REG - Sports Direct Intl. - Transaction in Own Shares

FrasersAnnouncement

03/05/2019 07:00

RNS Number : 9470X
Sports Direct International Plc
03 May 2019
 


Date: 3 May 2019
 
SPORTS DIRECT INTERNATIONAL PLC ("Sports Direct" or "the Company")
SHARE BUYBACK
Transaction in Own Shares
Sports Direct announces that on 2 May 2019 it purchased 1,919 of its ordinary shares from Liberum Capital Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at an average price of 299.20 pence per share, as part of the Company's buyback programme announced on 26 April 2019. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.
Following the above purchase, the Company holds 104,268,320 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 536,334,049.
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:             


02-May-19




Number of ordinary shares purchased:


0




Volume weighted average price paid per share:


0














Platform code


XLON




Date of purchase:             


02-May-19




Number of ordinary shares purchased:


1,919




Volume weighted average price paid per share:


299.20














Platform code


CHIX




Date of purchase:             


02-May-19




Number of ordinary shares purchased:


0




Volume weighted average price paid per share:


0














Platform code


TRQX




Date of purchase:             


02-May-19




Number of ordinary shares purchased:


0




Volume weighted average price paid per share:


0



Transaction details:



Transaction Date


Transaction Time


Number of ordinary shares purchased:


Price per share (pence)


Platform code




02/05/2019


08:21:02.135


1014


299.2


XLON




02/05/2019


08:21:02.218


905


299.2


XLON



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


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



 




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