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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

29th May 2018 09:20

RNS Number : 5147P

Societe Generale SA

29 May 2018

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a) Full name of discloser:	Société Générale S.A.
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Sky Plc
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	25/05/2018
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	NO

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:	Ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	77,459,789	4.51	107,857	0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	806,741	0.05	63,692,073	3.71
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	78,266,530	4.55	63,799,930	3.71

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	Purchase	77	13.515
Ordinary	Purchase	207	13.51
Ordinary	Purchase	33	13.51
Ordinary	Purchase	60	13.51
Ordinary	Purchase	240	13.47
Ordinary	Purchase	110	13.49
Ordinary	Purchase	91	13.49
Ordinary	Purchase	214	13.52
Ordinary	Purchase	228	13.555
Ordinary	Purchase	40	13.52
Ordinary	Purchase	190	13.52
Ordinary	Purchase	137	13.52
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.5
Ordinary	Purchase	200	13.51
Ordinary	Purchase	281	13.52
Ordinary	Purchase	236	13.555
Ordinary	Purchase	320	13.555
Ordinary	Purchase	337	13.505
Ordinary	Purchase	347	13.505
Ordinary	Purchase	200	13.565
Ordinary	Purchase	782	13.46
Ordinary	Purchase	500	13.55
Ordinary	Purchase	201	13.455
Ordinary	Purchase	237	13.46
Ordinary	Purchase	115	13.46
Ordinary	Purchase	361	13.45
Ordinary	Purchase	368	13.455
Ordinary	Purchase	772	13.46
Ordinary	Purchase	360	13.515
Ordinary	Purchase	400	13.55
Ordinary	Purchase	61	13.52
Ordinary	Purchase	49	13.52
Ordinary	Purchase	360	13.52
Ordinary	Purchase	357	13.455
Ordinary	Purchase	440	13.505
Ordinary	Purchase	325	13.5
Ordinary	Purchase	325	13.45
Ordinary	Purchase	286	13.5
Ordinary	Purchase	401	13.505
Ordinary	Purchase	273	13.5
Ordinary	Purchase	52	13.5
Ordinary	Purchase	325	13.505
Ordinary	Purchase	462	13.55
Ordinary	Purchase	150	13.55
Ordinary	Purchase	600	13.55
Ordinary	Purchase	325	13.455
Ordinary	Purchase	337	13.445
Ordinary	Purchase	326	13.45
Ordinary	Purchase	155	13.5
Ordinary	Purchase	325	13.5
Ordinary	Purchase	245	13.49
Ordinary	Purchase	236	13.49
Ordinary	Purchase	326	13.45
Ordinary	Purchase	380	13.46
Ordinary	Purchase	380	13.46
Ordinary	Purchase	141	13.46
Ordinary	Purchase	210	13.46
Ordinary	Purchase	325	13.465
Ordinary	Purchase	1,276	13.52
Ordinary	Purchase	325	13.485
Ordinary	Purchase	410	13.46
Ordinary	Purchase	158	13.5
Ordinary	Purchase	982	13.5
Ordinary	Purchase	325	13.505
Ordinary	Purchase	2	13.505
Ordinary	Purchase	326	13.45
Ordinary	Purchase	325	13.45
Ordinary	Purchase	325	13.46
Ordinary	Purchase	195	13.51
Ordinary	Purchase	393	13.5
Ordinary	Purchase	209	13.5
Ordinary	Purchase	601	13.5
Ordinary	Purchase	325	13.455
Ordinary	Purchase	524	13.515
Ordinary	Purchase	237	13.515
Ordinary	Purchase	210	13.505
Ordinary	Purchase	150	13.505
Ordinary	Purchase	325	13.505
Ordinary	Purchase	326	13.45
Ordinary	Purchase	405	13.555
Ordinary	Purchase	613	13.555
Ordinary	Purchase	361	13.55
Ordinary	Purchase	601	13.55
Ordinary	Purchase	1,052	13.57
Ordinary	Purchase	21	13.57
