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29/07/2016 07:07

RNS Number : 5917F
Sports Direct International Plc
29 July 2016
Released: 29 July 2016
Sports Direct International Plc
29 July 2016 
SPORTS DIRECT INTERNATIONAL PLC ("Sports Direct" or "the Company")
SHARE BUYBACK
Transaction in Own Shares
Sports Direct announces that on 28 July 2016 it purchased 365,957 of its ordinary shares from Citigroup Global Markets Limited (acting as the Company's broker) at a price of 285.2 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. 
Following the above purchase, the Company holds 42,503,465 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 598,098,904.
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Sports Direct International plc
Dave Forsey, Chief Executive
Matt Pearson, Acting Chief Financial Officer
T. 0344 245 9200
KBA PR 
Keith Bishop
T. 0344 245 9200

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