TIDMBSY TIDMLGEN
RNS Number : 8571B
British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC
03 November 2009
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Financial Services Authority
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES |
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer | British Sky Broadcasting Group |
| of existing shares to which voting rights are | plc |
| attached: | |
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| 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): |
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | Yes |
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which | |
| may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which | |
| voting rights are attached. | |
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic | |
| effect to qualifying financial instruments | |
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | |
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| Other (please specify): | |
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the | Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) |
| notification obligation: | |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) | N/A |
| (if different from 3.): | |
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| | 30 October 2009 |
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on | |
| which the threshold is crossed or | |
| reached: | |
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 2 November 2009 |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | Below 3% (L&G) |
| reached: | |
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| 8. Notified details: |
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares |
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| Class/type of | Situation previous | Resulting situation after the |
| shares | to the triggering | triggering transaction |
| if possible | transaction | |
| using | | |
| the ISIN CODE | | |
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| | Number | Number | | Number | % of voting |
| | of | of | Number | of | rights |
| | Shares | Voting | of | voting | |
| | | Rights | shares | rights | |
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| | | | | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect |
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| ORD | 53,183,483 | 53,183,483 | Below 3% |
| GBP 0.50 | | | |
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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| | | | Number of | |
| Type of financial | Expiration | Exercise/ | voting | % of voting |
| instrument | date | Conversion | rights | rights |
| | | Period | that may | |
| | | | be | |
| | | | acquired | |
| | | | if the | |
| | | | instrument | |
| | | | is | |
| | | | exercised/ | |
| | | | converted. | |
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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| Type of financial | Exercise price | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of | % of voting rights |
| instrument | | date | Conversion | voting | |
| | | | period | rights | |
| | | | | instrument | |
| | | | | refers to | |
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| | | | | | Nominal | Delta |
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| Total (A+B+C) |
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| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
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| Below 3% |
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the |
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
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| Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) |
| Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) |
| (Direct and Indirect) |
| Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) |
| Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (Below 3% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) |
| Legal Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH) |
| & |
| General |
| Investment |
| Management |
| (Holdings) |
| Limited |
| (Direct) |
| (LGIMHD) |
| Legal Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL) |
| & |
| General |
| Assurance |
| (Pensions |
| Management) |
| Limited |
| (PMC) |
| Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL) |
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| Proxy Voting: |
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A |
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease | N/A |
| to hold: | |
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold | N/A |
| voting rights: | |
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| 13. Additional information: | Notification using the total voting rights |
| | figure of 1,752,842,599 |
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| 14. Contact name: | Helen Lewis (LGIM) |
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| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 3124 3851 |
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