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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

28th Nov 2017 10:36

RNS Number : 7246X

Societe Generale SA

28 November 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	27/11/2017
(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:	8,862,203	0.52	110,128	0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	*19,550	0.00	9,011,831	0.52
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	8,881,753	0.52	9,121,959	0.53

\* The change in the holding of 10,000,000 shares is due to a derivative which is referenced to a basket of securities ceasing to be disclosable for the purpose of the code.

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	212	9.375
Ordinary	Purchase	792	9.365
Ordinary	Purchase	479	9.335
Ordinary	Purchase	559	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	762	9.37
Ordinary	Purchase	713	9.355
Ordinary	Purchase	758	9.335
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	981	9.34
Ordinary	Purchase	917	9.345
Ordinary	Purchase	411	9.345
Ordinary	Purchase	7	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	200	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	478	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	478	9.355
Ordinary	Purchase	478	9.355
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	533	9.335
Ordinary	Purchase	795	9.355
Ordinary	Purchase	479	9.335
Ordinary	Purchase	477	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	146	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	331	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	124	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	353	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	480	9.325
Ordinary	Purchase	48	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	429	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	479	9.325
Ordinary	Purchase	505	9.32
Ordinary	Purchase	125	9.355
Ordinary	Purchase	501	9.355
Ordinary	Purchase	86	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	937	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	431	9.355
Ordinary	Purchase	193	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	934	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	568	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	583	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	221	9.385
Ordinary	Purchase	479	9.385
Ordinary	Purchase	488	9.355
Ordinary	Purchase	214	9.355
Ordinary	Purchase	553	9.38
Ordinary	Purchase	115	9.355
Ordinary	Purchase	399	9.355
Ordinary	Purchase	477	9.38
Ordinary	Purchase	668	9.365
Ordinary	Purchase	149	9.365
Ordinary	Purchase	103	9.365
Ordinary	Purchase	542	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	401	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	153	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	174	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	144	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	705	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	219	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	28	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	60	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	867	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	116	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	682	9.35
Ordinary	Purchase	2,075	9.35
Ordinary	Purchase	244	9.35
Ordinary	Purchase	99	9.335
Ordinary	Purchase	170	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.345
Ordinary	Purchase	27	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	162	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	548	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	100	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	132	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	336	9.355
Ordinary	Purchase	133	9.355
Ordinary	Purchase	538	9.355
Ordinary	Purchase	942	9.35
Ordinary	Purchase	1,191	9.335
Ordinary	Purchase	813	9.335
Ordinary	Purchase	2,004	9.335
Ordinary	Purchase	1,002	9.335
Ordinary	Purchase	1,002	9.335
Ordinary	Purchase	2,004	9.335
Ordinary	Purchase	405	9.35
Ordinary	Purchase	207	9.35
Ordinary	Purchase	736	9.355
Ordinary	Purchase	647	9.35
Ordinary	Purchase	543	9.345
Ordinary	Purchase	506	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	290	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	502	9.35
Ordinary	Purchase	221	9.35
Ordinary	Purchase	479	9.34
Ordinary	Purchase	492	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	284	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	502	9.35
Ordinary	Purchase	180	9.35
Ordinary	Purchase	1,032	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	653	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	25	9.37
Ordinary	Purchase	728	9.37
Ordinary	Purchase	578	9.345
Ordinary	Purchase	704	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	1,031	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	927	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	1,035	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	455	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	502	9.35
Ordinary	Purchase	479	9.34
Ordinary	Purchase	132	9.355
Ordinary	Purchase	935	9.355
Ordinary	Purchase	689	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	157	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	986	9.35
Ordinary	Purchase	196	9.335
Ordinary	Purchase	758	9.335
Ordinary	Purchase	976	9.335
Ordinary	Purchase	127	9.335
Ordinary	Purchase	130	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	888	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	533	9.33
Ordinary	Purchase	479	9.33
Ordinary	Purchase	2,175	9.33
Ordinary	Purchase	479	9.34
Ordinary	Purchase	934	9.355
Ordinary	Purchase	736	9.355
Ordinary	Purchase	646	9.355
Ordinary	Purchase	608	9.355
Ordinary	Purchase	479	9.345
Ordinary	Purchase	505	9.34
Ordinary	Purchase	318	9.355
Ordinary	Purchase	551	9.355
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	481	9.34
Ordinary	Sale	203	9.34
Ordinary	Sale	481	9.34
Ordinary	Sale	5,735	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	274	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	1,931	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	576	9.355
Ordinary	Sale	62	9.355
Ordinary	Sale	444	9.355
Ordinary	Sale	49	9.355
Ordinary	Sale	911	9.355
Ordinary	Sale	467	9.34
Ordinary	Sale	483	9.34
Ordinary	Sale	10	9.34
Ordinary	Sale	492	9.34
Ordinary	Sale	650	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	233	9.34
Ordinary	Sale	94	9.34
Ordinary	Sale	300	9.34
Ordinary	Sale	139	9.34
Ordinary	Sale	484	9.33
Ordinary	Sale	478	9.33
Ordinary	Sale	186	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	144	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	285	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	478	9.34
Ordinary	Sale	534	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	280	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	24	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	425	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	60	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	1	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	478	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	653	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	106	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	476	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	280	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	1,003	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	280	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	575	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	287	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	27	9.3325
Ordinary	Sale	476	9.33
Ordinary	Sale	23	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	41	9.34
Ordinary	Sale	410	9.34
Ordinary	Sale	476	9.33
Ordinary	Sale	21	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.34
Ordinary	Sale	452	9.34
Ordinary	Sale	1,353	9.34
Ordinary	Sale	403	9.34
Ordinary	Sale	521	9.34
Ordinary	Sale	285	9.355
Ordinary	Sale	762	9.355
Ordinary	Sale	162	9.355
Ordinary	Sale	319	9.355
Ordinary	Sale	4,312	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	571	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	34,707	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	1,400	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	351	9.355
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.355
Ordinary	Sale	27	9.3325926
Ordinary	Sale	27	9.3425926
Ordinary	Sale	124	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	157	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	785	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	1,266	9.33
Ordinary	Sale	676	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	561	9.355
Ordinary	Sale	599	9.4
Ordinary	Sale	27	9.3325926
Ordinary	Sale	637	9.335
Ordinary	Sale	3,000,000	9.365
	Total Purchases	70,401
	Total Sales	3,075,240

(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

Equity Linked Swap

Reducing a short position

3,000,000

9.365

(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:	28/11/2017
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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