Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2645B

Sports Direct International Plc

03 April 2017

Released: 3 April 2017

Sports Direct International Plc

3 April 2017

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

SHARE BUYBACK

Transaction in Own Shares

Sports Direct announces that on 31 March 2017 it purchased 67,284 of its ordinary shares from Citigroup Global Markets Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at a price of 299.2 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 78,122,032 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 562,480,337.

In accordance with DTR 5.6.1 of the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, the Company is required to notify the market of the total number of voting rights and capital in the Company as at the end of each calendar month in which an increase or decrease has occurred.

The issued share capital of the Company is comprised of 640,602,369 ordinary shares of 10p each. As 78,122,032 of these ordinary shares are held as treasury shares, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 562,480,337. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

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 Citigroup Global Markets Limited is set out below.

Aggregated information:

Platform code	BATE
Date of purchase:	31-Mar-17
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	5,483
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	299.29

Platform code	XLON
Date of purchase:	31-Mar-17
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	32,655
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	299.14

Platform code	CHIX
Date of purchase:	31-Mar-17
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	19,170
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	299.38

Platform code	TRQX
Date of purchase:	31-Mar-17
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	9,976
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	299.28

Transaction details:

Transaction date	Transaction time	Volume	Price (p)	Platform code
31/03/2017	08:01:51:162	327	296.4	BATE
31/03/2017	08:11:05:009	265	298.6	BATE
31/03/2017	08:36:47:796	327	299.9	BATE
31/03/2017	08:37:04:287	327	299.2	BATE
31/03/2017	08:37:14:223	225	299.2	BATE
31/03/2017	08:37:14:227	30	299.2	BATE
31/03/2017	08:37:18:433	172	299.2	BATE
31/03/2017	08:37:21:793	327	299.1	BATE
31/03/2017	08:37:37:953	327	298.7	BATE
31/03/2017	08:37:45:414	6	298.6	BATE
31/03/2017	08:54:14:694	88	299.9	BATE
31/03/2017	08:54:14:700	239	299.9	BATE
31/03/2017	09:06:28:357	327	299.9	BATE
31/03/2017	09:17:10:079	2	299.6	BATE
31/03/2017	09:17:10:080	8	299.5	BATE
31/03/2017	09:17:10:083	199	299.6	BATE
31/03/2017	09:19:00:007	112	298.9	BATE
31/03/2017	09:19:00:009	215	298.9	BATE
31/03/2017	09:20:31:452	327	299.7	BATE
31/03/2017	09:20:35:111	325	299.6	BATE
31/03/2017	09:44:45:523	327	299.9	BATE
31/03/2017	09:46:16:138	327	299.7	BATE
31/03/2017	09:52:49:569	327	299.8	BATE
31/03/2017	09:53:12:783	327	299.9	BATE
31/03/2017	08:01:51:165	327	296.4	CHIX
31/03/2017	08:07:46:920	327	298.3	CHIX
31/03/2017	08:07:47:051	327	297.9	CHIX
31/03/2017	08:08:53:189	60	298.2	CHIX
31/03/2017	08:08:53:192	267	298.2	CHIX
31/03/2017	08:09:11:278	60	297.9	CHIX
31/03/2017	08:11:05:007	307	298.7	CHIX
31/03/2017	08:11:05:013	20	298.7	CHIX
31/03/2017	08:36:47:794	327	299.9	CHIX
31/03/2017	08:38:01:624	327	298.4	CHIX
31/03/2017	08:38:08:496	327	298.6	CHIX
31/03/2017	08:38:13:909	478	298.6	CHIX
31/03/2017	08:38:18:787	716	298.5	CHIX
31/03/2017	08:38:28:622	327	298.8	CHIX
