Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8506F

Sports Direct International Plc

26 February 2018

Date: 26 February 2018

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

SHARE BUYBACK

Transaction in Own Shares

Sports Direct announces that on 23 February 2018 it purchased 93,173 of its ordinary shares from Liberum Capital Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at a price of 372.91 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 98,874,628 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 541,727,741.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), detailed information about the individual purchases made is set out below.

Aggregated information:

Platform code	BATE
Date of purchase:	23-Feb-18
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	5,621
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	373.87

Platform code	XLON
Date of purchase:	23-Feb-18
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	58,565
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	372.73

Platform code	CHIX
Date of purchase:	23-Feb-18
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	18,604
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	373.10

Platform code	TRQX
Date of purchase:	23-Feb-18
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	10,383
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	373.05

Transaction details:

Transaction Date	Transaction Time	Volume	Price (p)	Platform code
23/02/2018	08:15:25.952	152	377.8	CHIX
23/02/2018	08:17:54.730	428	377.9	XLON
23/02/2018	08:17:54.730	90	377.9	XLON
23/02/2018	08:17:55.366	185	377.8	CHIX
23/02/2018	08:18:02.493	306	377.8	CHIX
23/02/2018	08:18:02.493	18	377.8	CHIX
23/02/2018	08:46:53.977	480	378.4	TRQX
23/02/2018	08:46:53.977	179	378.4	TRQX
23/02/2018	08:46:55.169	552	378.3	CHIX
23/02/2018	08:46:55.169	112	378.3	CHIX
23/02/2018	08:55:04.035	610	378.4	XLON
23/02/2018	08:56:20.954	484	378.3	XLON
23/02/2018	08:56:20.954	91	378.3	XLON
23/02/2018	09:03:23.170	537	378.1	XLON
23/02/2018	09:15:38.894	626	377.9	BATE
23/02/2018	09:15:38.894	595	377.9	XLON
23/02/2018	09:15:38.895	570	377.7	TRQX
23/02/2018	09:15:44.415	247	377	XLON
23/02/2018	09:15:44.420	82	377	XLON
23/02/2018	09:16:16.129	615	377.2	XLON
23/02/2018	09:16:16.130	605	377	XLON
23/02/2018	09:17:18.629	598	377.2	XLON
23/02/2018	09:17:18.630	644	377	XLON
23/02/2018	09:17:19.740	1279	376.7	XLON
23/02/2018	09:22:33.893	673	376.4	BATE
23/02/2018	09:22:33.893	588	376.6	CHIX
23/02/2018	09:22:33.893	585	376.7	XLON
23/02/2018	09:22:34.310	573	375.9	TRQX
23/02/2018	09:29:37.034	592	376.7	XLON
23/02/2018	09:37:20.169	537	376.5	XLON
23/02/2018	09:37:20.169	558	376.7	XLON
23/02/2018	09:42:16.134	589	376.5	XLON
23/02/2018	09:42:16.134	772	376.5	XLON
23/02/2018	10:04:20.603	653	376.8	CHIX
23/02/2018	10:05:09.221	586	376.5	XLON
23/02/2018	10:05:10.608	657	376.4	CHIX
23/02/2018	10:05:10.608	565	376.4	CHIX
23/02/2018	10:05:10.608	150	376.4	CHIX
23/02/2018	10:08:26.044	577	376.3	XLON
23/02/2018	10:08:26.045	300	376.2	BATE
23/02/2018	10:08:26.046	200	376.2	BATE
23/02/2018	10:08:27.631	118	376.2	BATE
23/02/2018	10:10:46.439	566	375.6	XLON
23/02/2018	10:29:23.275	543	375.2	XLON
23/02/2018	10:29:26.084	645	375	CHIX
