Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5525J

Sports Direct International Plc

20 August 2019

 

Date: 20 August 2019

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

SHARE BUYBACK

Transaction in Own Shares

Sports Direct announces that on 19 August 2019 it purchased 16,081 of its ordinary shares from Liberum Capital Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at an average price of 235.08 pence per share, as part of the Company's buyback programme announced on 26 July 2019. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 110,078,995 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 530,523,374.

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:	19-Aug-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	443
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	233.60
Platform code	XLON
Date of purchase:	19-Aug-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	11,967
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	234.95
Platform code	CHIX
Date of purchase:	19-Aug-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	3,188
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	236.18
Platform code	TRQX
Date of purchase:	19-Aug-19
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	483
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	232.40

Transaction details:

Transaction Date	Transaction Time	Volume	Price (p)	Platform code
19/08/2019	08:08:01.363	1905	236	XLON
19/08/2019	08:55:23.895	1846	234	XLON
19/08/2019	08:06:15.977	1843	234.4	XLON
19/08/2019	08:34:58.614	1649	233.4	XLON
19/08/2019	08:16:46.543	1200	234.8	XLON
19/08/2019	09:13:44.090	1200	236.4	XLON
19/08/2019	08:56:33.323	866	235.8	XLON
19/08/2019	08:56:33.323	700	235.8	XLON
19/08/2019	09:09:35.198	658	237.6	CHIX
19/08/2019	08:55:23.896	479	234.2	CHIX
19/08/2019	09:57:03.339	464	237.6	CHIX
19/08/2019	08:54:19.059	463	232.4	TRQX
19/08/2019	08:20:02.840	443	233.6	BATE
19/08/2019	09:44:38.272	443	237.6	CHIX
19/08/2019	09:13:42.314	432	236.4	CHIX
19/08/2019	08:54:51.437	412	234.2	CHIX
19/08/2019	09:13:44.090	351	236.4	XLON
19/08/2019	08:54:51.437	290	234.2	CHIX
19/08/2019	08:16:46.542	267	234.8	XLON
19/08/2019	08:16:46.543	136	234.8	XLON
19/08/2019	08:37:25.487	20	232.4	TRQX
19/08/2019	09:44:38.272	10	237.6	CHIX
19/08/2019	08:16:46.543	4	234.8	XLON

Ends. 

Sports Direct International plc Tom Piper, Company Secretary LEI: 213800JEGHHEAXIJDX34

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

 

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