Released: 27 October 2016
Sports Direct International Plc
27 October 2016
SPORTS DIRECT INTERNATIONAL PLC ("Sports Direct" or "the Company")
SHARE BUYBACK
Transaction in Own Shares
Sports Direct announces that on 26 October 2016 it purchased 151,520 of its ordinary shares from Citigroup Global Markets Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at a price of 282.0 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.
Following the above purchase, the Company holds 47,029,194 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 593,573,175.
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Sports Direct International plc
Matt Pearson, Acting Chief Financial Officer
T. 0344 245 9200
E. investor.relations@sportsdirect.com
KBA PR
Keith Bishop
T. 0207 734 9995
E. sd@kbapr.com