Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 4736I

Sports Direct International Plc

09 August 2019

 

Date: 9 August 2019

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

SHARE BUYBACK

Transaction in Own Shares

Sports Direct announces that on 8 August 2019 it purchased 28,079 of its ordinary shares from Liberum Capital Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at an average price of 232.45 pence per share, as part of the Company's buyback programme announced on 26 July 2019. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 108,782,071 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 531,820,298.

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:	08-Aug-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	789
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	233.40
Platform code	XLON
Date of purchase:	08-Aug-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	22,452
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	232.28
Platform code	CHIX
Date of purchase:	08-Aug-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	3,805
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	233.03
Platform code	TRQX
Date of purchase:	08-Aug-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	1,033
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	233.40

Transaction details:

Transaction Date	Transaction Time	Volume	Price (p)	Platform code
08/08/2019	08:31:27.777	4318	231.2	XLON
08/08/2019	08:46:24.041	2340	232.8	XLON
08/08/2019	08:21:16.718	1857	231.4	XLON
08/08/2019	08:31:27.884	1696	231.6	XLON
08/08/2019	09:13:18.180	1690	232	XLON
08/08/2019	09:08:07.667	1681	232.8	XLON
08/08/2019	08:53:31.257	1670	233.2	XLON
08/08/2019	08:53:29.960	1573	233.4	XLON
08/08/2019	10:11:27.592	1542	233.4	XLON
08/08/2019	08:24:36.972	1217	232	XLON
08/08/2019	08:24:36.972	1007	232	XLON
08/08/2019	08:54:56.967	1007	233.2	XLON
08/08/2019	08:46:24.958	898	233.4	CHIX
08/08/2019	08:21:16.723	632	232	CHIX
08/08/2019	08:46:24.963	544	233.4	TRQX
08/08/2019	08:53:29.964	489	233.4	TRQX
08/08/2019	10:11:27.593	480	233.4	CHIX
08/08/2019	09:08:32.026	479	233.4	CHIX
08/08/2019	09:48:37.247	449	233.4	CHIX
08/08/2019	08:23:48.522	438	232.2	CHIX
08/08/2019	08:53:29.960	429	233.4	CHIX
08/08/2019	08:53:29.963	395	233.4	BATE
08/08/2019	08:46:24.962	394	233.4	BATE
08/08/2019	08:54:56.968	313	233.2	XLON
08/08/2019	08:54:56.968	241	233.2	XLON
08/08/2019	09:13:18.181	153	232	XLON
08/08/2019	08:31:27.783	71	231.2	XLON
08/08/2019	08:46:24.041	65	232.8	XLON
08/08/2019	08:31:27.884	11	231.6	XLON

Ends. 

Sports Direct International plc Tom Piper, Company Secretary LEI: 213800JEGHHEAXIJDX34

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

 

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