Notice of General Meeting

12 September 2014

General Meeting of British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (the "Company")

The Company announces that it has today posted to shareholders a Circular in connection with the proposed acquisition of Sky Italia and at least a 57.4% stake in Sky Deutschland announced on 25 July 2014 (the "Transaction"). The Circular contains a Notice of General Meeting to be convened on 6 October 2014 at 1:30pm at the Park Plaza Victoria, 239 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 1EQ to seek the necessary approvals for the Transaction.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, the Company has submitted the following documents to the National Storage Mechanism which will be available shortly for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do 

· Circular, including the Notice of General Meeting

· Form of Proxy relating to the General Meeting

The Circular will be available on the Company's website at http://corporate.sky.com/investors/shareholder_information/shareholder_meetings

Enquiries:

Analysts/Investors:

Edward Steel Tel: 020 7032 2093

Press:

Eleanor Mills Tel: 020 7032 6615