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19/08/2016 11:18

RNS Number : 1207H
Sports Direct International Plc
15 August 2016
Released: 15 August 2016
Sports Direct International Plc
15 August 2016
SPORTS DIRECT INTERNATIONAL PLC ("Sports Direct" or "the Company")
SHARE BUYBACK
Transaction in Own Shares
Sports Direct announces that on 12 August 2016 it purchased 29,828 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 43,870,378 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 596,731,991.
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Sports Direct International plc
Dave Forsey, Chief Executive
Matt Pearson, Acting Chief Financial Officer
T. 0344 245 9200
KBA PR 
Keith Bishop
T. 0344 245 9200

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