REG - Sports Direct Intl. - Transaction in Own Shares

FrasersAnnouncement

17/04/2019 07:05

RNS Number : 4113W
Sports Direct International Plc
17 April 2019
 


Date: 17 April 2019
 
SPORTS DIRECT INTERNATIONAL PLC ("Sports Direct" or "the Company")
SHARE BUYBACK
Transaction in Own Shares
Sports Direct announces that on 16 April 2019 it purchased 9,116 of its ordinary shares from Liberum Capital Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at an average price of 299.52 pence per share, as part of the Company's buyback programme announced on 11 April 2019. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.
Following the above purchase, the Company holds 104,122,972 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 536,479,397.
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:             


16-Apr-19




Number of ordinary shares purchased:


4,730




Volume weighted average price paid per share:


299.80














Platform code


XLON




Date of purchase:             


16-Apr-19




Number of ordinary shares purchased:


980




Volume weighted average price paid per share:


298.20














Platform code


CHIX




Date of purchase:             


16-Apr-19




Number of ordinary shares purchased:


2,295




Volume weighted average price paid per share:


299.45














Platform code


TRQX




Date of purchase:             


16-Apr-19




Number of ordinary shares purchased:


1,111




Volume weighted average price paid per share:


299.64



Transaction details:



Transaction Date


Transaction Time


Number of ordinary shares purchased:


Price per share (pence)


Platform code




16/04/2019


15:57:11.556


1108


299.8


BATE




16/04/2019


08:19:14.327


102


298.2


XLON




16/04/2019


08:19:14.327


878


298.2


XLON




16/04/2019


08:23:16.702


500


299.4


CHIX




16/04/2019


08:23:16.702


448


299.4


CHIX




16/04/2019


12:01:59.231


142


299.8


CHIX




16/04/2019


12:01:59.232


144


299.8


CHIX




16/04/2019


08:25:07.432


274


299.6


TRQX




16/04/2019


08:25:07.432


638


299.6


TRQX




16/04/2019


12:01:59.232


139


299.8


TRQX




16/04/2019


12:01:59.233


60


299.8


TRQX




16/04/2019


08:23:44.048


1012


299.4


CHIX




16/04/2019


08:25:39.429


49


299.4


CHIX




16/04/2019


12:01:59.231


138


299.8


BATE




16/04/2019


12:01:59.233


56


299.8


BATE




16/04/2019


14:07:04.964


898


299.8


BATE




16/04/2019


14:21:21.655


1590


299.8


BATE




16/04/2019


15:55:57.610


940


299.8


BATE



Ends. 



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


 
T. 0344 245 9200
E. investor.relations@sportsdirect.com
 



 




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