Released: 11 August 2016
Sports Direct International Plc
11 August 2016
SPORTS DIRECT INTERNATIONAL PLC ("Sports Direct" or "the Company")
SHARE BUYBACK
Transaction in Own Shares
Sports Direct announces that on 10 August 2016 it purchased 111,529 of its ordinary shares from Citigroup Global Markets Limited (acting as the Company's broker) at a price of 294.5 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.
Following the above purchase, the Company holds 43,729,310 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 596,873,059.
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Sports Direct International plc
Dave Forsey, Chief Executive
Matt Pearson, Acting Chief Financial Officer
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Keith Bishop
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