Pre-close Trading Update

RNS Number : 1849B

Sports Direct International Plc

22 October 2009

Thursday 22nd October 2009

SPORTS DIRECT INTERNATIONAL plc

Pre-close Trading Update

Sports Direct International plc ("the Group"), the UK's leading sports retailer, today provides an update on current trading in advance of the end of the first half of its 2009/2010 financial year.

In its Interim Management Statement on 9th September 2009 the Group reported that trading has continued to be ahead of last year and that the Board is very comfortable with its expectation of reducing net debt to below £400 million.

Trading continues to be in line with the Group's expectations and the Board still expects, at current exchange rates, to achieve underlying EBITDA of at least £150 million this financial year.

Sports Direct will announce its Interim Results for the 26 weeks ended 25th October 2009 on 10th December 2009.