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Form 8.3 - Sky PLC

8th Jan 2018 10:07

RNS Number : 2207B

Societe Generale SA

08 January 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	05/01/2018
(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:	25,175,240	1.46	195,145	0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0.00	12,650,811	0.74
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	25,175,240	1.46	12,845,956	0.75

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	1,428	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	148	10.105
Ordinary	Purchase	1,570	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	42	10.105
Ordinary	Purchase	490	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	1,225	10.085
Ordinary	Purchase	400	10.105
Ordinary	Purchase	481	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	581	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	558	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	610	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	548	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	508	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	441	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	463	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	146	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	464	10.085
Ordinary	Purchase	490	10.085
Ordinary	Purchase	146	10.085
Ordinary	Purchase	1,525	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	1,067	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	1,273	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	403	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	500	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	496	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	1,496	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	800	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	850	10.085
Ordinary	Purchase	440	10.105
Ordinary	Purchase	500	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	284	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	233	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	372	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	483	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	147	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	440	10.105
Ordinary	Purchase	1,293	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	223	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	1,013	10.08
Ordinary	Purchase	976	10.085
Ordinary	Purchase	800	10.105
Ordinary	Purchase	84	10.105
Ordinary	Purchase	482	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	146	10.085
Ordinary	Purchase	546	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	578	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	254	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	1,246	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	374	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	146	10.085
Ordinary	Purchase	1,224	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	12	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	67	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	146	10.085
Ordinary	Purchase	543	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	377	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	369	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	146	10.085
Ordinary	Purchase	151	10.085
Ordinary	Purchase	1,238	10.08
Ordinary	Purchase	1,222	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	1,284	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	676	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	366	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	1,274	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	310	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	500	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	581	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	1,224	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	496	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	441	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	5	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	440	10.105
Ordinary	Purchase	462	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	440	10.105
Ordinary	Purchase	810	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	500	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	426	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	600	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	355	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	82	10.105
Ordinary	Purchase	358	10.105
Ordinary	Purchase	173	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	69	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	1,084	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	24	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	34	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	157	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	438	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	1	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	174	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	622	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	364	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	53	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	1,234	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	760	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	484	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	267	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	75	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	114	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	95	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	267	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	448	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	921	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	221	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	350	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	71	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	152	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	777	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	3,633	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	1,400	10.095
Ordinary	Purchase	10,000	10.101138
Ordinary	Sale	230	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	475	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	800	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	287	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	76	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	442	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	711	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	392	10.105
Ordinary	Sale	302	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	69	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	575	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	715	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	787	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	423	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	19,348	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	11,443	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	39	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	801	10.085
Ordinary	Sale	490	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	542	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	481	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	1,038	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	577	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	499	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	600	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	4,818	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	36	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	4,607	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	560	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	521	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	440	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	1,040	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	480	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	440	10.11
Ordinary	Sale	440	10.115
Ordinary	Sale	440	10.115
Ordinary	Sale	440	10.115
Ordinary	Sale	440	10.115
Ordinary	Sale	800	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	600	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	142	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	442	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	22	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	69	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	265	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	181	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	444	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	431	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	29	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	106	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	12	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	101	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	2	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	59	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	390	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	6	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	20	10.105
Ordinary	Sale	436	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	414	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	202	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	265	10.085
Ordinary	Sale	87	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	316	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	304	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	98	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	737	10.09
Ordinary	Sale	715	10.09
Ordinary	Sale	217	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	253	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	61	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	443	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	311	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	101	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	441	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	67	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	367	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	21	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	194	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	130	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	104	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	420	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	400	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	2,001	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	2,001	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	2,001	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	2,001	10.095
Ordinary	Sale	38	10.06
Ordinary	Sale	362	10.06
Ordinary	Sale	311	10.102508
Ordinary	Sale	5,760	10.095
	Total Purchases	71,796
	Total Sales	82,544

(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

CFD

Increasing a short position

10,000

10.101138

(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:	08/01/2018
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 company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

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