27th May 2011 16:01
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (the "Company")
The Company announces that it received notification, in accordance with DTR 3.1.2R and paragraph 26 of the Model Code, from the following Independent Non-Executive Directors of the Company, that they had purchased ordinary shares in the Company on 27 May 2011 at a price of 838 pence per share, pursuant to trading plans, as detailed below:
Name of Director | Number of shares purchased | Date of entry into trading plan | Total number of shares held in the Company following the transaction |
David Evans | 132 | 10 August 2009 | 18,966* |
Nicholas Ferguson | 83 | 10 August 2009 | 12,177 |
Andrew Higginson | 82 | 10 August 2009 | 4,423 |
Allan Leighton | 291 | 12 August 2009 | 7,892 |
Jacques Nasser | 92 | 10 August 2009 | 2,748 |
Dame Gail Rebuck | 83 | 10 August 2009 | 2,157 |
Daniel Rimer | 457 | 10 August 2009 | 9,524 |
Lord Wilson of Dinton | 86 | 10 August 2009 | 2,700 |
These transactions took place in London.
* 16,000 ordinary shares held in the form of 4,000 American Depositary Shares ("ADSs"), one ADS is equivalent to four ordinary shares.
Enquiries:
Dominic Murray
Assistant Company Secretary
Telephone: +44 (0)870 240 3000
Related Shares:
Sky