Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 4568F

Sports Direct International Plc

21 February 2018

Date: 21 February 2018

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

SHARE BUYBACK

Transaction in Own Shares

Sports Direct announces that on 20 February 2018 it purchased 178,090 of its ordinary shares from Liberum Capital Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at a price of 373.07 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 98,528,921 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 542,073,448.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), detailed information about the individual purchases made is set out below.

Aggregated information:
Platform code	BATE
Date of purchase:	20-Feb-18
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	8,948
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	373.35

Platform code	XLON
Date of purchase:	20-Feb-18
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	100,000
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	372.82

Platform code	CHIX
Date of purchase:	20-Feb-18
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	52,706
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	373.39

Platform code	TRQX
Date of purchase:	20-Feb-18
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	16,436
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	373.48

Transaction details:

Transaction Date	Transaction Time	Volume	Price (p)	Platform code
20/02/2018	08:48:50.705	750	366.3	XLON
20/02/2018	08:48:50.705	228	366.3	XLON
20/02/2018	08:48:50.705	340	366.2	XLON
20/02/2018	08:48:50.705	681	366.2	XLON
20/02/2018	08:48:50.708	1051	365.8	XLON
20/02/2018	08:48:50.708	657	365.6	XLON
20/02/2018	08:48:50.711	503	365.9	XLON
20/02/2018	08:48:50.722	98	365.3	XLON
20/02/2018	08:48:50.722	510	365.3	XLON
20/02/2018	08:48:50.726	679	365	XLON
20/02/2018	08:48:50.825	812	364.8	XLON
20/02/2018	08:48:52.728	224	364.8	XLON
20/02/2018	08:51:00.802	535	366.3	XLON
20/02/2018	08:51:00.802	548	366.3	XLON
20/02/2018	08:51:00.802	592	366.2	XLON
20/02/2018	08:57:02.192	630	367.1	XLON
20/02/2018	09:03:52.065	667	370.2	CHIX
20/02/2018	09:03:52.065	381	370.2	XLON
20/02/2018	09:03:52.065	187	370.2	XLON
20/02/2018	09:03:52.065	1240	369.9	CHIX
20/02/2018	09:03:52.066	595	369.9	XLON
20/02/2018	09:03:52.066	688	369.9	XLON
20/02/2018	09:05:21.132	484	369.7	CHIX
20/02/2018	09:06:45.300	175	370.2	XLON
20/02/2018	09:06:59.421	539	370.2	XLON
20/02/2018	09:06:59.421	512	370.2	XLON
20/02/2018	09:06:59.421	381	370.2	XLON
20/02/2018	09:12:18.266	503	371.6	XLON
20/02/2018	09:18:56.842	490	374.7	XLON
20/02/2018	09:18:56.844	35	374.5	XLON
20/02/2018	09:18:56.844	639	374.5	XLON
20/02/2018	09:18:56.844	490	374.5	XLON
20/02/2018	09:19:28.268	550	374.5	CHIX
20/02/2018	09:19:54.976	608	374.5	CHIX
20/02/2018	09:19:54.976	525	374.2	XLON
20/02/2018	09:19:54.976	594	374.1	CHIX
20/02/2018	09:19:54.976	672	374.1	CHIX
20/02/2018	09:19:54.976	609	374.1	CHIX
20/02/2018	09:19:54.976	499	373.9	XLON
