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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

18th Sep 2017 09:56

RNS Number : 0203R

Societe Generale SA

18 September 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	15/09/2017
(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:	40,697,561	2.37	77,621	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	1,370	0.00	17,624,661	1.03
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	40,698,931	2.37	17,702,282	1.03

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	21	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	59	9.2625
Ordinary	Purchase	539	9.275
Ordinary	Purchase	654	9.265
Ordinary	Purchase	197	9.265
Ordinary	Purchase	66	9.265
Ordinary	Purchase	128	9.265
Ordinary	Purchase	508	9.25
Ordinary	Purchase	205	9.265
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.265
Ordinary	Purchase	897	9.26
Ordinary	Purchase	553	9.26
Ordinary	Purchase	568	9.26
Ordinary	Purchase	508	9.265
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.265
Ordinary	Purchase	553	9.26
Ordinary	Purchase	16	9.275
Ordinary	Purchase	23	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	3	9.3
Ordinary	Purchase	1,427	9.3
Ordinary	Purchase	1,307	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	756	9.275
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.275
Ordinary	Purchase	408	9.275
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.275
Ordinary	Purchase	88	9.275
Ordinary	Purchase	806	9.275
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.275
Ordinary	Purchase	238	9.275
Ordinary	Purchase	299	9.275
Ordinary	Purchase	1,006	9.27
Ordinary	Purchase	6	9.27
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.305
Ordinary	Purchase	64	9.3
Ordinary	Purchase	110	9.3
Ordinary	Purchase	951	9.3
Ordinary	Purchase	308	9.3
Ordinary	Purchase	750	9.3
Ordinary	Purchase	90	9.295
Ordinary	Purchase	750	9.305
Ordinary	Purchase	434	9.305
Ordinary	Purchase	466	9.305
Ordinary	Purchase	93	9.29
Ordinary	Purchase	1,238	9.295
Ordinary	Purchase	411	9.295
Ordinary	Purchase	1,011	9.26
Ordinary	Purchase	124	9.295
Ordinary	Purchase	62	9.295
Ordinary	Purchase	107	9.295
Ordinary	Purchase	40	9.295
Ordinary	Purchase	246	9.295
Ordinary	Purchase	185	9.295
Ordinary	Purchase	62	9.295
Ordinary	Purchase	62	9.295
Ordinary	Purchase	546	9.265
Ordinary	Purchase	22	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	49	9.265
Ordinary	Purchase	55	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	63	9.26
Ordinary	Purchase	21	9.26
Ordinary	Purchase	102	9.26
Ordinary	Purchase	154	9.255
Ordinary	Purchase	204	9.27
Ordinary	Purchase	200	9.255
Ordinary	Purchase	138	9.255
Ordinary	Purchase	177	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	37	9.27
Ordinary	Purchase	49	9.27
Ordinary	Purchase	75	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	202	9.27
Ordinary	Purchase	202	9.27
Ordinary	Purchase	95	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	114	9.275
Ordinary	Purchase	88	9.27
Ordinary	Purchase	200	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	227	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	44	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	195	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	50	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	123	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	199	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	115	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	201	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	42	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	203	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	131	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	123	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	204	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	111	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	123	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	123	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	123	9.29
Ordinary	Purchase	320	9.29
Ordinary	Purchase	369	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	54	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	123	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	492	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	511	9.27
Ordinary	Purchase	201	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	34	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	124	9.27
Ordinary	Purchase	123	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	123	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	198	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	171	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	205	9.255
Ordinary	Purchase	165	9.255
Ordinary	Purchase	369	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	108	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	321	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	355	9.26
Ordinary	Purchase	14	9.26
Ordinary	Purchase	123	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	62	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	307	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	123	9.275
Ordinary	Purchase	197	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	172	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	240	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	369	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	123	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	196	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	201	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	95	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	8	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	123	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	50	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	202	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	201	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	168	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	198	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	42	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	369	9.275
