.9	XLON
20/03/2018	14:10:46.741	416	375.9	XLON
20/03/2018	14:10:46.741	107	375.9	XLON
20/03/2018	14:36:50.437	519	375.8	XLON
20/03/2018	14:36:50.437	585	375.9	XLON
20/03/2018	14:51:07.811	637	376	XLON
20/03/2018	14:51:07.811	582	376	XLON
20/03/2018	14:55:35.352	507	375.6	XLON
20/03/2018	15:13:13.459	515	376	XLON
20/03/2018	15:15:19.115	552	375.6	XLON
20/03/2018	15:16:50.668	20	375.2	XLON
20/03/2018	15:16:50.668	484	375.2	XLON
20/03/2018	15:23:30.155	695	374.5	XLON
20/03/2018	15:24:27.350	543	374.5	XLON
20/03/2018	15:29:28.629	721	374.2	XLON
20/03/2018	15:36:20.534	681	374.4	XLON
20/03/2018	15:36:20.534	528	374.4	XLON
20/03/2018	15:40:51.574	523	374.6	XLON
20/03/2018	15:40:51.574	89	374.6	XLON
20/03/2018	15:40:51.574	511	374.6	XLON
20/03/2018	15:40:51.574	41	374.6	XLON
20/03/2018	15:42:54.510	498	374.1	XLON
20/03/2018	15:42:54.510	707	374.1	XLON
20/03/2018	15:42:58.663	499	373.1	XLON
20/03/2018	15:43:40.515	584	373.6	XLON
20/03/2018	15:43:40.519	370	373.4	XLON
20/03/2018	15:44:07.824	610	373.6	XLON
20/03/2018	15:45:11.720	174	373.6	XLON
20/03/2018	15:45:40.712	564	373.6	XLON
20/03/2018	15:45:40.712	580	373.6	XLON
20/03/2018	15:45:40.715	142	373.7	XLON
20/03/2018	15:45:40.715	950	373.8	XLON
20/03/2018	15:51:56.069	612	373.6	XLON
20/03/2018	15:51:56.069	545	373.6	XLON
20/03/2018	15:58:06.581	413	373.7	XLON
20/03/2018	15:58:06.581	119	373.7	XLON
20/03/2018	15:58:06.581	512	373.7	XLON
20/03/2018	15:58:06.581	169	373.7	XLON
20/03/2018	15:58:06.581	640	373.7	XLON
20/03/2018	15:59:00.362	1208	373.5	XLON
20/03/2018	16:00:38.014	429	373.3	XLON
20/03/2018	16:00:38.014	600	373.3	XLON
20/03/2018	16:00:38.015	27	373.3	XLON
20/03/2018	16:02:01.088	757	373	XLON
20/03/2018	16:02:01.088	515	373	XLON
20/03/2018	16:06:10.050	60	373	XLON
20/03/2018	16:06:10.050	209	373	XLON
20/03/2018	16:06:10.050	327	373	XLON
20/03/2018	16:06:10.050	590	373	XLON
20/03/2018	16:07:31.870	256	372.9	XLON
20/03/2018	16:07:31.870	208	372.9	XLON
20/03/2018	16:07:31.870	50	372.9	XLON
20/03/2018	16:07:33.830	571	372.9	XLON
20/03/2018	16:10:06.810	391	373.2	XLON
20/03/2018	16:10:06.810	106	373.2	XLON
20/03/2018	16:10:06.810	521	372.8	XLON
20/03/2018	16:10:06.810	368	372.8	XLON
20/03/2018	16:14:46.809	16	373.8	XLON
20/03/2018	16:14:46.809	441	373.8	XLON
20/03/2018	16:14:46.809	750	373.9	XLON
20/03/2018	16:14:46.809	950	373.9	XLON
20/03/2018	16:14:46.809	677	373.9	XLON
20/03/2018	16:14:46.809	91	373.9	XLON
20/03/2018	16:16:37.540	63	373.7	XLON
20/03/2018	16:17:18.202	567	373.8	XLON
20/03/2018	16:17:18.202	231	373.8	XLON
20/03/2018	16:17:18.202	420	373.8	XLON
20/03/2018	16:17:22.128	659	373.8	XLON
20/03/2018	16:17:22.129	463	373.7	XLON
20/03/2018	16:21:00.085	822	374	XLON
20/03/2018	16:21:00.090	950	374.1	XLON
20/03/2018	16:21:00.090	197	374.1	XLON
20/03/2018	16:21:00.090	600	374.1	XLON
20/03/2018	16:21:00.090	125	374.1	XLON
20/03/2018	16:22:04.937	950	374.2	XLON
20/03/2018	16:24:15.821	593	374.2	XLON
20/03/2018	16:24:15.821	593	374.2	XLON
20/03/2018	16:25:30.509	950	374.4	XLON
20/03/2018	16:25:30.509	46	374.4	XLON
20/03/2018	16:27:00.007	607	374.4	XLON
20/03/2018	16:27:54.246	108	374.3	XLON
20/03/2018	16:27:54.246	423	374.4	XLON
20/03/2018	16:28:15.218	600	374.8	XLON
20/03/2018	16:28:15.218	407	374.8	XLON
20/03/2018	16:28:17.727	561	374.8	XLON
20/03/2018	16:28:34.885	202	374.6	XLON
20/03/2018	16:28:34.885	375	374.6	XLON
20/03/2018	16:28:43.401	528	374.6	XLON