20/02/2018	09:19:54.976	556	373.9	XLON
20/02/2018	09:19:54.976	618	373.1	TRQX
20/02/2018	09:19:54.976	656	373.1	TRQX
20/02/2018	09:20:50.388	288	372.2	CHIX
20/02/2018	09:20:50.388	688	372.2	CHIX
20/02/2018	09:21:22.259	795	371.1	CHIX
20/02/2018	09:21:22.259	942	371	TRQX
20/02/2018	09:27:18.693	510	372.3	XLON
20/02/2018	09:27:18.693	593	372.3	XLON
20/02/2018	09:27:18.701	594	372.3	XLON
20/02/2018	09:27:22.809	1388	371.9	XLON
20/02/2018	09:35:47.532	613	371.9	XLON
20/02/2018	09:35:47.532	524	371.9	XLON
20/02/2018	09:35:47.532	582	371.9	XLON
20/02/2018	09:35:47.533	641	371.9	BATE
20/02/2018	09:35:47.533	400	371.8	CHIX
20/02/2018	09:35:47.533	787	371.8	CHIX
20/02/2018	09:46:48.589	481	374	XLON
20/02/2018	09:46:48.589	684	374	XLON
20/02/2018	09:46:48.589	577	374	XLON
20/02/2018	09:49:44.469	625	373.5	CHIX
20/02/2018	09:49:44.469	66	373.5	CHIX
20/02/2018	09:49:44.469	618	373.5	CHIX
20/02/2018	09:49:44.469	549	373.5	TRQX
20/02/2018	09:50:40.268	568	373.9	XLON
20/02/2018	09:52:36.251	493	373.8	XLON
20/02/2018	09:54:32.105	647	373.6	TRQX
20/02/2018	09:54:32.105	599	373.5	CHIX
20/02/2018	09:54:32.105	332	373.5	CHIX
20/02/2018	09:54:32.105	568	373.5	XLON
20/02/2018	09:54:32.105	432	373.5	XLON
20/02/2018	09:54:32.105	219	373.5	CHIX
20/02/2018	09:54:32.105	53	373.5	XLON
20/02/2018	09:54:32.105	274	373.5	XLON
20/02/2018	09:54:32.105	206	373.5	XLON
20/02/2018	09:54:32.107	650	373.2	BATE
20/02/2018	10:00:08.629	341	373.2	XLON
20/02/2018	10:00:08.629	302	373.2	XLON
20/02/2018	10:00:08.629	504	373.2	XLON
20/02/2018	10:00:08.629	456	373	BATE
20/02/2018	10:00:08.629	121	373	BATE
20/02/2018	10:11:36.262	221	372.8	XLON
20/02/2018	10:11:36.262	407	372.8	XLON
20/02/2018	10:13:51.754	655	372.8	CHIX
20/02/2018	10:13:51.754	551	372.8	CHIX
20/02/2018	10:13:51.754	543	372.8	XLON
20/02/2018	10:13:51.754	294	372.8	XLON
20/02/2018	10:15:29.702	576	372.3	BATE
20/02/2018	10:15:48.499	626	371.9	CHIX
20/02/2018	10:27:21.898	755	372.5	XLON
20/02/2018	10:27:21.898	502	372.5	XLON
20/02/2018	10:27:21.898	510	372.5	XLON
20/02/2018	10:27:21.898	562	372.3	TRQX
20/02/2018	10:27:21.899	292	372.5	CHIX
20/02/2018	10:27:21.899	300	372.5	CHIX
20/02/2018	10:27:21.899	46	372.5	CHIX
20/02/2018	10:28:20.120	258	371.3	CHIX
20/02/2018	10:28:20.123	330	371.3	CHIX
20/02/2018	10:35:03.774	283	370.9	XLON
20/02/2018	10:35:03.774	103	370.9	XLON
20/02/2018	10:35:03.774	257	370.9	XLON
20/02/2018	10:35:03.774	519	370.9	XLON
20/02/2018	10:35:18.288	194	370.6	TRQX
20/02/2018	10:35:18.288	449	370.6	TRQX
20/02/2018	10:38:25.430	615	369.6	XLON
20/02/2018	10:44:19.916	481	369	XLON
20/02/2018	10:44:19.916	535	369	XLON
20/02/2018	11:04:24.869	495	373.2	XLON
20/02/2018	11:04:24.872	407	373	XLON
20/02/2018	11:04:24.872	545	373	XLON
20/02/2018	11:04:24.873	221	373	XLON
20/02/2018	11:05:16.843	572	372.8	CHIX
20/02/2018	11:05:16.843	558	372.8	CHIX
20/02/2018	11:08:12.755	544	372.8	XLON
20/02/2018	11:22:06.261	752	373.8	XLON
20/02/2018	11:22:06.261	540	373.8	XLON
20/02/2018	11:22:06.261	654	373.6	TRQX
