Transaction in Own Shares

Released: 17 August 2016

Sports Direct International Plc

17 August 2016

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

SHARE BUYBACK

Transaction in Own Shares

Sports Direct announces that on 16 August 2016 it purchased 18,416 of its ordinary shares from Citigroup Global Markets Limited (acting as the Company's broker) on the London Stock Exchange at a price of 297.4 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 43,888,794 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 596,713,575.

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Sports Direct International plc

Dave Forsey, Chief Executive

Matt Pearson, Acting Chief Financial Officer

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Keith Bishop

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