Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 4265E

Sports Direct International Plc

04 July 2019

 

Date: 4 July 2019

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

SHARE BUYBACK

Transaction in Own Shares

Sports Direct announces that on 3 July 2019 it purchased 49,242 of its ordinary shares from Liberum Capital Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at an average price of 268.82 pence per share, as part of the Company's buyback programme announced on 26 April 2019. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 106,618,416 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 533,983,953.

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 Liberum Capital Limited is set out below.

Aggregated information:
Platform code	BATE
Date of purchase:	03-Jul-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	4,411
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	268.63
Platform code	XLON
Date of purchase:	03-Jul-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	34,195
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	268.83
Platform code	CHIX
Date of purchase:	03-Jul-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	7,216
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	268.81
Platform code	TRQX
Date of purchase:	03-Jul-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	3,420
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	268.97

Transaction details:

Transaction Date	Transaction Time	Number of ordinary shares purchased:	Price per share (pence)	Platform code
03/07/2019	16:29:02.968	1240	267.6	XLON
03/07/2019	16:22:32.855	133	267.4	XLON
03/07/2019	16:21:23.734	174	267.4	XLON
03/07/2019	16:21:23.734	331	267.4	XLON
03/07/2019	16:21:23.733	405	267.4	XLON
03/07/2019	16:21:23.729	214	267.8	TRQX
03/07/2019	16:20:27.641	91	267.2	CHIX
03/07/2019	16:20:25.544	244	267.2	CHIX
03/07/2019	16:20:10.295	207	267.2	CHIX
03/07/2019	16:19:02.602	1016	267.2	XLON
03/07/2019	16:19:02.602	161	267.2	XLON
03/07/2019	16:12:05.544	377	266.8	XLON
03/07/2019	16:12:05.544	600	266.8	XLON
03/07/2019	16:09:55.992	148	266.4	XLON
03/07/2019	16:09:25.409	534	266.6	CHIX
03/07/2019	16:05:58.912	404	266.6	XLON
03/07/2019	16:05:58.912	600	266.6	XLON
03/07/2019	16:02:20.575	881	266.6	BATE
03/07/2019	15:56:45.553	1189	266.6	XLON
03/07/2019	15:45:35.815	1159	266.4	XLON
03/07/2019	15:38:49.614	998	267.6	XLON
03/07/2019	15:37:13.917	430	268	TRQX
03/07/2019	15:37:13.917	432	267.8	TRQX
03/07/2019	15:29:53.010	826	267.2	CHIX
03/07/2019	15:29:39.372	779	268	XLON
03/07/2019	15:29:39.372	200	268	XLON
03/07/2019	15:25:04.333	1193	268	XLON
03/07/2019	15:03:56.723	921	267	BATE
03/07/2019	15:03:56.722	1172	267	XLON
03/07/2019	14:52:11.998	1043	267.8	XLON
03/07/2019	14:48:52.638	924	267.8	CHIX
03/07/2019	14:34:08.795	168	268	XLON
03/07/2019	14:34:08.795	600	268	XLON
03/07/2019	14:34:08.795	302	268	XLON
03/07/2019	14:30:03.727	711	268.2	TRQX
03/07/2019	14:22:34.314	1103	268	XLON
03/07/2019	14:06:06.404	745	268.2	XLON
03/07/2019	14:06:06.404	316	268.2	XLON
03/07/2019	13:54:06.473	966	268.2	CHIX
03/07/2019	13:49:16.441	1087	268.4	XLON
03/07/2019	13:49:16.441	600	268.6	BATE
03/07/2019	13:49:16.441	278	268.6	BATE
03/07/2019	13:22:45.543	1190	268.4	XLON
03/07/2019	13:06:23.359	1092	269	XLON
03/07/2019	12:45:14.601	1126	269	XLON
03/07/2019	12:32:02.929	340	268.2	CHIX
03/07/2019	12:32:02.929	460	268.2	CHIX
03/07/2019	11:57:08.928	921	268.6	XLON
03/07/2019	11:54:44.878	222	268.6	XLON
03/07/2019	11:52:54.950	794	268.8	TRQX
03/07/2019	11:34:06.440	600	269.6	BATE
03/07/2019	11:34:06.440	230	269.6	BATE
03/07/2019	11:25:56.259	1084	269.6	XLON
03/07/2019	10:50:06.256	1117	269.6	XLON
03/07/2019	10:47:02.052	977	269.8	CHIX
03/07/2019	10:25:00.211	1082	270.2	XLON
03/07/2019	10:05:48.356	381	270.2	XLON
03/07/2019	10:05:48.356	618	270.2	XLON
03/07/2019	10:05:48.356	89	270.2	XLON
03/07/2019	09:39:22.633	854	270.8	XLON
03/07/2019	09:39:22.633	195	270.8	XLON
03/07/2019	09:36:26.162	815	271	CHIX
03/07/2019	09:31:31.434	839	271.2	TRQX
03/07/2019	09:29:43.802	1206	270.8	XLON
03/07/2019	09:14:13.587	765	270.8	XLON
03/07/2019	09:14:13.587	25	270.8	XLON
03/07/2019	09:14:13.587	361	270.8	XLON
03/07/2019	09:04:56.441	901	271.4	BATE
03/07/2019	09:04:56.440	314	271.2	XLON
03/07/2019	09:04:56.440	600	271.2	XLON
03/07/2019	09:04:56.440	190	271.2	XLON
03/07/2019	08:48:45.554	1055	272	XLON
03/07/2019	08:40:26.015	832	272	CHIX
03/07/2019	08:35:06.179	1058	272.6	XLON
03/07/2019	08:22:49.128	501	272.2	XLON
03/07/2019	08:22:49.128	295	272.2	XLON
03/07/2019	08:22:49.128	211	272.2	XLON

Ends. 

Sports Direct International plc Tom Piper, Company Secretary LEI: 213800JEGHHEAXIJDX34

T. 0344 245 9200 E. [e-mail]

 

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