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RNS Number : 8571B
British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC
03 November 2009
 

Financial Services Authority
 
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
 
 
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached: 
 
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
Yes
 
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached.
 
 
 
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
 
 
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
 
 
Other (please specify):
 
 
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation: 
Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
 (if different from 3.):
N/A
 
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached: 
 
30 October 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:
2 November 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: 
 
Below 3% (L&G)
  
8. Notified details:
 
A: Voting rights attached to shares 
Class/type of
shares

if possible using
the ISIN CODE
Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number
of
Shares
Number
of
Voting
Rights
 
Number
of shares
Number of voting
rights
% of voting rights
Direct
Indirect
Direct
Indirect
ORD
GBP 0.50
53,183,483
53,183,483
Below 3%
 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
 
Type of financial
instrument
 
Expiration
date
 
Exercise/ 
Conversion Period
Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
 
% of voting
rights
 
 
 
 
 
 
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
 
Type of financial
instrument
 
 
Exercise price
 
Expiration date 
 
Exercise/
Conversion period 
 
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
 
 
% of voting rights 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nominal
Delta
 
 
 
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
 
Below 3%
 
  
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
 
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 & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) 
Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH) 
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)  
Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL) 
 
Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct)  (LGPL)
 
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:
N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:
N/A
 

13. Additional information:
Notification using the total voting rights figure of 1,752,842,599
 
14. Contact name:
Helen Lewis (LGIM)
15. Contact telephone number:
020 3124 3851
 
 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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