Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0511O

Sports Direct International Plc

02 November 2016

 

Released: 2 November 2016

Sports Direct International Plc

2 November 2016

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

SHARE BUYBACK

Transaction in Own Shares

Sports Direct announces that on 1 November 2016 it purchased 86,225 of its ordinary shares from Citigroup Global Markets Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at a price of 278.0 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 47,357,115 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 593,245,254.

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Sports Direct International plc

Matt Pearson, Acting Chief Financial Officer

T. 0344 245 9200

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KBA PR                                   

Keith Bishop

T. 0207 734 9995

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