Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9470X

Sports Direct International Plc

03 May 2019

 

Date: 3 May 2019

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

SHARE BUYBACK

Transaction in Own Shares

Sports Direct announces that on 2 May 2019 it purchased 1,919 of its ordinary shares from Liberum Capital Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at an average price of 299.20 pence per share, as part of the Company's buyback programme announced on 26 April 2019. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 104,268,320 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 536,334,049.

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 Liberum Capital Limited is set out below.

Aggregated information:
Platform code	BATE
Date of purchase:	02-May-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	0
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	0
Platform code	XLON
Date of purchase:	02-May-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	1,919
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	299.20
Platform code	CHIX
Date of purchase:	02-May-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	0
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	0
Platform code	TRQX
Date of purchase:	02-May-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	0
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	0

Transaction details:

Transaction Date	Transaction Time	Number of ordinary shares purchased:	Price per share (pence)	Platform code
02/05/2019	08:21:02.135	1014	299.2	XLON
02/05/2019	08:21:02.218	905	299.2	XLON

Ends. 

Sports Direct International plc Cameron Olsen, Company Secretary LEI: 213800JEGHHEAXIJDX34

T. 0344 245 9200 E. [e-mail]

 

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