U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 3
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Vivendi Universal S.A.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
42, avenue de Friedland
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(Street)
75380 Paris, Cedex 08, France
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
06/10/99
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
Not Applicable (foreign entity)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (NYSE: BSYBF)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[_] Director [X] 10% Owner
[_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
[X] Form Filed by One Reporting Person
[_] Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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3. Ownership Form:
2. Amount of Securities Direct (D) or
1. Title of Security Beneficially Owned Indirect (I) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4)
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D (see explanatory
Ordinary Shares, nominal value 50p notes (1) and
per share 211,874,279 (3) below)
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I (see explanatory
Ordinary Shares, nominal value 50p notes (2) and
per share 203,607,595 (3) below) By BSB Holdings Limited
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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
5(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
(Print of Type Responses)
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FORM 3 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
5. Owner-
3. Title and Amount of Securities ship
Underlying Derivative Security Form of
2. Date Exercisable (Instr. 4) Derivative
and Expiration Date --------------------------------- 4. Conver- Security:
(Month/Day/Year) Amount sion or Direct 6. Nature of
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Date Expira- Number Price of Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative Exer- tion of Derivative (I) Ownership
Security (Instr. 4) cisable Date Title Shares Security (Instr.5) (Instr. 5)
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Not applicable
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) In September 1999, Vivendi, Canal+ S.A. ("Canal+"), a societe
anonyme organized under the laws of the Republic of France and, at such
time, 49% owned by Vivendi, and Pathe S.A. ("Pathe"), a societe anonyme
organized under the laws of the Republic of France and, at such time, 29%
owned by Vivendi, entered into a business combination agreement. The
agreement provided for an exchange ratio of 1.5 Vivendi shares for each
Pathe share. As a result of the merger, Vivendi acquired ownership of
296,854,733 Issuer Ordinary Shares previously held by Pathe.
(2) From September 1999 through October 2000, in a series of related
transactions, Vivendi indirectly acquired, for a combination of cash and
shares of Vivendi stock, 100% of the capital stock of BSB Holdings
Limited and, as a result, indirect ownership of 203,607,595 Issuer
Ordinary Shares held by BSB Holdings Limited.
(3) Through the transactions mentioned in Notes (1) and (2) above, and as a
result of certain dispositions thereafter, Vivendi currently holds,
directly or indirectly, 415,481,874 Issuer Ordinary Shares representing
approximately 22.4% of the currently outstanding Issuer Ordinary Shares.
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If
space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information
contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a
currently valid OMB Number.
VIVENDI UNIVERSAL S.A.
by /s/ Guillaume Hannezo April 25, 2001
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Name: Guillaume Hannezo Date
Title: Chief Financial Officer
**Signature of Reporting Person
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