Middlesex, UK, Sept. 17, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Name of company
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc
2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
Franklin Resources, Inc. and its affiliates
3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse 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 of shares held by each of them
See attached list
5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
Unknown
6. Percentage of issued class
Unknown
7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
N/A
8. Percentage of issued class
N/A
9. Class of security
Ordinary shares of 50p each
10. Date of transaction
Unknown
11. Date company informed
15 September 2004
12. Total holding following this notification
98,030,827
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
5.0487%
14. Any additional information
-
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Chris Taylor - 020 7800 4297
16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification
David Gormley
Date of notification
17 September 2004
SCHEDULE
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc
Registered Holder No. of Shares % of Class
Bank of New York, Europe, London 12,010 0.0006%
Bank of New York, London 4,052,760 0.2087%
London
JP Morgan/Chase
Woolgate House
Coleman Street 79,761,755 4.1078%
London
EC2P 2HD
Citibank 800,257 0.0412%
London
Euroclear 10,200 0.0005%
Bruxelles
HSBC Bank Ltd. 602,120 0.0310%
London
Mellon Bank 2,611,640 0.1345%
London
Merrill Lynch Intl Ltd. 1,029,700 0.0530%
London
Northern Trust Company 1,722,899 0.0887%
155 Bishopgate
London, EC2M 3XS
Royal Trust Corp of Canada 1,788,600 0.0921%
London
State Street Nominees Limited 5,638,886 0.2904%
12-13 Nichols Lane
London EC4N 7BN
TOTAL 98,030,827 5.0487%
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange