Last checked at 30 Nov 2016 07:00
Released: 30 November 2016
Sports Direct International Plc
30 November 2016
SPORTS DIRECT INTERNATIONAL PLC ("Sports Direct" or "the Company")
SHARE BUYBACK
Transaction in Own Shares
Sports Direct announces that on 29 November 2016 it purchased 1,937 of its ordinary shares from Citigroup Global Markets Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at a price of 297.3 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.
Following the above purchase, the Company holds 47,477,868 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 593,124,501.
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: | 29 November 2016 |
Number of ordinary shares purchased: | 1,937 |
Volume weighted average price paid per share: | 297.3 |
Transaction details:
Issuer name: | Sports Direct International Plc |
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ISIN: | GB00B1QH8P22 |
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Intermediary name: | Citigroup Global Markets Limited |
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Intermediary Code: | SBILGB2LXXX |
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Timezone: | UTC |
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Currency: | GBP
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Transaction date | Transaction time | Volume | Price (p) | Platform code | |
29/11/2016 | 08:00:02:020 | 3 | 295 | XLON | |
29/11/2016 | 08:12:23:909 | 50 | 298.5 | XLON | |
29/11/2016 | 08:12:23:911 | 284 | 298.5 | XLON | |
29/11/2016 | 08:13:00:444 | 224 | 294.1 | XLON | |
29/11/2016 | 08:13:00:447 | 213 | 294.1 | XLON | |
29/11/2016 | 08:15:44:031 | 495 | 298.3 | XLON | |
29/11/2016 | 08:19:58:464 | 334 | 298 | XLON | |
29/11/2016 | 08:23:14:258 | 334 | 298 | XLON | |
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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