Ordinary	Purchase	203	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	199	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	90	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	123	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	81	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	201	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	123	9.275
Ordinary	Purchase	123	9.29
Ordinary	Purchase	191	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	369	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	369	9.275
Ordinary	Purchase	123	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	68	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	197	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	104	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	102	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	21	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	369	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	129	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	369	9.29
Ordinary	Purchase	158	9.255
Ordinary	Purchase	123	9.26
Ordinary	Purchase	133	9.255
Ordinary	Purchase	201	9.255
Ordinary	Purchase	369	9.275
Ordinary	Purchase	123	9.26
Ordinary	Purchase	197	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	199	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	96	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	123	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	123	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	123	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	202	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	369	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	320	9.26
Ordinary	Purchase	369	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	123	9.27
Ordinary	Purchase	205	9.265
Ordinary	Purchase	370	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	142	9.28
Ordinary	Purchase	9	9.275
Ordinary	Purchase	49	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	2,634	9.295
Ordinary	Purchase	481	9.295
Ordinary	Purchase	637	9.3
Ordinary	Purchase	687	9.3
Ordinary	Purchase	648	9.295
Ordinary	Purchase	682	9.3
Ordinary	Purchase	199	9.3
Ordinary	Purchase	498	9.305
Ordinary	Purchase	16	9.275
Ordinary	Purchase	608	9.275
Ordinary	Purchase	724	9.26
Ordinary	Purchase	398	9.305
Ordinary	Purchase	263	9.31
Ordinary	Purchase	510	9.3
Ordinary	Purchase	434	9.3
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.3
Ordinary	Purchase	910	9.3
Ordinary	Purchase	656	9.3
Ordinary	Purchase	4	9.3
Ordinary	Purchase	513	9.295
Ordinary	Purchase	862	9.3
Ordinary	Purchase	354	9.3
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.3
Ordinary	Purchase	63	9.295
Ordinary	Purchase	31	9.295
Ordinary	Purchase	79	9.295
Ordinary	Purchase	49	9.255
Ordinary	Purchase	153	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	76	9.285
Ordinary	Purchase	1,285	9.25
Ordinary	Purchase	2,004	9.25
Ordinary	Purchase	3,238	9.25
Ordinary	Purchase	8,016	9.25
Ordinary	Purchase	3,493	9.25
Ordinary	Sale	271	9.3
Ordinary	Sale	61	9.295
Ordinary	Sale	20	9.31
Ordinary	Sale	458	9.31
Ordinary	Sale	436	9.3125
Ordinary	Sale	466	9.31
Ordinary	Sale	384	9.31
Ordinary	Sale	92	9.31
Ordinary	Sale	465	9.305
Ordinary	Sale	66	9.3
Ordinary	Sale	430	9.315
Ordinary	Sale	22	9.305
Ordinary	Sale	304	9.31
Ordinary	Sale	168	9.31
Ordinary	Sale	477	9.31
Ordinary	Sale	594	9.3
Ordinary	Sale	37	9.3
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.3
Ordinary	Sale	70	9.315
Ordinary	Sale	100	9.315
Ordinary	Sale	7,978	9.325
Ordinary	Sale	7,508	9.325
Ordinary	Sale	24	9.3
Ordinary	Sale	387	9.31
Ordinary	Sale	274	9.285
Ordinary	Sale	298	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	320	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	286	9.255
Ordinary	Sale	281	9.275
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.31
Ordinary	Sale	727	9.31
Ordinary	Sale	190	9.31
Ordinary	Sale	195	9.31
Ordinary	Sale	285	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	2	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	595	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	290	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	291	9.28
Ordinary	Sale	494	9.28
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.28
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.285
Ordinary	Sale	347	9.285
Ordinary	Sale	7	9.285
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.285
Ordinary	Sale	147	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	244	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	587	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	637	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	40	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	334	9.285
Ordinary	Sale	414	9.325
Ordinary	Sale	2,004	9.325
Ordinary	Sale	2,004	9.325
Ordinary	Sale	1,202	9.325
Ordinary	Sale	401	9.325
Ordinary	Sale	2,004	9.325
Ordinary	Sale	2,004	9.325
Ordinary	Sale	294	9.25
Ordinary	Sale	3,714	9.25
Ordinary	Sale	223	9.25
Ordinary	Sale	1,758	9.25
Ordinary	Sale	2,004	9.25
Ordinary	Sale	1,220	9.25
Ordinary	Sale	23	9.25
Ordinary	Sale	742	9.25
Ordinary	Sale	42	9.25
Ordinary	Sale	2,685	9.25
Ordinary	Sale	539	9.325
Ordinary	Sale	3	9.315
Ordinary	Sale	447	9.31
Ordinary	Sale	21	9.31
Ordinary	Sale	231	9.315
Ordinary	Sale	33	9.315
