Last checked at 1 Dec 2016 07:00
Released: 1 December 2016
Sports Direct International Plc
1 December 2016
SPORTS DIRECT INTERNATIONAL PLC ("Sports Direct" or "the Company")
SHARE BUYBACK
Transaction in Own Shares
Sports Direct announces that on 30 November 2016 it purchased 3,786 of its ordinary shares from Citigroup Global Markets Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at a price of 298.3 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.
Following the above purchase, the Company holds 47,481,654 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 593,120,715.
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: | 30 November 2016 |
Number of ordinary shares purchased: | 3,786 |
Volume weighted average price paid per share: | 298.3 |
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 | |
30/11/2016 | 08:00:00:173 | 626 | 297.6 | XLON | |
30/11/2016 | 08:03:28:567 | 316 | 299.4 | XLON | |
30/11/2016 | 08:04:14:094 | 316 | 298.3 | XLON | |
30/11/2016 | 08:07:19:161 | 262 | 298.9 | XLON | |
30/11/2016 | 08:07:19:163 | 54 | 298.9 | XLON | |
30/11/2016 | 08:08:03:404 | 316 | 298 | XLON | |
30/11/2016 | 08:08:28:175 | 316 | 297.2 | XLON | |
30/11/2016 | 08:08:37:861 | 316 | 296.5 | XLON | |
30/11/2016 | 08:10:45:767 | 316 | 299.2 | XLON | |
30/11/2016 | 08:10:45:769 | 316 | 299.1 | XLON | |
30/11/2016 | 08:10:45:771 | 316 | 299.3 | XLON | |
30/11/2016 | 08:26:07:516 | 316 | 298.7 | XLON | |
Total Number Of Voting Rights
In accordance with DTR 5.6.1 of the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, the Company is required to notify the market of the total number of voting rights and capital in the Company as at the end of each calendar month in which an increase or decrease has occurred.
The issued share capital of the Company is comprised of 640,602,369 ordinary shares of 10p each. As 47,481,654 of these ordinary shares are held as treasury shares, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 593,120,715. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Ends.
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