Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 4113W

Sports Direct International Plc

17 April 2019

 

Date: 17 April 2019

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

SHARE BUYBACK

Transaction in Own Shares

Sports Direct announces that on 16 April 2019 it purchased 9,116 of its ordinary shares from Liberum Capital Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at an average price of 299.52 pence per share, as part of the Company's buyback programme announced on 11 April 2019. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 104,122,972 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 536,479,397.

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:	16-Apr-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	4,730
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	299.80
Platform code	XLON
Date of purchase:	16-Apr-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	980
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	298.20
Platform code	CHIX
Date of purchase:	16-Apr-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	2,295
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	299.45
Platform code	TRQX
Date of purchase:	16-Apr-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	1,111
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	299.64

Transaction details:

Transaction Date	Transaction Time	Number of ordinary shares purchased:	Price per share (pence)	Platform code
16/04/2019	15:57:11.556	1108	299.8	BATE
16/04/2019	08:19:14.327	102	298.2	XLON
16/04/2019	08:19:14.327	878	298.2	XLON
16/04/2019	08:23:16.702	500	299.4	CHIX
16/04/2019	08:23:16.702	448	299.4	CHIX
16/04/2019	12:01:59.231	142	299.8	CHIX
16/04/2019	12:01:59.232	144	299.8	CHIX
16/04/2019	08:25:07.432	274	299.6	TRQX
16/04/2019	08:25:07.432	638	299.6	TRQX
16/04/2019	12:01:59.232	139	299.8	TRQX
16/04/2019	12:01:59.233	60	299.8	TRQX
16/04/2019	08:23:44.048	1012	299.4	CHIX
16/04/2019	08:25:39.429	49	299.4	CHIX
16/04/2019	12:01:59.231	138	299.8	BATE
16/04/2019	12:01:59.233	56	299.8	BATE
16/04/2019	14:07:04.964	898	299.8	BATE
16/04/2019	14:21:21.655	1590	299.8	BATE
16/04/2019	15:55:57.610	940	299.8	BATE

Ends. 

Sports Direct International plc Cameron Olsen, Company Secretary LEI: 213800JEGHHEAXIJDX34

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

 

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