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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

6th Aug 2018 10:00

RNS Number : 9188W

Societe Generale SA

06 August 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	03/08/2018
(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:	91,328,472	5.31	27,235	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0.00	79,588,357	4.63
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	91,328,472	5.31	79,615,592	4.63

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	174	15.155
Ordinary	Purchase	200	15.17
Ordinary	Purchase	402	15.165
Ordinary	Purchase	498	15.165
Ordinary	Purchase	51	15.145
Ordinary	Purchase	144	15.145
Ordinary	Purchase	234	15.125
Ordinary	Purchase	85	15.125
Ordinary	Purchase	199	15.125
Ordinary	Purchase	45	15.165
Ordinary	Purchase	114	15.165
Ordinary	Purchase	259	15.15
Ordinary	Purchase	288	15.15
Ordinary	Purchase	835	15.15
Ordinary	Purchase	104	15.15
Ordinary	Purchase	202	15.155
Ordinary	Purchase	262	15.155
Ordinary	Purchase	254	15.155
Ordinary	Purchase	130	15.16
Ordinary	Purchase	50	15.15
Ordinary	Purchase	109	15.16
Ordinary	Purchase	731	15.15
Ordinary	Purchase	485	15.15
Ordinary	Purchase	303	15.15
Ordinary	Purchase	276	15.15
Ordinary	Purchase	279	15.165
Ordinary	Purchase	330	15.17
Ordinary	Purchase	270	15.175
Ordinary	Purchase	60	15.175
Ordinary	Purchase	261	15.19
Ordinary	Purchase	378	15.16
Ordinary	Purchase	43	15.17
Ordinary	Purchase	675	15.17
Ordinary	Purchase	14	15.17
Ordinary	Purchase	404	15.16
Ordinary	Purchase	189	15.16
Ordinary	Purchase	238	15.17
Ordinary	Purchase	294	15.14
Ordinary	Purchase	80	15.17
Ordinary	Purchase	661	15.17
Ordinary	Purchase	294	15.165
Ordinary	Purchase	294	15.165
Ordinary	Purchase	455	15.16
Ordinary	Purchase	1,426	15.15
Ordinary	Purchase	399	15.17
Ordinary	Purchase	1,374	15.15
Ordinary	Purchase	542	15.145
Ordinary	Purchase	889	15.145
Ordinary	Purchase	322	15.145
Ordinary	Purchase	521	15.145
Ordinary	Purchase	1,225	15.15
Ordinary	Purchase	1,225	15.15
Ordinary	Purchase	2,216	15.15
Ordinary	Purchase	390	15.15
Ordinary	Purchase	612	15.15
Ordinary	Purchase	195	15.15
Ordinary	Purchase	532	15.15
Ordinary	Purchase	294	15.18
Ordinary	Purchase	294	15.18
Ordinary	Purchase	937	15.17
Ordinary	Purchase	937	15.17
Ordinary	Purchase	226	15.17
Ordinary	Purchase	234	15.17
Ordinary	Purchase	478	15.145
Ordinary	Purchase	294	15.175
Ordinary	Purchase	294	15.175
Ordinary	Purchase	275	15.175
Ordinary	Purchase	30	15.13
Ordinary	Purchase	22	15.13
Ordinary	Purchase	19	15.175
Ordinary	Purchase	273	15.15
Ordinary	Purchase	160	15.15
Ordinary	Purchase	309	15.16
Ordinary	Purchase	343	15.16
Ordinary	Purchase	160	15.17
Ordinary	Purchase	204	15.14
Ordinary	Purchase	319	15.125
Ordinary	Purchase	159	15.165
Ordinary	Purchase	159	15.15
Ordinary	Purchase	335	15.15
Ordinary	Purchase	257	15.165
Ordinary	Purchase	228	15.13
Ordinary	Purchase	412	15.13
Ordinary	Purchase	4,790	15.13
Ordinary	Purchase	275	15.13
Ordinary	Purchase	1,076	15.13
Ordinary	Purchase	2,113	15.13
Ordinary	Purchase	279	15.15
Ordinary	Purchase	51	15.16
Ordinary	Purchase	108	15.16
Ordinary	Purchase	280	15.17
Ordinary	Purchase	21	15.17
Ordinary	Purchase	174	15.14
Ordinary	Purchase	106	15.14
Ordinary	Purchase	105	15.125
Ordinary	Purchase	653	15.125
Ordinary	Purchase	182	15.165
Ordinary	Purchase	277	15.15
Ordinary	Purchase	400	15.15
Ordinary	Purchase	57	15.165
Ordinary	Purchase	98	15.14
Ordinary	Purchase	381	15.14
Ordinary	Purchase	160	15.155
Ordinary	Purchase	70,000	15.15367
Ordinary	Purchase	10,000,000	15.22
Ordinary	Sale	275	15.13
Ordinary	Sale	496	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	12	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	150	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	50	15.145