23/02/2018	10:29:26.084	543	375	CHIX
23/02/2018	10:33:42.671	619	374.9	TRQX
23/02/2018	10:34:46.975	726	374.6	CHIX
23/02/2018	10:34:51.247	161	374.5	XLON
23/02/2018	10:41:09.665	593	374.3	TRQX
23/02/2018	10:41:09.665	653	374.4	CHIX
23/02/2018	10:41:09.665	465	374.5	XLON
23/02/2018	10:52:31.009	181	373.6	XLON
23/02/2018	10:52:31.009	357	373.6	XLON
23/02/2018	10:52:31.009	1070	373.6	XLON
23/02/2018	10:52:31.009	551	373.7	CHIX
23/02/2018	10:52:31.010	42	373.6	XLON
23/02/2018	10:58:38.014	860	372.6	XLON
23/02/2018	11:21:38.574	392	373.2	XLON
23/02/2018	11:21:38.574	127	373.2	XLON
23/02/2018	11:21:38.574	635	373.2	XLON
23/02/2018	11:21:38.577	641	373.1	CHIX
23/02/2018	11:30:05.047	699	372.8	XLON
23/02/2018	11:30:05.048	10	372.8	XLON
23/02/2018	11:41:36.189	612	373.2	XLON
23/02/2018	11:55:05.367	618	372.8	XLON
23/02/2018	11:55:05.367	582	372.8	CHIX
23/02/2018	11:55:08.758	628	372.7	TRQX
23/02/2018	11:55:08.916	585	372.4	BATE
23/02/2018	12:02:02.694	554	372.8	CHIX
23/02/2018	12:04:13.804	70	372.7	XLON
23/02/2018	12:04:13.804	104	372.7	TRQX
23/02/2018	12:04:13.804	525	372.7	XLON
23/02/2018	12:04:13.805	202	372.7	TRQX
23/02/2018	12:04:13.805	300	372.7	TRQX
23/02/2018	12:24:49.960	583	372.5	XLON
23/02/2018	12:34:25.015	260	372.3	CHIX
23/02/2018	12:34:25.015	380	372.3	CHIX
23/02/2018	12:46:36.347	609	371.5	XLON
23/02/2018	12:56:25.115	273	371.2	XLON
23/02/2018	12:56:25.115	346	371.2	XLON
23/02/2018	13:07:52.988	331	371.9	XLON
23/02/2018	13:07:52.988	220	371.9	XLON
23/02/2018	13:07:52.990	576	371.7	CHIX
23/02/2018	13:07:52.991	579	371.7	TRQX
23/02/2018	13:14:01.718	413	371.5	XLON
23/02/2018	13:14:01.720	174	371.5	XLON
23/02/2018	13:22:19.891	574	371.2	XLON
23/02/2018	13:26:19.511	647	371.2	TRQX
23/02/2018	13:38:59.194	539	371.5	XLON
23/02/2018	13:38:59.194	44	371.5	XLON
23/02/2018	13:42:45.249	636	371.6	TRQX
23/02/2018	13:42:45.252	599	371.5	XLON
23/02/2018	13:47:02.383	194	371.3	XLON
23/02/2018	13:47:02.383	363	371.3	XLON
23/02/2018	14:14:23.425	72	370.8	XLON
23/02/2018	14:14:23.425	470	370.8	XLON
23/02/2018	14:14:23.425	578	370.8	XLON
23/02/2018	14:14:26.690	371	370.6	BATE
23/02/2018	14:14:26.690	252	370.6	BATE
23/02/2018	14:14:27.215	235	370.4	TRQX
23/02/2018	14:16:00.031	479	370.7	XLON
23/02/2018	14:16:00.031	102	370.7	XLON
23/02/2018	14:22:33.061	402	371.1	XLON
23/02/2018	14:22:33.061	541	371.1	XLON
23/02/2018	14:22:47.271	518	370.9	XLON
23/02/2018	14:34:22.972	123	370.8	TRQX
23/02/2018	14:34:22.972	194	370.9	XLON
23/02/2018	14:34:22.972	436	370.9	XLON
23/02/2018	14:34:22.973	535	370.8	TRQX
23/02/2018	14:34:24.001	250	370.7	CHIX
23/02/2018	14:34:24.002	371	370.7	CHIX
23/02/2018	14:34:25.445	622	370.4	XLON
23/02/2018	14:47:48.145	280	370.8	XLON
23/02/2018	14:47:48.146	261	370.8	XLON
23/02/2018	14:51:08.646	143	370.6	TRQX
23/02/2018	14:51:08.646	445	370.6	TRQX
23/02/2018	14:51:13.967	530	370.5	XLON
23/02/2018	14:51:16.857	56	370.5	XLON
23/02/2018	14:58:43.537	660	370.7	CHIX
23/02/2018	14:58:43.538	598	370.7	XLON
23/02/2018	15:06:25.659	546	370.7	XLON
23/02/2018	15:06:25.659	629	370.7	CHIX
23/02/2018	15:06:38.902	596	370.6	XLON
23/02/2018	15:15:19.867	130	370.4	XLON
23/02/2018	15:16:59.554	386	370.4	XLON
23/02/2018	15:19:30.026	664	370.5	CHIX
23/02/2018	15:19:30.027	521	370.4	XLON
