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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) Amendment

22nd Mar 2011 12:18

RNS Number : 3966D
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
22 March 2011
 



Amendment to announcement 1305D released on the 17th March 2011 at 09:59. Amendment to section 2 (a) total number of sales

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH

RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a) Name of exempt principal trader: Bank of America Merrill Lynch

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc

relevant securities this form relates:

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt Advisor to British Sky Broadcasting

Group Plc

principal trader is connected:

(d) Date dealing undertaken: 16/03/2011

(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today NO

disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other

party to this offer?

2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of Purchase/ Total number Highest price Lowest price

relevant Sales of securities per unit per unit

security paid/received paid/received

Common - GB0001411924 Purchase 954,417 GBP 8.23 GBP 8.18

Common - GB0001411924 Sale 2,065,289 GBP 8.25 GBP 8.18

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of Product  Nature of dealing Number of  Price per unit

relevant description reference securities

security eg. CFD

Common - GB0001411924 Swap SHORT 11874 GBP 8.21

Common - GB0001411924 Swap SHORT 359 GBP 8.21

Common - GB0001411924 Swap SHORT 371 GBP 8.23

Common - GB0001411924 Swap SHORT 562 GBP 8.21

Common - GB0001411924 Swap SHORT 706 GBP 8.23

Common - GB0001411924 Swap SHORT 800 GBP 8.21

Common - GB0001411924 Swap SHORT 1166 GBP 8.23

Common - GB0001411924 Swap SHORT 1467 GBP 8.19

Common - GB0001411924 Swap SHORT 2006 GBP 8.21

Common - GB0001411924 Swap SHORT 2352 GBP 8.19

Common - GB0001411924 Swap SHORT 2436 GBP 8.23

Common - GB0001411924 Swap SHORT 3043 GBP 8.21

Common - GB0001411924 Swap SHORT 8100 GBP 8.20

Common - GB0001411924 Swap SHORT 13975 GBP 8.21

Common - GB0001411924 Swap SHORT 300 GBP 8.22

Common - GB0001411924 Swap SHORT 9284 GBP 8.18

Common - GB0001411924 Swap SHORT 25386 GBP 8.21

Common - GB0001411924 Swap SHORT 25457 GBP 8.21

Class of Product  Nature of dealing Number of  Price per unit

relevant description reference securities

security eg. CFD

Common - GB0001411924 Swap LONG 96886 GBP 8.21

Common - GB0001411924 Swap LONG 66706 GBP 8.20

Common - GB0001411924 Swap LONG 31307 GBP 8.22

Common - GB0001411924 Swap LONG 25386 GBP 8.20

Common - GB0001411924 Swap LONG 19321 GBP 8.21

Common - GB0001411924 Swap LONG 14914 GBP 8.21

Common - GB0001411924 Swap LONG 3043 GBP 8.20

Common - GB0001411924 Swap LONG 2750 GBP 8.23

Common - GB0001411924 Swap LONG 2006 GBP 8.20

Common - GB0001411924 Swap LONG 1767 GBP 8.22

Common - GB0001411924 Swap LONG 562 GBP 8.20

Common - GB0001411924 Swap LONG 359 GBP 8.19

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type Expiry Option

relevant description purchasing, securities price date money

security selling, to which per unit paid/

varying etc. option received

relates per unit

(ii) Exercising

Class of relevant Product description Number of securities Exercise price per

security unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if

security applicable)

3. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,

formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal

or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the

disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the

offer:

NONE

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between

the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which

any derivative is referenced:

NONE

Date of disclosure: 22/03/2011

Contact name: Lucy Hayes

Telephone number: +44 20 7995 9850

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