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RNS Number : 6260Q

Sports Direct International Plc

01 December 2016

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 
ISIN:                GB00B1QH8P22 
Intermediary name:   Citigroup Global Markets Limited 
Intermediary Code:   SBILGB2LXXX 
Timezone:            UTC 
Currency:            GBP 
                                                         -------------------------- 
 
 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

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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