BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING GROUP PLC - SHARE BUYBACK
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (the
"Company") announces that in accordance with the
authority granted by shareholders at the Company's
Annual General Meeting on 29 November 2011, on 16 July 2012
it purchased 50,000 of its
ordinary shares of £0.50 pence
each ("shares") for cancellation.
The volume weighted average price paid by the Company
was 685.8998 pence per
share.
In accordance with the agreement between the Company
and News UK Nominees Limited (and others) dated 28 July
2011 (the "Buyback Agreement"), and
shareholder authority granted on 29 November 2011, the
Company will today purchase 32,153 shares at
685.8998 pence per share from News UK Nominees
Limited for cancellation.
Further to yesterday's announcement, the Company
confirms that it has in accordance with the Buyback
Agreement completed the purchase of 12,862 shares at
695.3816 pence per share from News UK Nominees Limited for
cancellation.
Following the completion of the above transactions the
Company will have 1,673,702,356 votable shares
in issue. This number represents the total voting rights in
the Company and may be used by shareholders as the
denominator for the calculations by which they can
determine if they are required to notify their interest in,
or a change to their interest in, the Company under the
Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and
Transparency Rules.
Enquiries:
Mark Chambers
Company Secretarial Assistant
Telephone: +44 (0)870 240 3000