Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8569W

Sports Direct International Plc

24 April 2019

 

Date: 24 April 2019

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

SHARE BUYBACK

Transaction in Own Shares

Sports Direct announces that on 23 April 2019 it purchased 71,222 of its ordinary shares from Liberum Capital Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at an average price of 299.74 pence per share, as part of the Company's buyback programme announced on 11 April 2019. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 104,194,194 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 536,408,175.

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:	23-Apr-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	5,102
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	299.51
Platform code	XLON
Date of purchase:	23-Apr-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	46,097
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	299.75
Platform code	CHIX
Date of purchase:	23-Apr-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	12,948
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	299.76
Platform code	TRQX
Date of purchase:	23-Apr-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	7,075
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	299.80

Transaction details:

Transaction Date	Transaction Time	Number of ordinary shares purchased:	Price per share (pence)	Platform code
23/04/2019	08:44:32.155	837	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	08:44:32.155	807	299.8	TRQX
23/04/2019	08:54:25.805	329	299.8	BATE
23/04/2019	08:54:25.805	560	299.8	BATE
23/04/2019	14:27:31.846	945	299.8	BATE
23/04/2019	14:27:31.846	3138	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	14:27:31.848	329	299.8	BATE
23/04/2019	14:27:31.857	907	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	14:28:00.190	858	299.8	CHIX
23/04/2019	14:28:16.903	1371	299.8	CHIX
23/04/2019	14:28:16.903	1095	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	14:28:16.905	290	299.8	CHIX
23/04/2019	14:28:16.905	1075	299.8	CHIX
23/04/2019	14:28:16.907	335	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	14:28:20.275	2448	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	14:29:19.714	883	299.8	TRQX
23/04/2019	14:29:28.506	828	299.8	TRQX
23/04/2019	14:29:28.508	611	299.8	TRQX
23/04/2019	14:30:35.976	998	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	14:35:14.203	779	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	14:35:14.203	600	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	14:35:14.203	600	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	14:35:59.933	357	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	14:35:59.933	682	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	14:35:59.933	165	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	14:35:59.933	254	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	14:35:59.934	390	299.8	CHIX
23/04/2019	14:43:16.367	1692	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	14:43:16.367	848	299.8	CHIX
23/04/2019	14:43:16.367	915	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	14:43:16.367	1860	299.8	CHIX
23/04/2019	14:43:16.370	400	299.8	CHIX
23/04/2019	14:43:16.370	400	299.8	CHIX
23/04/2019	14:43:16.374	324	299.8	TRQX
23/04/2019	14:43:16.374	866	299.8	CHIX
23/04/2019	14:43:16.374	803	299.8	TRQX
23/04/2019	14:43:16.376	1113	299.8	TRQX
23/04/2019	14:43:18.454	94	299.8	CHIX
23/04/2019	14:43:18.455	809	299.8	CHIX
23/04/2019	14:43:18.460	2728	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	14:43:18.460	275	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	14:43:20.462	1474	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	14:43:20.462	186	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	14:43:20.462	512	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	14:43:20.462	771	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	14:43:45.805	943	299.8	BATE
23/04/2019	14:43:45.806	350	299.8	BATE
23/04/2019	14:54:40.885	842	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	14:54:40.895	220	299.8	CHIX
23/04/2019	14:54:40.955	48	299.8	CHIX
23/04/2019	14:54:41.033	315	299.8	CHIX
23/04/2019	14:54:41.091	319	299.8	CHIX
23/04/2019	14:54:43.815	875	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	15:01:10.854	124	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	15:11:37.531	892	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	15:11:37.531	3989	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	15:11:37.540	2001	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	15:19:19.734	942	299.8	CHIX
23/04/2019	15:19:20.987	870	299.8	TRQX
23/04/2019	15:21:12.905	1553	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	15:21:12.905	939	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	15:21:12.907	836	299.8	TRQX
23/04/2019	15:21:12.910	700	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	15:21:12.915	792	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	15:22:24.060	987	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	15:22:24.061	653	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	15:22:24.061	1105	299.8	XLON
23/04/2019	08:59:16.746	931	299.6	XLON
23/04/2019	14:29:28.498	700	299.6	XLON
23/04/2019	14:29:28.502	397	299.6	XLON
23/04/2019	14:29:28.502	555	299.6	XLON
23/04/2019	14:31:34.094	723	299.6	XLON
23/04/2019	14:31:34.094	266	299.6	XLON
23/04/2019	14:43:42.091	895	299.6	CHIX
23/04/2019	14:48:43.978	1034	299.6	XLON
23/04/2019	14:50:06.643	674	299.6	XLON
23/04/2019	14:50:10.262	2758	299.6	XLON
23/04/2019	08:38:19.443	948	299.4	CHIX
23/04/2019	08:35:27.579	752	299	XLON
23/04/2019	08:35:27.579	107	299	XLON
23/04/2019	08:36:05.805	329	299	BATE
23/04/2019	08:36:05.805	460	299	BATE
23/04/2019	08:28:49.567	314	298.8	BATE
23/04/2019	08:28:54.605	543	298.8	BATE

Ends. 

Sports Direct International plc Cameron Olsen, Company Secretary LEI: 213800JEGHHEAXIJDX34

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

 

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