Ordinary	Sale	25	9.315
Ordinary	Sale	47	9.305
Ordinary	Sale	971	9.305
Ordinary	Sale	186	9.315
Ordinary	Sale	1,468	9.325
Ordinary	Sale	36,399	9.325
Ordinary	Sale	1	9.28
Ordinary	Sale	734	9.325
Ordinary	Sale	2	9.285
Ordinary	Sale	523	9.265
Ordinary	Sale	670	9.255
Ordinary	Sale	1,563	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	3,279	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	307	9.31
Ordinary	Sale	750	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	537	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	74	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	698	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	1,111	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	2,001	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	1,111	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	541	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	96	9.285
Ordinary	Sale	1,069	9.28
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.28
Ordinary	Sale	749	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	350	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	750	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	1,163	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	3,321	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	847	9.285
Ordinary	Sale	38	9.285
Ordinary	Sale	432	9.285
Ordinary	Sale	1,054	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	16	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	149	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	99	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	818	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	75	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	99	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	3,819	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	2,654	9.285
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.285
Ordinary	Sale	712	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	6	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	90	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	17	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	77	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	2,244	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	84	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	733	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	816	9.285
Ordinary	Sale	552	9.28
Ordinary	Sale	592	9.265
Ordinary	Sale	85	9.2625
Ordinary	Sale	31	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	274	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	134	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	282	9.2575
Ordinary	Sale	134	9.285
Ordinary	Sale	64	9.285
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.285
Ordinary	Sale	129	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	832	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	36	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	125	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	467	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	470	9.28
Ordinary	Sale	925	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	267	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	2,497	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	856	9.265
Ordinary	Sale	1,006	9.28
Ordinary	Sale	1,461	9.28
Ordinary	Sale	6,467	9.28
Ordinary	Sale	721	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	606	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	7	9.31
Ordinary	Sale	483	9.31
Ordinary	Sale	281	9.31
Ordinary	Sale	526	9.31
Ordinary	Sale	577	9.31
Ordinary	Sale	516	9.31
Ordinary	Sale	203	9.31
Ordinary	Sale	42	9.31
Ordinary	Sale	14	9.31
Ordinary	Sale	321	9.275
Ordinary	Sale	981	9.2575
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.2575
Ordinary	Sale	321	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	208	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	223	9.2625
Ordinary	Sale	109	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	819	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.285
Ordinary	Sale	513	9.285
Ordinary	Sale	335	9.285
Ordinary	Sale	357	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	72	9.28
Ordinary	Sale	17	9.28
Ordinary	Sale	785	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.265
Ordinary	Sale	401	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.28
Ordinary	Sale	2,138	9.28
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	345	9.285
Ordinary	Sale	499	9.275
Ordinary	Sale	647	9.275
Ordinary	Sale	1,200	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	75	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	921	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	1,295	9.28
Ordinary	Sale	123	9.29
Ordinary	Sale	120	9.29
Ordinary	Sale	627	9.2625
Ordinary	Sale	2,668	9.28
Ordinary	Sale	89	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	955	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	326	9.285
Ordinary	Sale	770	9.2575
Ordinary	Sale	671	9.285
Ordinary	Sale	770	9.2575
Ordinary	Sale	987	9.26
Ordinary	Sale	1,007	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	731	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	330	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	74	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	1,388	9.27
Ordinary	Sale	2,004	9.25
Ordinary	Sale	46	9.25
Ordinary	Sale	1,958	9.25
Ordinary	Sale	1,700	9.25
Ordinary	Sale	304	9.25
	Total Purchases	74,567
	Total Sales	186,518

(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

(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:	18/09/2017
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

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