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Form 8.3 - Sky plc

20th Jul 2017 12:03

RNS Number : 6490L

Societe Generale SA

20 July 2017

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	19/07/2017
(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:	26,824,532	1.56	70,032	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	1,070	0.00	6,766,659	0.39
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	26,825,602	1.56	6,836,691	0.40

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	408	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	2,038	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	285	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	14	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	36	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	229	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	110	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	165	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	41	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	11	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	11	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	634	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	644	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	634	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	538	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	634	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	657	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	77	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	897	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	837	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	458	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	606	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	90	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	313	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	666	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	627	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	109	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	2,684	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	430	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	385	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	532	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	819	9.665
Ordinary	Purchase	4	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	636	9.66
Ordinary	Purchase	724	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	1,400	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	489	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	634	9.6725
Ordinary	Purchase	376	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	144	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	951	9.6675
Ordinary	Purchase	490	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	634	9.6675
Ordinary	Purchase	634	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	634	9.6725
Ordinary	Purchase	289	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	345	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	363	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	23	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.665
Ordinary	Purchase	134	9.665
Ordinary	Purchase	550	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	84	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	460	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	154	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	480	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	288	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	346	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	634	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	312	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	1,191	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	134	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	30	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	215	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	35	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	354	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	634	9.6675
Ordinary	Purchase	469	9.6675
Ordinary	Purchase	469	9.6675
Ordinary	Purchase	634	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	31	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	296	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	608	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	10	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	490	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	634	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	134	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	235	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	270	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	150	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	390	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	126	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	214	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	317	9.6675
Ordinary	Purchase	634	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	634	9.6675
Ordinary	Purchase	634	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	951	9.6675
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	23	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	634	9.6725
Ordinary	Purchase	1,590	9.6675
Ordinary	Purchase	634	9.6675
Ordinary	Purchase	244	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	634	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	259	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	634	9.6675
Ordinary	Purchase	634	9.6675
Ordinary	Purchase	412	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	317	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	634	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	634	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	896	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	145	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	286	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	334	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	317	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	317	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	110	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	2,289	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	150	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	20	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	17	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	280	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	127	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	634	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	435	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	470	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	692	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	234	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	360	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	317	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	334	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	334	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	347	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	167	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	190	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	177	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	622	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	97	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	622	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	146	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	317	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	390	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	391	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	263	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	317	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	391	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	49	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	194	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	132	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	134	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	111	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	604	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	395	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	391	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	162	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	379	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	326	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	408	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	93	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	22	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	286	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	4,972	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	3,544	9.6678225
Ordinary	Purchase	5,000	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	15,000	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	20,000	9.7
Ordinary	Sale	206	9.655
Ordinary	Sale	570	9.655
Ordinary	Sale	496	9.655
Ordinary	Sale	636	9.665
Ordinary	Sale	149	9.67
Ordinary	Sale	78	9.66
Ordinary	Sale	396	9.66
Ordinary	Sale	487	9.67
Ordinary	Sale	313	9.665
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.665
Ordinary	Sale	339	9.665
Ordinary	Sale	297	9.665
Ordinary	Sale	360	9.675
Ordinary	Sale	274	9.675
Ordinary	Sale	136	9.665
Ordinary	Sale	636	9.665
Ordinary	Sale	1,272	9.665
Ordinary	Sale	636	9.665
Ordinary	Sale	506	9.67
Ordinary	Sale	636	9.665
Ordinary	Sale	311	9.665
Ordinary	Sale	7	9.665
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.675
Ordinary	Sale	300	9.655
Ordinary	Sale	69	9.655
Ordinary	Sale	869	9.7
Ordinary	Sale	4,075	9.655
Ordinary	Sale	11	9.66
Ordinary	Sale	4	9.67
Ordinary	Sale	304	9.665
Ordinary	Sale	396	9.67
Ordinary	Sale	307	9.66
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.665
Ordinary	Sale	330	9.665
Ordinary	Sale	11,415	9.6678225
Ordinary	Sale	5,000	9.7
Ordinary	Sale	15,000	9.7
Ordinary	Sale	20,000	9.7
	Total Purchases	120,104
	Total Sales	68,121

(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

(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:	20/07/2017
Contact name:	Olivier Vero
Telephone number:	+44 20 7676 6821 / 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 company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

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