Ordinary	Sale	294	15.155
Ordinary	Sale	294	15.175
Ordinary	Sale	359	15.15
Ordinary	Sale	100	15.19
Ordinary	Sale	458	15.14
Ordinary	Sale	94	15.19
Ordinary	Sale	269	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	199	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	294	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	294	15.145
Ordinary	Sale	58	15.165
Ordinary	Sale	294	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	335	15.14
Ordinary	Sale	273	15.17
Ordinary	Sale	207	15.165
Ordinary	Sale	329	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	294	15.195
Ordinary	Sale	294	15.145
Ordinary	Sale	294	15.15
Ordinary	Sale	295	15.13
Ordinary	Sale	346	15.155
Ordinary	Sale	295	15.135
Ordinary	Sale	295	15.145
Ordinary	Sale	295	15.15
Ordinary	Sale	294	15.15
Ordinary	Sale	295	15.145
Ordinary	Sale	295	15.14
Ordinary	Sale	303	15.155
Ordinary	Sale	294	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	294	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	294	15.14
Ordinary	Sale	132	15.165
Ordinary	Sale	162	15.165
Ordinary	Sale	297	15.145
Ordinary	Sale	294	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	159	15.13
Ordinary	Sale	159	15.13
Ordinary	Sale	100	15.19
Ordinary	Sale	370	15.15
Ordinary	Sale	435	15.15
Ordinary	Sale	303	15.155
Ordinary	Sale	133	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	95	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	86	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	294	15.195
Ordinary	Sale	294	15.19
Ordinary	Sale	199	15.165
Ordinary	Sale	170	15.15
Ordinary	Sale	600	15.15
Ordinary	Sale	429	15.145
Ordinary	Sale	294	15.19
Ordinary	Sale	47	15.15
Ordinary	Sale	294	15.155
Ordinary	Sale	600	15.185
Ordinary	Sale	481	15.15
Ordinary	Sale	95	15.165
Ordinary	Sale	292	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	13	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	239	15.15
Ordinary	Sale	26	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	294	15.17
Ordinary	Sale	831	15.17
Ordinary	Sale	401	15.17
Ordinary	Sale	293	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	209	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	641	15.165
Ordinary	Sale	151	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	25,355	15.13
Ordinary	Sale	95	15.17
Ordinary	Sale	592	15.13
Ordinary	Sale	87	15.165
Ordinary	Sale	292	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	370	15.165
Ordinary	Sale	104	15.165
Ordinary	Sale	174	15.165
Ordinary	Sale	64	15.165
Ordinary	Sale	13	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	292	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	293	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	219	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	213	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	250	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	20	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	25	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	132	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	463	15.16
Ordinary	Sale	151	15.155
Ordinary	Sale	152	15.165
Ordinary	Sale	104	15.165
Ordinary	Sale	782	15.165
Ordinary	Sale	1,555	15.149736
Ordinary	Sale	2,159,321	15.22
	Total Purchases	10,112,759
	Total Sales	2,210,641

(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	70,000	15.15367
Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1,555	15.149736
Ordinary	Equity Linked Swap	Expiry	10,000,000	N/A

(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:	06/08/2018
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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