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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

27th Apr 2017 09:49

RNS Number : 5368D

Societe Generale SA

27 April 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	26/04/2017
(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"	YES: Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc

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:	37,441,549	2.18	141,213	0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	440	0.00	14,273,812	0.83
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	37,441,989	2.18	14,415,025	0.84

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	656	9.845
Ordinary	Purchase	66	9.845
Ordinary	Purchase	57	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	1,121	9.88500446
Ordinary	Purchase	613	9.865
Ordinary	Purchase	598	9.85
Ordinary	Purchase	596	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	445	9.88
Ordinary	Purchase	151	9.88
Ordinary	Purchase	596	9.88
Ordinary	Purchase	270	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	308	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	294	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	705	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	217	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	165	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	666	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.855
Ordinary	Purchase	596	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	394	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	385	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	100	9.86
Ordinary	Purchase	298	9.86
Ordinary	Purchase	200	9.86
Ordinary	Purchase	200	9.86
Ordinary	Purchase	98	9.86
Ordinary	Purchase	600	9.84
Ordinary	Purchase	598	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	60	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	274	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	22	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	1,000	9.81
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.86
Ordinary	Purchase	115	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	103	9.845
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.845
Ordinary	Purchase	598	9.87
Ordinary	Purchase	598	9.85
Ordinary	Purchase	600	9.845
Ordinary	Purchase	1,794	9.87
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	346	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	107	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	489	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	598	9.87
Ordinary	Purchase	825	9.87
Ordinary	Purchase	598	9.85
Ordinary	Purchase	459	9.87
Ordinary	Purchase	7,117	9.87
Ordinary	Purchase	602	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	602	9.845
Ordinary	Purchase	598	9.855
Ordinary	Purchase	598	9.87
Ordinary	Purchase	602	9.845
Ordinary	Purchase	598	9.87
Ordinary	Purchase	602	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	1,467	9.87
Ordinary	Purchase	600	9.84
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.84
Ordinary	Purchase	200	9.84
Ordinary	Purchase	1,196	9.85
Ordinary	Purchase	4,306	9.865
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.845
Ordinary	Purchase	102	9.845
Ordinary	Purchase	600	9.84
Ordinary	Purchase	407	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	195	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	159	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	437	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	596	9.87
Ordinary	Purchase	700	9.87
Ordinary	Purchase	600	9.84
Ordinary	Purchase	596	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	1,155	9.865
Ordinary	Purchase	965	9.865
Ordinary	Purchase	602	9.845
Ordinary	Purchase	40	9.88
Ordinary	Purchase	696	9.845
Ordinary	Purchase	556	9.88
Ordinary	Purchase	315	9.86
Ordinary	Purchase	600	9.84
Ordinary	Purchase	602	9.81
Ordinary	Purchase	333	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	559	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	598	9.86
Ordinary	Purchase	184	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	598	9.85
Ordinary	Purchase	598	9.87
Ordinary	Purchase	894	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	354	9.88
Ordinary	Purchase	96	9.88
Ordinary	Purchase	1,204	9.81
Ordinary	Purchase	100	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	496	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	173	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	290	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	133	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	594	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	600	9.845
Ordinary	Purchase	422	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	174	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	598	9.85
Ordinary	Purchase	594	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	50	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	495	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	399	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	46	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	596	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	197	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	750	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	602	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	700	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	897	9.87
Ordinary	Purchase	213	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	466	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	215	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	598	9.87
Ordinary	Purchase	598	9.855
Ordinary	Purchase	600	9.845
Ordinary	Purchase	148	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	454	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	102	9.845
Ordinary	Purchase	498	9.845
Ordinary	Purchase	602	9.81
Ordinary	Purchase	598	9.87
Ordinary	Purchase	602	9.81
Ordinary	Purchase	100	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	493	9.855
Ordinary	Purchase	153	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	443	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	600	9.84
Ordinary	Purchase	598	9.85
Ordinary	Purchase	201	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	401	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	750	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	619	9.865
Ordinary	Purchase	9,887	9.865
Ordinary	Purchase	543	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	460	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	136	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	97	9.845
Ordinary	Purchase	37	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	10,000	9.852955
Ordinary	Purchase	3,500,000	9.85
Ordinary	Sale	53	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	460	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	10,506	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	666	9.89
Ordinary	Sale	55	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	596	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	56	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	53	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	276	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	578	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	215	9.875
Ordinary	Sale	183	9.875
Ordinary	Sale	318	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	118	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	431	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	139	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	23	9.875
Ordinary	Sale	197	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	236	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	433	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	433	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	434	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	259	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	174	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	1,547	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	368	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	205	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	1,032	9.85
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	495	9.8825
Ordinary	Sale	300	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	897	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	118	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.825
Ordinary	Sale	54	9.825
Ordinary	Sale	412	9.835
Ordinary	Sale	318	9.84
Ordinary	Sale	2,064	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	413	9.845
Ordinary	Sale	413	9.85
Ordinary	Sale	600	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	1,222	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	700	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	495	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	100	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	23	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	1,124	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	11	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	1,346	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	82	9.825
Ordinary	Sale	282	9.825
Ordinary	Sale	90	9.825
Ordinary	Sale	20	9.875
Ordinary	Sale	434	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	368	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	21	9.875
Ordinary	Sale	65	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	433	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	965	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	10,000	9.827051
Ordinary	Sale	5,500	9.8340555
Ordinary	Sale	3,322	9.872396
	Total Purchases	3,598,976
	Total Sales	54,031

(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

9.852955

Ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

10,000

9.827051

(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:	27/04/2017
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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