Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6121Z

Sports Direct International Plc

21 May 2019

 

Date: 21 May 2019

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

SHARE BUYBACK

Transaction in Own Shares

Sports Direct announces that on 20 May 2019 it purchased 52,669 of its ordinary shares from Liberum Capital Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at an average price of 289.91 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 105,026,898 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 535,575,471.

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:	20-May-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	5,233
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	289.26
Platform code	XLON
Date of purchase:	20-May-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	35,444
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	289.93
Platform code	CHIX
Date of purchase:	20-May-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	7,624
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	290.31
Platform code	TRQX
Date of purchase:	20-May-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	4,368
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	289.82

Transaction details:

Transaction Date	Transaction Time	Number of ordinary shares purchased:	Price per share (pence)	Platform code
20/05/2019	08:34:29.538	127	295.6	XLON
20/05/2019	08:34:29.544	164	295.6	XLON
20/05/2019	08:34:29.544	548	295.6	XLON
20/05/2019	08:34:29.544	75	295.6	XLON
20/05/2019	08:35:23.798	57	294.4	XLON
20/05/2019	08:35:23.798	861	294.4	CHIX
20/05/2019	08:35:23.798	879	294.4	XLON
20/05/2019	08:45:08.088	986	294	XLON
20/05/2019	08:22:50.840	923	293.4	XLON
20/05/2019	09:25:41.684	856	292.8	XLON
20/05/2019	09:47:58.089	410	292	TRQX
20/05/2019	09:47:58.089	486	292	TRQX
20/05/2019	09:48:58.087	116	291.2	BATE
20/05/2019	09:49:49.548	855	291.2	BATE
20/05/2019	09:49:49.548	1028	291.2	CHIX
20/05/2019	09:51:32.452	147	291	XLON
20/05/2019	09:51:32.461	756	291	XLON
20/05/2019	10:22:15.339	867	291	XLON
20/05/2019	10:22:15.339	78	291	XLON
20/05/2019	10:59:54.733	758	291	XLON
20/05/2019	10:59:54.733	64	291	XLON
20/05/2019	11:10:11.419	989	290.8	CHIX
20/05/2019	13:43:34.801	927	290.6	XLON
20/05/2019	13:23:32.428	239	290.4	XLON
20/05/2019	13:23:32.428	731	290.4	XLON
20/05/2019	11:18:49.701	68	290.2	BATE
20/05/2019	11:18:49.701	926	290.2	BATE
20/05/2019	14:00:52.461	201	290.2	XLON
20/05/2019	14:00:52.461	766	290.2	XLON
20/05/2019	14:00:52.461	45	290.2	XLON
20/05/2019	14:20:12.427	666	290.2	XLON
20/05/2019	14:20:12.427	318	290.2	XLON
20/05/2019	14:31:35.854	600	290.2	XLON
20/05/2019	14:31:35.854	240	290.2	XLON
20/05/2019	15:13:20.385	521	290.2	XLON
20/05/2019	15:13:20.385	462	290.2	XLON
20/05/2019	14:04:48.107	898	290	CHIX
20/05/2019	11:28:54.700	206	289.8	XLON
20/05/2019	11:28:54.700	600	289.8	XLON
20/05/2019	11:28:54.700	167	289.8	XLON
20/05/2019	11:49:52.587	622	289.8	XLON
20/05/2019	11:49:52.587	279	289.8	XLON
20/05/2019	12:38:32.426	890	289.8	XLON
20/05/2019	12:52:19.476	203	289.8	CHIX
20/05/2019	12:52:19.476	694	289.8	CHIX
20/05/2019	14:35:02.142	110	289.8	TRQX
20/05/2019	14:35:21.852	275	289.8	TRQX
20/05/2019	14:35:54.485	128	289.8	TRQX
20/05/2019	14:35:56.911	548	289.8	TRQX
20/05/2019	14:44:52.431	877	289.8	XLON
20/05/2019	14:51:39.525	158	289.8	CHIX
20/05/2019	14:51:39.526	724	289.8	CHIX
20/05/2019	14:53:42.464	203	289.8	XLON
20/05/2019	14:53:44.817	371	289.8	XLON
20/05/2019	14:53:44.952	300	289.8	XLON
20/05/2019	14:53:47.626	31	289.8	XLON
20/05/2019	15:01:02.267	902	289.8	XLON
20/05/2019	15:21:32.427	979	289.8	XLON
20/05/2019	12:46:00.526	26	289.6	TRQX
20/05/2019	12:46:00.526	867	289.6	TRQX
20/05/2019	12:55:22.575	1015	289.6	XLON
20/05/2019	14:36:13.178	159	289.6	XLON
20/05/2019	14:36:13.178	600	289.6	XLON
20/05/2019	14:36:13.178	79	289.6	XLON
20/05/2019	15:27:49.686	989	289.4	XLON
20/05/2019	15:29:49.570	836	289.4	CHIX
20/05/2019	15:30:44.736	41	289.4	CHIX
20/05/2019	15:35:22.427	975	289.4	XLON
20/05/2019	12:33:32.427	700	289.2	XLON
20/05/2019	12:33:32.427	188	289.2	XLON
20/05/2019	15:49:57.165	898	288.8	XLON
20/05/2019	15:49:57.166	980	288.8	TRQX
20/05/2019	12:14:04.599	450	288.6	XLON
20/05/2019	12:14:04.599	390	288.6	XLON
20/05/2019	15:57:19.079	351	288.6	XLON
20/05/2019	15:57:19.090	537	288.6	XLON
20/05/2019	16:02:02.431	600	288.6	BATE
20/05/2019	16:02:02.431	600	288.6	BATE
20/05/2019	16:02:02.431	188	288.6	BATE
20/05/2019	16:02:02.431	600	288.6	BATE
20/05/2019	16:02:02.434	733	288.6	BATE
20/05/2019	16:05:52.462	856	288.6	XLON
20/05/2019	16:06:09.499	553	288.6	CHIX
20/05/2019	16:14:27.020	338	288.6	TRQX
20/05/2019	15:51:20.717	930	288.4	XLON
20/05/2019	16:02:05.827	909	288.4	XLON
20/05/2019	16:02:05.827	99	288.4	XLON
20/05/2019	16:09:18.086	568	288.4	XLON
20/05/2019	16:09:18.086	350	288.4	XLON
20/05/2019	16:14:27.020	200	288.2	TRQX
20/05/2019	16:12:39.065	879	288	XLON
20/05/2019	16:15:48.505	335	287.4	XLON
20/05/2019	16:15:48.505	497	287.4	XLON
20/05/2019	16:16:20.129	108	287.4	BATE
20/05/2019	16:16:23.278	439	287.4	BATE
20/05/2019	16:21:19.271	952	287.4	XLON
20/05/2019	16:21:48.753	990	287.4	XLON
20/05/2019	16:24:52.426	600	287.4	XLON
20/05/2019	16:24:52.426	319	287.4	XLON
20/05/2019	16:28:12.485	247	287.4	XLON
20/05/2019	16:28:12.485	51	287.4	XLON
20/05/2019	16:28:12.528	103	287.4	XLON
20/05/2019	16:17:51.790	433	287.2	CHIX
20/05/2019	16:17:51.790	206	287.2	CHIX

Ends. 

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

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

 

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