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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

2nd Jul 2018 14:14

RNS Number : 2895T

Societe Generale SA

02 July 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	29/06/2018
(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:	56,263,111	3.27	176,214	0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	20,286,528	1.18	63,502,872	3.69
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	76,549,639	4.45	63,679,086	3.70

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	399	14.605
Ordinary	Purchase	314	14.62
Ordinary	Purchase	234	14.62
Ordinary	Purchase	131	14.59
Ordinary	Purchase	400	14.6
Ordinary	Purchase	100	14.6
Ordinary	Purchase	100	14.6
Ordinary	Purchase	177	14.6
Ordinary	Purchase	100	14.59
Ordinary	Purchase	113	14.59
Ordinary	Purchase	253	14.595
Ordinary	Purchase	400	14.595
Ordinary	Purchase	8	14.595
Ordinary	Purchase	379	14.595
Ordinary	Purchase	66	14.575
Ordinary	Purchase	131	14.575
Ordinary	Purchase	600	14.62
Ordinary	Purchase	600	14.62
Ordinary	Purchase	839	14.595
Ordinary	Purchase	1,437	14.595
Ordinary	Purchase	303	14.62
Ordinary	Purchase	303	14.62
Ordinary	Purchase	239	14.53
Ordinary	Purchase	313	14.615
Ordinary	Purchase	305	14.53
Ordinary	Purchase	305	14.525
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.59
Ordinary	Purchase	212	14.615
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.68
Ordinary	Purchase	305	14.555
Ordinary	Purchase	323	14.685
Ordinary	Purchase	386	14.565
Ordinary	Purchase	439	14.62
Ordinary	Purchase	120	14.55
Ordinary	Purchase	305	14.57
Ordinary	Purchase	305	14.565
Ordinary	Purchase	305	14.575
Ordinary	Purchase	398	14.62
Ordinary	Purchase	449	14.62
Ordinary	Purchase	51	14.62
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.61
Ordinary	Purchase	156	14.62
Ordinary	Purchase	185	14.55
Ordinary	Purchase	600	14.55
Ordinary	Purchase	600	14.55
Ordinary	Purchase	274	14.615
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.67
Ordinary	Purchase	339	14.6
Ordinary	Purchase	410	14.55
Ordinary	Purchase	190	14.55
Ordinary	Purchase	650	14.55
Ordinary	Purchase	303	14.62
Ordinary	Purchase	1,741	14.59
Ordinary	Purchase	72	14.615
Ordinary	Purchase	232	14.615
Ordinary	Purchase	865	14.6
Ordinary	Purchase	1,226	14.6
Ordinary	Purchase	287	14.625
Ordinary	Purchase	695	14.6
Ordinary	Purchase	21	14.6
Ordinary	Purchase	1,741	14.57
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.58
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.68
Ordinary	Purchase	16	14.625
Ordinary	Purchase	303	14.625
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.62
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.615
Ordinary	Purchase	600	14.6
Ordinary	Purchase	156	14.6
Ordinary	Purchase	229	14.6
Ordinary	Purchase	333	14.67
Ordinary	Purchase	322	14.675
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.605
Ordinary	Purchase	44	14.59
Ordinary	Purchase	576	14.6
Ordinary	Purchase	363	14.6
Ordinary	Purchase	303	14.635
Ordinary	Purchase	42	14.64
Ordinary	Purchase	303	14.635
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.59
Ordinary	Purchase	261	14.64
Ordinary	Purchase	133	14.54
Ordinary	Purchase	172	14.54
Ordinary	Purchase	313	14.63
Ordinary	Purchase	305	14.54
Ordinary	Purchase	76	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	238	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	325	14.58
Ordinary	Purchase	333	14.575
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.575
Ordinary	Purchase	118	14.57
Ordinary	Purchase	218	14.57
Ordinary	Purchase	600	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	305	14.545