Ordinary	Purchase	112	13.6
Ordinary	Purchase	689	13.6
Ordinary	Purchase	962	13.55
Ordinary	Purchase	1,184	13.55
Ordinary	Purchase	951	13.57
Ordinary	Purchase	520	13.565
Ordinary	Purchase	591	13.565
Ordinary	Purchase	428	13.565
Ordinary	Purchase	75,000	13.52023758
Ordinary	Purchase	1,200,000	13.6
Ordinary	Purchase	50,000	13.53159968
Ordinary	Sale	207	13.54502415
Ordinary	Sale	401	13.46
Ordinary	Sale	45	13.545
Ordinary	Sale	1,504	13.46
Ordinary	Sale	4,867	13.46
Ordinary	Sale	325	13.47
Ordinary	Sale	324	13.565
Ordinary	Sale	376	13.545
Ordinary	Sale	475	13.545
Ordinary	Sale	399	13.505
Ordinary	Sale	334	13.51
Ordinary	Sale	266	13.56
Ordinary	Sale	325	13.52
Ordinary	Sale	80	13.525
Ordinary	Sale	80	13.525
Ordinary	Sale	43	13.52
Ordinary	Sale	37	13.52
Ordinary	Sale	37	13.52
Ordinary	Sale	80	13.52
Ordinary	Sale	152	13.52
Ordinary	Sale	325	13.47
Ordinary	Sale	472	13.545
Ordinary	Sale	324	13.55
Ordinary	Sale	537	13.545
Ordinary	Sale	610	13.535
Ordinary	Sale	165	13.525
Ordinary	Sale	59	13.53
Ordinary	Sale	266	13.53
Ordinary	Sale	603	13.54
Ordinary	Sale	544	13.545
Ordinary	Sale	547	13.55
Ordinary	Sale	627	13.555
Ordinary	Sale	324	13.56
Ordinary	Sale	160	13.49
Ordinary	Sale	6	13.49
Ordinary	Sale	324	13.565
Ordinary	Sale	324	13.54
Ordinary	Sale	350	13.495
Ordinary	Sale	354	13.52
Ordinary	Sale	325	13.515
Ordinary	Sale	325	13.52
Ordinary	Sale	361	13.525
Ordinary	Sale	325	13.5
Ordinary	Sale	325	13.5
Ordinary	Sale	325	13.52
Ordinary	Sale	325	13.515
Ordinary	Sale	381	13.525
Ordinary	Sale	484	13.545
Ordinary	Sale	334	13.55
Ordinary	Sale	45	13.55
Ordinary	Sale	80	13.55
Ordinary	Sale	1	13.55
Ordinary	Sale	325	13.47
Ordinary	Sale	325	13.51
Ordinary	Sale	325	13.545
Ordinary	Sale	325	13.52
Ordinary	Sale	349	13.51
Ordinary	Sale	337	13.535
Ordinary	Sale	324	13.55
Ordinary	Sale	325	13.535
Ordinary	Sale	103	13.565
Ordinary	Sale	325	13.505
Ordinary	Sale	325	13.51
Ordinary	Sale	11	13.46
Ordinary	Sale	388	13.55
Ordinary	Sale	408	13.55
Ordinary	Sale	391	13.545
Ordinary	Sale	336	13.555
Ordinary	Sale	354	13.56
Ordinary	Sale	280	13.565
Ordinary	Sale	324	13.57
Ordinary	Sale	336	13.57
Ordinary	Sale	4,973	13.46
Ordinary	Sale	3,692	13.46
Ordinary	Sale	8,000,000	13.6
Ordinary	Sale	3,501	13.46921
Ordinary	Sale	268,232	13.483661
Ordinary	Sale	43,792	13.6018339
	Total Purchases	1,357,581
	Total Sales	8,351,320

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	Equity linked swap	Expiry	8,000,000	N/A
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing short position	75,000	13.52023758
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing long position	268,232	13.483661
Ordinary	CFD	Reducing short position	43,792	13.6018339
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing short position	50,000	13.53159968

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit GBP

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit GBP

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable) GBP

4. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

Date of disclosure:	29/05/2018
Contact name:	Olivier Vero
Telephone number:	+44 20 7676 6969

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact [email protected] or visit www.rns.com.

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