20/02/2018	11:22:06.261	614	373.5	CHIX
20/02/2018	11:22:28.029	905	373	CHIX
20/02/2018	11:22:28.029	547	373	BATE
20/02/2018	11:24:30.716	599	372	CHIX
20/02/2018	11:36:11.591	524	373.8	XLON
20/02/2018	11:36:11.592	609	373.5	CHIX
20/02/2018	11:36:11.592	367	373.4	XLON
20/02/2018	11:36:11.592	1397	373.4	XLON
20/02/2018	11:36:11.593	48	373.5	CHIX
20/02/2018	11:48:06.494	580	373.5	XLON
20/02/2018	11:53:45.361	800	374.2	XLON
20/02/2018	11:53:45.361	65	374.2	XLON
20/02/2018	11:53:46.920	546	373.9	XLON
20/02/2018	11:53:46.920	478	373.9	XLON
20/02/2018	11:53:46.920	344	373.9	XLON
20/02/2018	12:06:19.854	205	373.2	XLON
20/02/2018	12:06:19.854	335	373.2	XLON
20/02/2018	12:10:05.737	568	373.6	XLON
20/02/2018	12:17:35.740	798	373.3	XLON
20/02/2018	12:19:10.314	570	373.3	XLON
20/02/2018	12:19:10.314	480	373.3	XLON
20/02/2018	12:19:10.314	564	373.3	XLON
20/02/2018	12:19:10.318	854	373.2	CHIX
20/02/2018	12:19:10.318	579	373.2	CHIX
20/02/2018	12:19:45.104	655	372.9	XLON
20/02/2018	12:19:45.104	71	372.9	XLON
20/02/2018	12:39:31.364	506	373.8	XLON
20/02/2018	12:40:13.065	578	373.8	XLON
20/02/2018	12:40:13.066	485	373.9	XLON
20/02/2018	12:46:09.600	738	373.9	CHIX
20/02/2018	12:46:38.727	593	373.9	CHIX
20/02/2018	12:46:41.821	199	373.8	CHIX
20/02/2018	12:46:41.821	446	373.8	CHIX
20/02/2018	12:46:41.821	593	373.8	CHIX
20/02/2018	12:51:28.052	517	374	XLON
20/02/2018	12:51:59.138	889	374	XLON
20/02/2018	12:52:10.404	143	373.6	CHIX
20/02/2018	12:52:10.404	510	373.6	XLON
20/02/2018	12:52:10.404	574	373.6	XLON
20/02/2018	12:52:27.787	619	373.6	BATE
20/02/2018	12:52:27.787	848	373.6	CHIX
20/02/2018	12:52:27.787	647	373.6	CHIX
20/02/2018	12:52:27.788	624	373.5	TRQX
20/02/2018	13:00:47.891	558	373.6	XLON
20/02/2018	13:00:47.891	653	373.6	CHIX
20/02/2018	13:00:47.891	498	373.6	XLON
20/02/2018	13:00:47.891	496	373.6	XLON
20/02/2018	13:04:08.279	898	373.3	XLON
20/02/2018	13:04:08.338	731	373.1	XLON
20/02/2018	13:36:15.738	521	374.5	XLON
20/02/2018	13:36:16.266	885	374.3	XLON
20/02/2018	13:36:16.266	178	374.3	XLON
20/02/2018	13:36:16.266	349	374.3	XLON
20/02/2018	13:36:16.266	634	374.2	CHIX
20/02/2018	13:45:00.262	576	374.3	XLON
20/02/2018	13:45:00.262	670	374.3	XLON
20/02/2018	13:56:13.768	567	375	CHIX
20/02/2018	13:56:13.769	333	375	TRQX
20/02/2018	13:56:13.769	294	375	TRQX
20/02/2018	13:56:18.264	437	375.1	XLON
20/02/2018	13:56:18.264	138	375.1	XLON
20/02/2018	14:03:49.153	533	375.3	XLON
20/02/2018	14:03:49.153	858	375.3	XLON
20/02/2018	14:03:49.154	599	375.2	CHIX
20/02/2018	14:03:49.154	663	375.2	CHIX
20/02/2018	14:09:57.028	523	375.6	XLON
20/02/2018	14:09:57.028	483	375.6	XLON
20/02/2018	14:13:40.162	522	375.6	XLON
20/02/2018	14:13:40.162	527	375.6	XLON
20/02/2018	14:17:11.004	674	375.5	CHIX
20/02/2018	14:19:58.264	520	375.6	XLON
20/02/2018	14:23:58.265	552	375.6	XLON
20/02/2018	14:23:58.266	573	375.4	XLON
20/02/2018	14:23:58.266	566	375.4	XLON
20/02/2018	14:26:32.561	617	375.7	CHIX
20/02/2018	14:27:58.264	581	375.7	XLON
