FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a - 16 or 15d - 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of November 2004
16 November 2004
BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING GROUP PLC
(Name of Registrant)
Grant Way, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 5QD England
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Yes No X
If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): Not Applicable
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
EXHIBIT NO.1 Press release of British Sky Broadcasting Group plc
announcing Share Capital Notification released on
16 November 2004.
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc
(the "Company")
The Company announces that it has received two notifications with respect to
interests in share capital from News Corporation and Franklin Templeton
Investments.
News Corporation
News Corporation informed the Company on 12 November 2004, that pursuant to Part
VI of the Companies Act 1985 ("The Act"), that as the result of an internal
re-organisation News Corporation of 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY
10036, USA has become the holding company of the News Group of companies. Under
this internal re-organisation, the existing holding company, The News
Corporation Limited ("TNCL") of 121 King William Street, Adelaide, S.A. 5000
Australia, has become a subsidiary of Carlholt Pty. Limited ("Carlholt") of
Level 5, 2 Holt Street, Surrey Hills, NSW, which in turn, is a subsidiary of
News Corporation.
Following this re-organisation, the interests of News Corporation and its
subsidiaries in the shares of the Company are as follows:
(a) BSkyB Holdco, Inc. of 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware
19808, USA remains interested in 686,021,700 ordinary shares of GBP0.50 each in
the capital of British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (shares). The registered
holder of these shares remains News UK Nominees Limited (registered number
0236672) whose registered address is One Virginia Street, London, E98 1XY.
(b) By virtue of its ability to exercise control of at least one third of the
voting power at the general meetings of BSkyB Holdco, Inc., Sky Global Holdings,
LLC ("SGHLLC") of 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808,
USA is also interested in those shares.
By virtue of its ability to exercise control of at least one third of the voting
power at the general meetings of SGHLLC, Sky Global Operations, Inc. ("SGO") of
2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808, USA is also
interested in those shares.
By virtue of its ability to exercise control of at least one third of the voting
power at the general meetings of SGO, Sky Global Networks, Inc. ("SGN") of 2711
Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808, USA is also interested
in those shares.
By virtue of its ability to exercise control of at least one third of the voting
power at the general meetings of SGN, Sky Global Holdings, Inc. ("SGH") of 2711
Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808, USA is also interested
in those shares.
By virtue of its ability to exercise control of at least one third of the voting
power at the general meetings of SGH, News Publishing Australia Limited ("NPAL")
of 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808, USA is also
interested in those shares.
By virtue of its ability to exercise control of at least one third of the voting
power at the general meetings of NPAL, TNCL is also interested in those shares.
By virtue of its ability to exercise control of at least one third of the voting
power at the general meetings of TNCL, Carlholt is also interested in those
shares.
By virtue of its ability to exercise control of at least one third of the voting
power at the general meetings of Carlholt, News Corporation is also interested
in those shares.
Franklin Templeton
Franklin Templeton Investments informed the Company on 15 November 2004 that it
has interests in the share capital of 6.0030%. These interests are held under
the management of Franklin Resources, Inc. and its affiliates which include
Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC and Templeton Worldwide, Inc. and its affiliates,
on behalf of clients, as detailed in the attached schedule.
SCHEDULE RELATING TO FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INVESTMENTS INTERESTS IN THE COMPANY
British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc
Outstanding Shares 1,941,713,000
Registered Holder No. of Shares % of Class
Bank of New York, Europe London 12,010 0.0006%
Bank of New York, London 4,360,160 0.2246%
JP Morgan/Chase 92,541,177 4.7660%
Woolgate House
Coleman Street
London, EC2P 2HD
Citibank, London 1,566,137 0.0807%
Citibank (ADR), United States 1,574,300 0.0811%
DTC (ADR), United States 4,600 0.0002%
Euroclear, Bruxelles 10,200 0.0005%
HSBC Bank Ltd., London 709,430 0.0365%
Mellon Bank, London 2,964,450 0.1527%
Merrill Lynch Intl Ltd., London 1,029,700 0.0530%
Northern Trust Company 2,232,396 0.1150%
155 Bishopsgate
London, EC2M 3XS
Royal Trust Corp of Canada, London 1,845,000 0.0950%
State Street Nominees Ltd 7,711,738 0.3972%
12-13 Nichols Lane
London EC4N 7BN
TOTAL 116,561,298 6.0030%
Enquires:
Dave Gormley
Company Secretary
Telephone: +44 20 7705 6701
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING GROUP PLC
Date: 16 November 2004 By: /s/ Dave Gormley
Dave Gormley
Company Secretary