Ordinary	Purchase	641	14.565
Ordinary	Purchase	315	14.55
Ordinary	Purchase	22	14.575
Ordinary	Purchase	54	14.575
Ordinary	Purchase	600	14.575
Ordinary	Purchase	368	14.575
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	39	14.615
Ordinary	Purchase	1,497	14.615
Ordinary	Purchase	398	14.625
Ordinary	Purchase	133	14.59
Ordinary	Purchase	400	14.59
Ordinary	Purchase	91	14.615
Ordinary	Purchase	844	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	47,000	14.616754
Ordinary	Purchase	4,000	14.616755
Ordinary	Purchase	51,000	14.616754
Ordinary	Purchase	125,000	14.591022
Ordinary	Purchase	50,000	14.53116
Ordinary	Sale	916	14.55
Ordinary	Sale	501	14.55
Ordinary	Sale	279	14.65
Ordinary	Sale	292	14.55
Ordinary	Sale	123	14.55
Ordinary	Sale	202	14.55
Ordinary	Sale	175	14.55
Ordinary	Sale	97	14.55
Ordinary	Sale	109	14.55
Ordinary	Sale	162	14.56
Ordinary	Sale	286	14.55
Ordinary	Sale	14	14.62
Ordinary	Sale	304	14.575
Ordinary	Sale	306	14.525
Ordinary	Sale	304	14.58
Ordinary	Sale	314	14.585
Ordinary	Sale	305	14.55
Ordinary	Sale	225	14.6
Ordinary	Sale	24	14.52
Ordinary	Sale	303	14.61
Ordinary	Sale	306	14.52
Ordinary	Sale	304	14.595
Ordinary	Sale	185	14.495
Ordinary	Sale	282	14.52
Ordinary	Sale	304	14.57
Ordinary	Sale	122	14.495
Ordinary	Sale	159	14.525
Ordinary	Sale	157	14.525
Ordinary	Sale	317	14.505
Ordinary	Sale	320	14.575
Ordinary	Sale	1,506	14.55
Ordinary	Sale	304	14.58
Ordinary	Sale	325	14.585
Ordinary	Sale	303	14.615
Ordinary	Sale	305	14.525
Ordinary	Sale	303	14.6
Ordinary	Sale	304	14.58
Ordinary	Sale	304	14.59
Ordinary	Sale	336	14.6
Ordinary	Sale	82	14.585
Ordinary	Sale	222	14.585
Ordinary	Sale	325	14.595
Ordinary	Sale	304	14.59
Ordinary	Sale	317	14.6
Ordinary	Sale	304	14.575
Ordinary	Sale	4,285	14.615
Ordinary	Sale	4,758	14.615
Ordinary	Sale	14,308	14.615
Ordinary	Sale	292	14.55
Ordinary	Sale	107	14.55
Ordinary	Sale	19,243	14.615
Ordinary	Sale	257	14.665
Ordinary	Sale	193	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	180	14.665
Ordinary	Sale	15,521	14.615
Ordinary	Sale	305	14.685
Ordinary	Sale	117	14.655
Ordinary	Sale	195	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	110	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	131	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	269	14.62
Ordinary	Sale	267	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	435	14.675
Ordinary	Sale	119	14.665
Ordinary	Sale	150	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	29	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	27	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	306	14.67
Ordinary	Sale	11	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	287	14.68
Ordinary	Sale	18	14.68
Ordinary	Sale	305	14.665
Ordinary	Sale	32	14.685
Ordinary	Sale	273	14.685
Ordinary	Sale	487	14.625
Ordinary	Sale	39	14.665
Ordinary	Sale	266	14.665
Ordinary	Sale	33	14.615
Ordinary	Sale	28	14.615
Ordinary	Sale	14	14.62
Ordinary	Sale	286	14.55
	Total Purchases	315,765
	Total Sales	76,924

(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	47,000	14.616754
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	4,000	14.616755
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	51,000	14.616754
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	125,000	14.59102174
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	30,000	14.5311624
Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	20,000	14.5311624

(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:	02/07/2018
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.

END

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