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01/12/2016 07:17

RNS Number : 6260Q
Sports Direct International Plc
01 December 2016
Released: 1 December 2016
Sports Direct International Plc
1 December 2016
SPORTS DIRECT INTERNATIONAL PLC ("Sports Direct" or "the Company")
SHARE BUYBACK
Transaction in Own Shares
Sports Direct announces that on 30 November 2016 it purchased 3,786 of its ordinary shares from Citigroup Global Markets Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at a price of 298.3 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. 
Following the above purchase, the Company holds 47,481,654 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 593,120,715.
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 Citigroup Global Markets Limited is set out below.
Aggregated information:
Date of purchase: 
30 November 2016
Number of ordinary shares purchased:
3,786
Volume weighted average price paid per share:
298.3
Transaction details:
Issuer name: 
Sports Direct International Plc
ISIN:
GB00B1QH8P22
Intermediary name:
Citigroup Global Markets Limited
Intermediary Code:
SBILGB2LXXX
Timezone: 
UTC
Currency:
GBP
Transaction date
Transaction time
Volume
Price (p)
Platform code
30/11/2016
08:00:00:173
626
297.6
XLON
30/11/2016
08:03:28:567
316
299.4
XLON
30/11/2016
08:04:14:094
316
298.3
XLON
30/11/2016
08:07:19:161
262
298.9
XLON
30/11/2016
08:07:19:163
54
298.9
XLON
30/11/2016
08:08:03:404
316
298
XLON
30/11/2016
08:08:28:175
316
297.2
XLON
30/11/2016
08:08:37:861
316
296.5
XLON
30/11/2016
08:10:45:767
316
299.2
XLON
30/11/2016
08:10:45:769
316
299.1
XLON
30/11/2016
08:10:45:771
316
299.3
XLON
30/11/2016
08:26:07:516
316
298.7
XLON
Total Number Of Voting Rights
In accordance with DTR 5.6.1 of the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, the Company is required to notify the market of the total number of voting rights and capital in the Company as at the end of each calendar month in which an increase or decrease has occurred.
The issued share capital of the Company is comprised of 640,602,369 ordinary shares of 10p each. As 47,481,654 of these ordinary shares are held as treasury shares, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 593,120,715. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Ends.
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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