Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0550L

Sports Direct International Plc

14 July 2017

Released: 14 July 2017

Sports Direct International Plc

14 July 2017

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

SHARE BUYBACK

Transaction in Own Shares

Sports Direct announces that on 13 July 2017 it purchased 24,592 of its ordinary shares from Citigroup Global Markets Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at a price of 299.9 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 108,848,236 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 531,754,133.

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:	13-Jul-17
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	3,173
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	299.87

Platform code	XLON
Date of purchase:	13-Jul-17
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	10,802
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	299.86

Platform code	CHIX
Date of purchase:	13-Jul-17
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	6,154
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	299.90

Platform code	TRQX
Date of purchase:	13-Jul-17
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	4,463
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	299.86

Transaction details:

Transaction date	Transaction time	Volume	Price (p)	Platform code
13/07/2017	08:00:26:513	107	299.9	XLON
13/07/2017	08:11:18:583	40	299.9	TRQX
13/07/2017	08:11:44:995	115	299.8	BATE
13/07/2017	08:14:18:271	84	299.9	CHIX
13/07/2017	08:17:01:171	374	299.5	TRQX
13/07/2017	08:17:01:171	285	299.5	XLON
13/07/2017	08:17:01:171	584	299.5	XLON
13/07/2017	08:49:37:315	841	299.9	BATE
13/07/2017	08:49:37:316	853	299.9	CHIX
13/07/2017	08:49:52:535	806	299.9	XLON
13/07/2017	08:49:52:535	798	299.9	XLON
13/07/2017	08:49:54:252	2395	299.9	CHIX
13/07/2017	08:49:54:252	1604	299.9	XLON
13/07/2017	08:52:35:933	1170	299.9	XLON
13/07/2017	08:52:35:933	1604	299.9	TRQX
13/07/2017	09:00:37:354	1080	299.8	XLON
13/07/2017	09:43:00:010	201	299.9	BATE
13/07/2017	09:43:00:010	8	299.9	BATE
13/07/2017	09:44:38:327	50	299.7	TRQX
13/07/2017	09:44:38:328	199	299.7	BATE
13/07/2017	09:57:16:297	555	299.9	CHIX
13/07/2017	09:57:17:849	2172	299.9	XLON
13/07/2017	09:57:17:849	368	299.9	BATE
13/07/2017	09:57:17:849	368	299.9	TRQX
13/07/2017	09:57:17:849	1659	299.9	TRQX
13/07/2017	09:57:17:850	245	299.9	CHIX
13/07/2017	09:57:17:850	475	299.9	BATE
13/07/2017	09:57:17:850	1891	299.9	XLON
13/07/2017	09:57:17:850	305	299.9	XLON
13/07/2017	09:57:17:850	1120	299.9	CHIX
13/07/2017	09:57:17:850	598	299.9	BATE
13/07/2017	09:57:17:930	573	299.9	CHIX
13/07/2017	09:57:18:500	329	299.9	CHIX
13/07/2017	10:00:30:944	368	299.8	TRQX
13/07/2017	10:00:30:944	368	299.8	BATE