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02/11/2016 07:06

RNS Number : 0511O
Sports Direct International Plc
02 November 2016
Released: 2 November 2016
Sports Direct International Plc
2 November 2016
SPORTS DIRECT INTERNATIONAL PLC ("Sports Direct" or "the Company")
SHARE BUYBACK
Transaction in Own Shares
Sports Direct announces that on 1 November 2016 it purchased 86,225 of its ordinary shares from Citigroup Global Markets Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at a price of 278.0 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. 
Following the above purchase, the Company holds 47,357,115 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 593,245,254.
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Sports Direct International plc
Matt Pearson, Acting Chief Financial Officer
T. 0344 245 9200
E. investor.relations@sportsdirect.com
KBA PR 
Keith Bishop
T. 0207 734 9995
E. sd@kbapr.com
 

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