Sky redeems US$750m 5.625% bonds on maturity

Sky redeems US$750m 5.625% bonds on maturity

Sky announces today that it has redeemed in full the US$750m Senior Unsecured Notes issued by Sky Group Finance plc which matured today (the "Notes"). The Notes, which were issued in 2005 with a coupon of 5.625%, have been redeemed using available cash. The bond redemption today is consistent with the financing plans set out for the acquisition of Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia in 2014.

Sky's overall pre-tax cost of debt is below 4% per annum with an average maturity across the bond portfolio of 7.1 years. Sky now has no further debt maturing until October 2017.

Sky's credit ratings with Standard & Poor's and Moody's are BBB (stable) and Baa2 (stable) respectively.

For more information:

Analysts/ Investors:

Edward Steel Tel: 020 7032 2093

Email: [email protected]

Media:

Eleanor Mills Tel: 020 7032 6615

Email: [email protected]