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Sports Direct International Plc

19 August 2016

Released: 19 August 2016

Sports Direct International Plc

19 August 2016

SPORTS DIRECT INTERNATIONAL PLC ("Sports Direct" or "the Company")

SHARE BUYBACK

Transaction in Own Shares

Sports Direct announces that on 18 August 2016 it purchased 88,009 of its ordinary shares from Citigroup Global Markets Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at a price of 295.2 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 43,976,803 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 596,625,566.

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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

This information is provided by RNS

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