20/02/2018	14:30:05.264	535	375.7	XLON
20/02/2018	14:34:25.738	488	376.2	XLON
20/02/2018	14:38:05.635	572	376.2	XLON
20/02/2018	14:38:05.635	541	376.2	XLON
20/02/2018	14:38:05.637	659	376.1	TRQX
20/02/2018	14:38:05.638	657	376	CHIX
20/02/2018	14:38:06.454	573	375.8	TRQX
20/02/2018	14:38:06.455	332	375.8	TRQX
20/02/2018	14:38:06.465	604	375.7	BATE
20/02/2018	14:38:06.465	797	375.7	CHIX
20/02/2018	14:38:06.465	886	375.7	XLON
20/02/2018	14:40:47.460	122	375.7	XLON
20/02/2018	14:40:47.460	100	375.7	CHIX
20/02/2018	14:40:47.460	365	375.7	XLON
20/02/2018	14:40:47.460	452	375.7	CHIX
20/02/2018	14:40:47.460	48	375.7	XLON
20/02/2018	14:51:15.737	516	376.2	XLON
20/02/2018	14:58:17.952	423	376.4	XLON
20/02/2018	14:58:17.952	603	376.4	BATE
20/02/2018	14:58:17.952	66	376.4	XLON
20/02/2018	14:58:17.952	567	376.4	XLON
20/02/2018	14:58:17.952	522	376.4	XLON
20/02/2018	14:59:04.005	675	376.3	TRQX
20/02/2018	15:03:21.835	517	376.6	XLON
20/02/2018	15:03:21.835	636	376.5	CHIX
20/02/2018	15:03:21.835	617	376.5	CHIX
20/02/2018	15:06:21.578	1024	376.4	XLON
20/02/2018	15:06:21.578	520	376.4	XLON
20/02/2018	15:06:21.578	615	376.4	CHIX
20/02/2018	15:06:21.578	584	376.4	CHIX
20/02/2018	15:06:21.584	300	376.3	TRQX
20/02/2018	15:06:23.856	250	376.3	TRQX
20/02/2018	15:11:07.836	748	375.9	XLON
20/02/2018	15:11:11.915	551	375.6	TRQX
20/02/2018	15:11:11.918	820	375.5	CHIX
20/02/2018	15:11:18.393	834	375.4	XLON
20/02/2018	15:12:11.006	93	375.1	XLON
20/02/2018	15:12:11.008	104	375.1	XLON
20/02/2018	15:12:13.155	139	375.1	XLON
20/02/2018	15:12:13.156	240	375.1	XLON
20/02/2018	15:12:13.158	595	375	CHIX
20/02/2018	15:12:13.160	365	374.9	XLON
20/02/2018	15:12:13.160	147	374.9	XLON
20/02/2018	15:17:36.943	140	374.4	XLON
20/02/2018	15:17:36.943	495	374.4	XLON
20/02/2018	15:21:52.500	529	374.3	XLON
20/02/2018	15:21:52.508	200	374.2	BATE
20/02/2018	15:22:01.053	364	374.2	BATE
20/02/2018	15:23:54.265	566	374.2	CHIX
20/02/2018	15:25:45.177	658	374	CHIX
20/02/2018	15:26:20.737	210	374	CHIX
20/02/2018	15:26:20.737	605	374	CHIX
20/02/2018	15:26:20.737	660	374	XLON
20/02/2018	15:26:20.737	663	374	TRQX
20/02/2018	15:26:20.737	592	374	XLON
20/02/2018	15:27:07.617	605	373.6	XLON
20/02/2018	15:27:11.356	604	373.3	CHIX
20/02/2018	15:32:49.396	387	373.3	XLON
20/02/2018	15:32:49.397	97	373.3	XLON
20/02/2018	15:32:49.397	486	373.3	XLON
20/02/2018	15:33:54.438	602	372.8	XLON
20/02/2018	15:35:05.296	857	372.5	TRQX
20/02/2018	15:35:05.297	174	372.4	XLON
20/02/2018	15:35:05.297	348	372.4	XLON
20/02/2018	15:37:55.636	550	371.6	XLON
20/02/2018	15:37:55.637	849	371.6	CHIX
20/02/2018	15:38:01.435	563	371.3	XLON
20/02/2018	15:38:30.532	846	371.2	CHIX
20/02/2018	15:38:30.532	698	371.2	TRQX
20/02/2018	15:38:30.590	288	370.8	BATE
20/02/2018	15:38:30.590	342	370.8	BATE
20/02/2018	15:46:05.737	497	371.9	XLON
20/02/2018	15:46:05.738	596	371.8	XLON
20/02/2018	15:49:58.264	177	372.3	XLON
20/02/2018	15:49:58.264	751	372.3	XLON
20/02/2018	15:49:58.264	400	372.3	XLON
20/02/2018	15:49:58.264	639	372.3	XLON