31/03/2017	08:54:14:698	215	299.9	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:06:28:360	327	299.9	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:06:28:363	2160	299.9	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:07:32:397	225	299.9	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:11:04:099	327	299.9	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:11:06:606	21	299.9	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:11:08:264	46	299.8	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:11:28:971	281	299.8	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:12:29:787	121	299.7	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:16:42:562	181	299.7	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:17:09:835	25	299.7	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:17:10:077	124	299.6	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:19:00:058	327	298.9	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:19:18:107	327	299	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:19:20:385	327	298.9	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:19:46:649	6	298.9	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:19:46:659	1008	298.9	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:19:48:672	327	298.9	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:19:51:696	163	298.7	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:20:31:456	395	299.6	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:20:35:215	327	299.7	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:20:35:235	951	299.9	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:20:35:237	974	299.9	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:20:36:693	438	299.7	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:20:37:711	523	299.6	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:20:39:674	164	299.5	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:21:08:731	327	299.4	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:21:45:859	327	299.8	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:44:45:527	327	299.9	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:44:45:563	327	299.9	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:45:17:753	121	299.7	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:45:17:755	206	299.7	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:46:16:141	267	299.7	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:52:49:567	9	299.8	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:52:49:573	318	299.8	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:52:49:579	327	299.7	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:52:49:583	327	299.8	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:53:00:212	327	299.9	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:53:12:786	799	299.8	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:53:12:795	327	299.9	CHIX
31/03/2017	09:55:00:178	327	299.8	CHIX
31/03/2017	08:01:51:167	173	296.4	TRQX
31/03/2017	08:01:51:169	153	296.4	TRQX
31/03/2017	08:07:45:860	326	298.1	TRQX
31/03/2017	08:11:53:723	153	299.3	TRQX
31/03/2017	08:11:53:727	173	299.3	TRQX
31/03/2017	08:36:47:798	326	299.9	TRQX
31/03/2017	08:38:08:498	326	298.6	TRQX
31/03/2017	08:38:13:911	302	298.6	TRQX
31/03/2017	08:38:13:915	24	298.6	TRQX
31/03/2017	08:38:18:789	402	298.5	TRQX
31/03/2017	08:38:18:791	751	298.5	TRQX
31/03/2017	08:54:14:696	118	299.9	TRQX
31/03/2017	08:54:14:701	64	299.9	TRQX
31/03/2017	08:54:14:703	144	299.9	TRQX
31/03/2017	09:06:28:361	57	299.9	TRQX
31/03/2017	09:06:28:365	269	299.9	TRQX
31/03/2017	09:06:28:367	482	299.8	TRQX
