REG - Sports Direct Intl. - Transaction in Own Shares

FrasersAnnouncement

09/08/2019 07:01

RNS Number : 4736I
Sports Direct International Plc
09 August 2019
 


Date: 9 August 2019
 
SPORTS DIRECT INTERNATIONAL PLC ("Sports Direct" or "the Company")
SHARE BUYBACK
Transaction in Own Shares
Sports Direct announces that on 8 August 2019 it purchased 28,079 of its ordinary shares from Liberum Capital Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at an average price of 232.45 pence per share, as part of the Company's buyback programme announced on 26 July 2019. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.
Following the above purchase, the Company holds 108,782,071 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 531,820,298.
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:             


08-Aug-19




Number of ordinary shares purchased:


789




Volume weighted average price paid per share:


233.40














Platform code


XLON




Date of purchase:             


08-Aug-19




Number of ordinary shares purchased:


22,452




Volume weighted average price paid per share:


232.28














Platform code


CHIX




Date of purchase:             


08-Aug-19




Number of ordinary shares purchased:


3,805




Volume weighted average price paid per share:


233.03














Platform code


TRQX




Date of purchase:             


08-Aug-19




Number of ordinary shares purchased:


1,033




Volume weighted average price paid per share:


233.40



Transaction details:



Transaction Date


Transaction Time


Volume


Price (p)


Platform code




08/08/2019


08:31:27.777


4318


231.2


XLON




08/08/2019


08:46:24.041


2340


232.8


XLON




08/08/2019


08:21:16.718


1857


231.4


XLON




08/08/2019


08:31:27.884


1696


231.6


XLON




08/08/2019


09:13:18.180


1690


232


XLON




08/08/2019


09:08:07.667


1681


232.8


XLON




08/08/2019


08:53:31.257


1670


233.2


XLON




08/08/2019


08:53:29.960


1573


233.4


XLON




08/08/2019


10:11:27.592


1542


233.4


XLON




08/08/2019


08:24:36.972


1217


232


XLON




08/08/2019


08:24:36.972


1007


232


XLON




08/08/2019


08:54:56.967


1007


233.2


XLON




08/08/2019


08:46:24.958


898


233.4


CHIX




08/08/2019


08:21:16.723


632


232


CHIX




08/08/2019


08:46:24.963


544


233.4


TRQX




08/08/2019


08:53:29.964


489


233.4


TRQX




08/08/2019


10:11:27.593


480


233.4


CHIX




08/08/2019


09:08:32.026


479


233.4


CHIX




08/08/2019


09:48:37.247


449


233.4


CHIX




08/08/2019


08:23:48.522


438


232.2


CHIX




08/08/2019


08:53:29.960


429


233.4


CHIX




08/08/2019


08:53:29.963


395


233.4


BATE




08/08/2019


08:46:24.962


394


233.4


BATE




08/08/2019


08:54:56.968


313


233.2


XLON




08/08/2019


08:54:56.968


241


233.2


XLON




08/08/2019


09:13:18.181


153


232


XLON




08/08/2019


08:31:27.783


71


231.2


XLON




08/08/2019


08:46:24.041


65


232.8


XLON




08/08/2019


08:31:27.884


11


231.6


XLON



 
Ends. 



Sports Direct International plc
Tom Piper, Company Secretary
LEI: 213800JEGHHEAXIJDX34


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



 




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