25th May 2018 14:19
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 25 May 2018 at a price of 1350.00 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 | 69 | 06 December 2011
| 9,073 |
Matthieu Pigasse | 74 | 08 December 2011
| 9,082 |
Tracy Clarke
| 42 | 19 June 2012 | 5,020 |
Andrew Sukawaty
| 43 | 01 June 2013 | 5,690 |
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
| |||||
a)
| Name
| Martin Gilbert | ||||
2
| Reason for the notification
| |||||
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
| |||||
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
| 2018-05-25 | ||||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
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
| |||||
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
| 2018-05-25 | ||||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
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
| 2018-05-25 | ||||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| |||||
a)
| Name
| Andrew 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
| 2018-05-25 | ||||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
Enquiries:
Ben Matthews
Deputy Company Secretary
Telephone: +44 (0)333 100 0333
Related Shares:
Sky