31/03/2017	09:06:28:370	326	299.8	TRQX
31/03/2017	09:19:46:651	4	298.9	TRQX
31/03/2017	09:19:46:652	4	298.9	TRQX
31/03/2017	09:19:46:662	318	298.9	TRQX
31/03/2017	09:19:46:674	583	299	TRQX
31/03/2017	09:19:48:674	326	298.9	TRQX
31/03/2017	09:20:31:458	326	299.7	TRQX
31/03/2017	09:20:31:461	398	299.6	TRQX
31/03/2017	09:20:31:469	1020	299.8	TRQX
31/03/2017	09:44:45:521	326	299.9	TRQX
31/03/2017	09:45:17:767	172	299.7	TRQX
31/03/2017	09:46:16:142	326	299.7	TRQX
31/03/2017	09:52:49:571	326	299.8	TRQX
31/03/2017	09:52:49:574	326	299.7	TRQX
31/03/2017	09:52:49:581	300	299.8	TRQX
31/03/2017	09:53:12:781	326	299.8	TRQX
31/03/2017	09:55:00:172	326	299.8	TRQX
31/03/2017	08:00:17:265	836	295.6	XLON
31/03/2017	08:00:17:268	6	295.6	XLON
31/03/2017	08:00:17:272	1	295.2	XLON
31/03/2017	08:00:17:276	113	295.2	XLON
31/03/2017	08:07:46:923	379	298.2	XLON
31/03/2017	08:07:46:925	441	298.2	XLON
31/03/2017	08:07:56:470	84	298.2	XLON
31/03/2017	08:08:53:194	70	298.2	XLON
31/03/2017	08:08:53:197	553	298.2	XLON
31/03/2017	08:09:11:282	367	297.9	XLON
31/03/2017	08:09:54:693	55	297.6	XLON
31/03/2017	08:09:54:696	367	297.6	XLON
31/03/2017	08:09:54:705	473	297.7	XLON
31/03/2017	08:09:54:746	452	297.7	XLON
31/03/2017	08:09:56:916	385	297.4	XLON
31/03/2017	08:11:05:011	820	298.7	XLON
31/03/2017	08:11:53:725	820	299.4	XLON
31/03/2017	08:11:55:064	548	299.1	XLON
31/03/2017	08:11:57:126	626	298.9	XLON
31/03/2017	08:36:47:800	421	299.9	XLON
31/03/2017	08:36:47:801	399	299.9	XLON
31/03/2017	08:36:49:416	346	299.6	XLON
31/03/2017	08:37:04:285	341	299.2	XLON
31/03/2017	08:38:08:500	653	298.6	XLON
31/03/2017	08:38:13:913	26	298.6	XLON
31/03/2017	08:38:18:793	767	298.5	XLON
31/03/2017	08:38:18:795	1295	298.5	XLON
31/03/2017	08:38:28:618	1121	298.8	XLON
31/03/2017	08:39:33:595	487	299.5	XLON
31/03/2017	08:54:14:705	25	299.9	XLON
31/03/2017	08:54:14:707	433	299.9	XLON
31/03/2017	08:54:14:708	290	299.9	XLON
31/03/2017	09:06:28:368	72	299.9	XLON
31/03/2017	09:06:28:371	748	299.9	XLON
31/03/2017	09:06:28:374	540	299.9	XLON
31/03/2017	09:07:32:206	125	299.9	XLON
31/03/2017	09:07:32:399	373	299.9	XLON
31/03/2017	09:07:32:401	447	299.9	XLON
31/03/2017	09:19:00:053	356	298.9	XLON
31/03/2017	09:19:00:055	464	298.9	XLON
31/03/2017	09:19:04:909	237	298.9	XLON
31/03/2017	09:19:46:654	4	298.9	XLON
31/03/2017	09:19:46:656	438	298.9	XLON
31/03/2017	09:19:46:664	732	298.9	XLON
31/03/2017	09:19:48:676	266	298.9	XLON
31/03/2017	09:20:26:184	398	299.7	XLON
31/03/2017	09:20:31:454	218	299.7	XLON
31/03/2017	09:20:31:459	513	299.6	XLON
31/03/2017	09:20:35:113	365	299.6	XLON
31/03/2017	09:20:35:219	700	299.9	XLON
31/03/2017	09:20:36:696	482	299.7	XLON
31/03/2017	09:20:37:715	455	299.6	XLON
31/03/2017	09:20:39:676	168	299.5	XLON
31/03/2017	09:20:39:679	418	299.5	XLON
31/03/2017	09:20:41:065	31	299.3	XLON
31/03/2017	09:20:52:557	673	299.4	XLON
31/03/2017	09:20:52:560	968	299.4	XLON
31/03/2017	09:21:08:733	318	299.4	XLON
31/03/2017	09:21:08:736	465	299.4	XLON
31/03/2017	09:21:45:861	228	299.8	XLON
31/03/2017	09:21:45:863	380	299.8	XLON
31/03/2017	09:21:45:864	120	299.8	XLON
31/03/2017	09:21:45:866	1198	299.8	XLON
31/03/2017	09:44:45:525	1179	299.9	XLON
31/03/2017	09:44:45:531	59	299.9	XLON
31/03/2017	09:44:45:568	681	299.9	XLON
31/03/2017	09:46:16:144	650	299.7	XLON
31/03/2017	09:52:49:576	4	299.8	XLON
31/03/2017	09:52:49:578	816	299.8	XLON
31/03/2017	09:52:49:585	311	299.8	XLON
31/03/2017	09:53:12:779	579	299.8	XLON
31/03/2017	09:53:12:785	95	299.8	XLON
31/03/2017	09:55:00:170	231	299.8	XLON
31/03/2017	09:55:00:174	589	299.8	XLON
31/03/2017	09:55:00:183	561	299.8	XLON