20/02/2018	15:50:01.206	503	372.1	XLON
20/02/2018	15:50:05.238	552	372	CHIX
20/02/2018	15:55:14.980	533	372.7	XLON
20/02/2018	15:55:14.980	486	372.7	XLON
20/02/2018	15:55:14.985	669	372.6	CHIX
20/02/2018	15:55:14.985	546	372.6	CHIX
20/02/2018	15:55:14.985	609	372.6	CHIX
20/02/2018	15:55:38.188	796	372.5	TRQX
20/02/2018	15:55:38.188	614	372.5	TRQX
20/02/2018	15:55:38.188	701	372.4	XLON
20/02/2018	15:55:38.189	248	372.4	BATE
20/02/2018	15:55:38.189	156	372.4	BATE
20/02/2018	15:55:38.189	159	372.4	BATE
20/02/2018	16:00:51.296	520	373.2	CHIX
20/02/2018	16:00:51.296	64	373.2	CHIX
20/02/2018	16:00:51.296	583	373.2	CHIX
20/02/2018	16:00:51.296	675	373.2	CHIX
20/02/2018	16:00:51.297	551	373.1	XLON
20/02/2018	16:00:51.297	509	373.1	XLON
20/02/2018	16:00:54.025	652	373	TRQX
20/02/2018	16:01:55.102	913	372.9	CHIX
20/02/2018	16:01:55.102	558	372.9	BATE
20/02/2018	16:01:55.102	117	372.9	BATE
20/02/2018	16:02:31.165	803	372.7	XLON
20/02/2018	16:02:44.429	611	372.5	CHIX
20/02/2018	16:05:37.546	563	373.1	XLON
20/02/2018	16:05:58.785	672	372.9	CHIX
20/02/2018	16:05:58.785	626	372.9	CHIX
20/02/2018	16:05:58.806	300	372.9	XLON
20/02/2018	16:09:18.265	884	373.5	XLON
20/02/2018	16:10:18.292	584	373.5	XLON
20/02/2018	16:10:20.011	658	373.4	CHIX
20/02/2018	16:10:45.737	479	373.5	XLON
20/02/2018	16:10:57.223	794	373.4	CHIX
20/02/2018	16:11:25.154	743	373.3	XLON
20/02/2018	16:11:25.154	513	373.3	XLON
20/02/2018	16:11:25.155	609	373.3	BATE
20/02/2018	16:11:25.158	611	373.2	CHIX
20/02/2018	16:11:25.158	651	373.2	TRQX
20/02/2018	16:11:25.158	579	373.2	TRQX
20/02/2018	16:13:10.830	609	373	CHIX
20/02/2018	16:13:10.831	731	372.9	XLON
20/02/2018	16:15:18.264	824	373	XLON
20/02/2018	16:15:31.120	788	372.8	XLON
20/02/2018	16:18:11.720	499	372.9	XLON
20/02/2018	16:18:11.720	49	372.9	XLON
20/02/2018	16:18:11.748	1102	372.9	XLON
20/02/2018	16:19:19.768	510	372.8	XLON
20/02/2018	16:19:19.768	618	372.8	CHIX
20/02/2018	16:19:19.768	591	372.8	CHIX
20/02/2018	16:22:58.264	449	373.4	XLON
20/02/2018	16:22:58.264	44	373.4	XLON
20/02/2018	16:22:58.264	485	373.4	XLON
20/02/2018	16:22:58.264	300	373.4	XLON
20/02/2018	16:22:58.512	511	373.2	XLON
20/02/2018	16:22:58.512	601	373.2	TRQX
20/02/2018	16:22:58.517	634	373.2	CHIX
20/02/2018	16:23:00.646	577	373	CHIX
20/02/2018	16:23:00.646	514	373	XLON
20/02/2018	16:25:18.404	55	372.9	XLON
20/02/2018	16:25:55.740	496	373.2	XLON
20/02/2018	16:25:58.815	14	373.2	XLON
20/02/2018	16:26:35.738	598	373.2	XLON
20/02/2018	16:26:35.779	445	373.1	CHIX
20/02/2018	16:26:35.779	141	373.1	CHIX
20/02/2018	16:26:41.043	629	373.1	XLON
20/02/2018	16:26:41.043	62	373.1	XLON
20/02/2018	16:27:41.524	191	373.6	TRQX
20/02/2018	16:27:41.528	272	373.7	TRQX
20/02/2018	16:27:41.768	721	373.7	XLON
20/02/2018	16:27:41.768	369	373.7	XLON
20/02/2018	16:28:08.576	1090	373.9	BATE
20/02/2018	16:28:28.633	661	373.5	CHIX
20/02/2018	16:28:28.633	542	373.5	CHIX
20/02/2018	16:28:28.633	67	373.5	CHIX
20/02/2018	16:28:30.694	440	373.3	CHIX
20/02/2018	16:28:30.694	216	373.3	CHIX