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British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC24 November 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company British Sky Broadcasting Group plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Please see Schedule 1 attached 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 Shareholder named in 2. above 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Please see Schedule 2 attached 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired Unknown 6. Percentage of issued class Unknown 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed - 8. Percentage of issued class - 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 50p each 10. Date of transaction 20.11.06 11. Date company informed 23.11.06 12. Total holding following this notification 53,407,155 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.05% 14. Any additional information - 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Alex White 020 7705 3081 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification Chris Taylor Date of notification 24 November 2006 The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of thisdocument or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damagesfor loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwisefrom the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained init, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document orany such material. SCHEDULE 1 Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking 1552302 0.0886Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 1769012 0.1009Barclays Bank PLC 6262 0.0004Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 1600 0.0001Barclays Capital Inc 1052062 0.06Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 3402 0.0002Gerrard Ltd 3092113 0.1764Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 4443746 0.2535Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 5462 0.0003Barclays Global Fund Advisors 4227488 0.2412Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 2675535 0.1526Absa Fund Managers Ltd 50000 0.0029Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 8363367 0.4771Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 14135746 0.8064Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 1783 0.0001Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 101342 0.0058Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd 88577 0.0051Barclays Global Investors Ltd 11837356 0.6753 Group Holding 53407155 3.0469 SCHEDULE 2 Registered Holder Account Holding Designation BANK OF IRELAND 426360 40,995BANK OF NEW YORK 83,693Barclays Bank PLC (Singapore) 1,600BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 858,934BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 6,262BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 5,060,973BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 8,910,745Barclays Capital Securities Ltd. 193,128Barclays Capital Securities Ltd. 164,028Barclays Global Investors Canada 88,577Barclays Trust Co R69 C000000000000000000 1,783CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 681,502CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 446,526Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 68640801 3,170Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69390001 1,712Clydesdale Nominees HGB0225 67355102 580Clydesdale Nominees NWS0112 9026201 1,315,858Clydesdale Nominees NWS0712 9026207 37,500Clydesdale Nominees NWS1612 9026216 298,566Clydesdale Nominees NWS1812 9026218 214,423Clydesdale Nominees NWS1912 9026219 3,125Clydesdale Nominees NWS2212 9026222 154,284Clydesdale Nominees SFE0102 9026201 2,078,901Clydesdale Nominees SFE0112 9026201 1,017Clydesdale Nominees SFE2402 9026224 340,072Gerrard Nominees Limited 610720 3,000Gerrard Nominees Limited 621942 570Gerrard Nominees Limited 630871 500Gerrard Nominees Limited 631118 9,100Gerrard Nominees Limited 637739 500Gerrard Nominees Limited 639311 600Gerrard Nominees Limited 643975 2,000Gerrard Nominees Limited 652198 5,000Gerrard Nominees Limited 658574 1,475Gerrard Nominees Limited 659442 750Gerrard Nominees Limited 659792 585Gerrard Nominees Limited 660302 2,500Gerrard Nominees Limited 660430 660Gerrard Nominees Limited 660758 7,800Gerrard Nominees Limited 660968 3,900Gerrard Nominees Limited 774160 700Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1) 198,213Greig Middleton Nominees Ltd (GM3) 523475DN 75,000INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 19,686INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 5,189,191INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 144,519INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 199,992INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 84,565INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 35,538INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 8,641INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,199,560INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 273,212INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 109,189INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 369,586INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 3,432,149INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 364,568INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 33,808INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 305,613INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 78,990INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 12,360JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 320,051JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16338 79,459JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 724,512JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16342 175,341JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 9,879,250JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 17011 23,123JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 1,235,609JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 39,120JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 101,342JPMorgan Chase Bank 643,944JPMorgan Chase Bank 16,309JPMorgan Chase Bank 119,858JPMorgan Chase Bank 18,657JPMorgan Chase Bank 93,562JPMorgan Chase Bank 159,684JPMorgan Chase Bank 34,082JPMorgan Chase Bank 126,278JPMorgan Chase Bank 98,566JPMorgan Chase Bank 171,274JPMorgan Chase Bank 60,030JPMorgan Chase Bank 10,058JPMorgan Chase Bank 206,864JPMorgan Chase Bank 71,208JPMorgan Chase Bank 93,107JPMorgan Chase Bank 116,286JPMorgan Chase Bank 11,277JPMorgan Chase Bank 764,910Master Trust Bank 74,575Master Trust Bank 120,182Master Trust Bank 291,601Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN / 45,432Mitsui Asset 20,716R C Greig Nominees Limited 1,432,481R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 628,768R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 199,669R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 138,945R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 208,155R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 171,242Reflex Nominees Limited 2,050Reflex Nominees Limited 1,352Standard Bank of SA in trust for Absa Unit Trust 50,000STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - WI 9,828STATE STREET BOSTON 551,615Trust & Custody Services Bank 931Trust & Custody Services Bank 885,344Trust & Custody Services Bank 9,242Trust & Custody Services Bank 9,292 Total 53,407,155 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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