26th Aug 2016 14:03
Sky plc
(the 'Company')
The Company announces that it received notification from the following Independent Non-Executive Directors of the Company that they had purchased ordinary shares in the Company on 26 August 2016 at a price of 870.50 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 |
Martin Gilbert | 119 | 06 December 2011 | 6,576
|
Matthieu Pigasse | 117 | 08 December 2011 | 6,643
|
Tracy Clarke | 74 | 19 June 2012 | 3,498
|
Dave Lewis | 334 | 16 November 2012 | 10,972
|
Andy Sukawaty | 114 | 01 June 2013 | 3,527
|
The notifications below are made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a) | Name
| Martin Gilbert | ||||
2
| Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status
| Deputy Chairman, Independent Non-Executive Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | ||||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| |||||
a) | Name
| Sky plc | ||||
b) | LEI
| 2138003TS48MQKF4BZ29 | ||||
4
| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
| Ordinary Shares of 50 pence each in Sky plc
ISIN: GB0001411924
| ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
| Purchase of shares pursuant to a trading plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
|
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | n/a | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction
| 2016-08-26 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| London | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| |||||
a) | Name
| Matthieu Pigasse | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification
| |||||
a) | Position/status
| Independent Non-Executive Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| |||||
a) | Name
| Sky plc | ||||
b) | LEI
| 2138003TS48MQKF4BZ29 | ||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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a). | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
| Ordinary Shares of 50 pence each in Sky plc
ISIN: GB0001411924
| ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
| Purchase of shares pursuant to a trading plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
|
| ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | n/a | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction
| 2016-08-26 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| London | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| |||||
a) | Name
| Tracy Clarke | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification
| |||||
a) | Position/status
| Independent Non-Executive Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| |||||
a) | Name
| Sky plc | ||||
b) | LEI
| 2138003TS48MQKF4BZ29 | ||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
| |||||
a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
| Ordinary Shares of 50 pence each in Sky plc
ISIN: GB0001411924
| ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
| Purchase of shares pursuant to a trading plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
|
| ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | n/a | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction
| 2016-08-26 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| London | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| |||||
a) | Name
| Dave Lewis | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification
| |||||
a) | Position/status
| Independent Non-Executive Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| |||||
a) | Name
| Sky plc | ||||
b) | LEI
| 2138003TS48MQKF4BZ29 | ||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
| |||||
a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
| Ordinary Shares of 50 pence each in Sky plc
ISIN: GB0001411924
| ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
| Purchase of shares pursuant to a trading plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
|
| ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | n/a | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction
| 2016-08-26 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| London | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| |||||
a) | Name
| Andy Sukawaty | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification
| |||||
a) | Position/status
| Senior Independent Non-Executive Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| |||||
a) | Name
| Sky plc | ||||
b) | LEI
| 2138003TS48MQKF4BZ29 | ||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
| |||||
a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
| Ordinary Shares of 50 pence each in Sky plc
ISIN: GB0001411924
| ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
| Purchase of shares pursuant to a trading plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
|
| ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | n/a | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction
| 2016-08-26 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| London | ||||
Enquiries:
Louise Egan
Assistant Company Secretary
Telephone: +44 (0)333 100 0333
Related Shares:
Sky