Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7257K

Sports Direct International Plc

26 September 2016

 

Released: 26 September 2016

Sports Direct International Plc

26 September 2016

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

SHARE BUYBACK

Transaction in Own Shares

Sports Direct announces that on 23 September 2016 it purchased 31,221 of its ordinary shares from Citigroup Global Markets Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at a price of 294.3 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 44,866,186 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 595,736,183.

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Sports Direct International plc

Matt Pearson, Acting Chief Financial Officer

T. 0344 245 9200

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Keith Bishop

T. 0344 245 9200

 

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