23/02/2018	15:29:47.951	542	370.5	CHIX
23/02/2018	15:30:04.268	254	370.4	XLON
23/02/2018	15:32:10.659	56	370.6	XLON
23/02/2018	15:32:10.659	264	370.6	XLON
23/02/2018	15:32:10.801	247	370.6	XLON
23/02/2018	15:32:10.801	668	370.6	XLON
23/02/2018	15:32:15.158	222	370.4	XLON
23/02/2018	15:32:15.158	395	370.4	XLON
23/02/2018	15:32:15.158	322	370.4	XLON
23/02/2018	15:37:12.527	593	370.5	XLON
23/02/2018	15:44:33.061	556	370.8	XLON
23/02/2018	15:46:01.005	571	370.7	XLON
23/02/2018	15:50:15.423	610	370.8	XLON
23/02/2018	15:51:13.060	334	370.9	XLON
23/02/2018	15:51:13.060	474	370.9	XLON
23/02/2018	15:51:13.060	391	370.9	XLON
23/02/2018	15:51:13.060	260	370.9	XLON
23/02/2018	15:51:13.230	385	370.8	XLON
23/02/2018	15:51:13.230	144	370.8	XLON
23/02/2018	15:52:15.559	58	370.8	XLON
23/02/2018	15:52:15.559	657	370.8	CHIX
23/02/2018	15:52:15.693	449	370.8	XLON
23/02/2018	15:52:16.394	584	370.8	TRQX
23/02/2018	15:52:16.394	186	370.8	XLON
23/02/2018	15:52:50.978	648	370.6	BATE
23/02/2018	15:52:50.978	565	370.6	CHIX
23/02/2018	15:53:19.433	428	370.5	XLON
23/02/2018	15:55:12.389	171	370.5	XLON
23/02/2018	15:55:12.389	531	370.5	XLON
23/02/2018	15:56:21.015	9	370.5	XLON
23/02/2018	15:56:27.154	354	370.3	CHIX
23/02/2018	15:56:27.154	306	370.3	CHIX
23/02/2018	15:56:27.162	155	370.4	XLON
23/02/2018	15:56:27.162	1199	370.4	XLON
23/02/2018	15:56:28.322	149	370.2	TRQX
23/02/2018	15:56:28.473	281	370.2	TRQX
23/02/2018	15:56:30.736	112	370.2	TRQX
23/02/2018	15:58:43.060	60	370.2	XLON
23/02/2018	15:58:43.060	475	370.2	XLON
23/02/2018	15:58:43.060	230	370.2	XLON
23/02/2018	16:00:33.061	223	370.2	XLON
23/02/2018	16:00:33.061	249	370.2	XLON
23/02/2018	16:00:33.061	628	370.2	XLON
23/02/2018	16:02:53.065	544	370.6	XLON
23/02/2018	16:02:53.065	52	370.7	XLON
23/02/2018	16:02:53.065	492	370.7	XLON
23/02/2018	16:05:30.566	584	370.9	XLON
23/02/2018	16:05:35.357	642	370.8	XLON
23/02/2018	16:09:53.061	600	371.3	XLON
23/02/2018	16:11:03.061	77	371.6	XLON
23/02/2018	16:11:03.061	372	371.6	XLON
23/02/2018	16:11:03.061	1049	371.6	XLON
23/02/2018	16:11:03.061	745	371.6	XLON
23/02/2018	16:11:45.114	559	371.4	XLON
23/02/2018	16:11:45.115	370	371.3	CHIX
23/02/2018	16:11:45.117	654	371.3	CHIX
23/02/2018	16:11:45.118	500	371.4	CHIX
23/02/2018	16:11:45.118	1577	371.5	CHIX
23/02/2018	16:11:45.118	311	371.5	CHIX
23/02/2018	16:11:45.118	145	371.5	CHIX
23/02/2018	16:11:50.136	455	371.2	TRQX
23/02/2018	16:20:43.060	601	372	XLON
23/02/2018	16:22:25.584	548	371.9	XLON
23/02/2018	16:22:25.586	550	371.9	XLON
23/02/2018	16:22:26.266	405	371.9	XLON
23/02/2018	16:24:38.600	136	372.2	XLON
23/02/2018	16:25:30.910	447	372.8	XLON
23/02/2018	16:25:53.061	673	373	XLON
23/02/2018	16:26:23.506	715	373	XLON
23/02/2018	16:26:23.506	717	373	XLON
23/02/2018	16:26:23.510	95	373.1	XLON
23/02/2018	16:26:23.510	40	373.1	XLON
23/02/2018	16:26:23.510	11	373.1	XLON
23/02/2018	16:26:23.510	2900	373.1	XLON
23/02/2018	16:27:55.170	1415	373.5	BATE
23/02/2018	16:27:55.170	100	373.5	BATE
23/02/2018	16:27:58.995	88	373.6	TRQX
23/02/2018	16:28:00.482	168	373.6	TRQX
23/02/2018	16:28:01.353	112	373.6	TRQX
23/02/2018	16:28:01.952	262	373.6	TRQX
23/02/2018	16:28:58.994	458	374	TRQX
23/02/2018	16:28:58.995	123	374	TRQX
23/02/2018	16:29:15.169	333	373.6	BATE