BskyB Final 2011/12 Results - dividend declared

BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING GROUP PLC

Results for the twelve months ended 30 June 2012

ANOTHER YEAR OF STRONG OPERATIONAL GROWTH AND RECORD FINANCIAL RESULTS

Record financial performance

• Revenue up 4.5% to £6.791 billion on a like-for-like basis
• Record adjusted operating profit of £1.223 billion, up 14% with continued margin expansion to reach 18.0%, the highest level for six years
• Adjusted basic EPS up 22% to 50.8 pence
• Full year dividend increased by 9% to 25.4 pence per share
• Additional £500 million capital return to shareholders via share buy-back

Consistent and strong operational growth

• Total products increase by 12% to reach 28.4 million
• 10.6 million customers choose Sky, up 312,000 on the prior year
• Strong customer loyalty with churn of 9.9% in the quarter
• Four million customers choose Sky Broadband for great quality and value
• Largest and fastest growing triple play customer base in Britain at 3.4 million, up 21%

Delivering the best experience for customers

• Breadth of sports coverage continues with new rights renewals for Spanish football, British and Irish Lions rugby and Premier League
• Our second brand, NOW TV, launched on 17 July to give millions of people easy, instant access to Sky content
• Bringing a full suite of Sky services to Irish customers with the launch of Sky Broadband and Talk later this year
• Extending Sky Go with eight kids' channels now available including Disney and Nickelodeon; access to 32 live channels and a broad range of on demand content
• Free-to-air catch-up service to launch in the autumn to include BBC iPlayer, ITV Player and Demand 5; Sky Anytime⁺ surpasses one million homes, up 57% on last quarter