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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

21st Jun 2018 14:19

RNS Number : 1779S

Societe Generale SA

21 June 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	20/06/2018
(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:	59,162,404	3.44	67,953	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	20,511,658	1.19	62,757,171	3.65
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	79,674,062	4.63	62,825,124	3.65

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	1,525	13.84
Ordinary	Purchase	400	13.625
Ordinary	Purchase	673	13.825
Ordinary	Purchase	288	13.85
Ordinary	Purchase	649	13.86
Ordinary	Purchase	410	13.775
Ordinary	Purchase	47	13.435
Ordinary	Purchase	160	13.435
Ordinary	Purchase	237	13.44
Ordinary	Purchase	239	13.435
Ordinary	Purchase	141	13.44
Ordinary	Purchase	572	13.83
Ordinary	Purchase	79	13.44
Ordinary	Purchase	120	13.44
Ordinary	Purchase	409	13.625
Ordinary	Purchase	207	13.38
Ordinary	Purchase	398	13.825
Ordinary	Purchase	1,366	13.825
Ordinary	Purchase	199	13.405
Ordinary	Purchase	162	13.38
Ordinary	Purchase	220	13.44
Ordinary	Purchase	548	13.825
Ordinary	Purchase	667	13.825
Ordinary	Purchase	184	13.835
Ordinary	Purchase	214	13.845
Ordinary	Purchase	314	13.845
Ordinary	Purchase	212	13.82
Ordinary	Purchase	100	13.39
Ordinary	Purchase	270	13.835
Ordinary	Purchase	468	13.43
Ordinary	Purchase	154	13.43
Ordinary	Purchase	390	13.41
Ordinary	Purchase	431	13.84
Ordinary	Purchase	283	13.44
Ordinary	Purchase	115	13.44
Ordinary	Purchase	600	13.85
Ordinary	Purchase	557	13.37
Ordinary	Purchase	1	13.39
Ordinary	Purchase	340	13.39
Ordinary	Purchase	420	13.775
Ordinary	Purchase	880	13.825
Ordinary	Purchase	142	13.37
Ordinary	Purchase	57	13.37
Ordinary	Purchase	166	13.835
Ordinary	Purchase	100	13.85
Ordinary	Purchase	360	13.85
Ordinary	Purchase	96	13.44
Ordinary	Purchase	260	13.82
Ordinary	Purchase	678	13.44
Ordinary	Purchase	199	13.4
Ordinary	Purchase	199	13.44
Ordinary	Purchase	164	13.755
Ordinary	Purchase	156	13.755
Ordinary	Purchase	320	13.755
Ordinary	Purchase	328	13.845
Ordinary	Purchase	341	13.84
Ordinary	Purchase	482	13.835
Ordinary	Purchase	518	13.375
Ordinary	Purchase	637	13.375
Ordinary	Purchase	318	13.845
Ordinary	Purchase	636	13.835
Ordinary	Purchase	1,764	13.815
Ordinary	Purchase	358	13.415
Ordinary	Purchase	318	13.845
Ordinary	Purchase	643	13.83
Ordinary	Purchase	556	13.82
Ordinary	Purchase	318	13.84
Ordinary	Purchase	329	13.84
Ordinary	Purchase	882	13.825
Ordinary	Purchase	318	13.83
Ordinary	Purchase	487	13.81
Ordinary	Purchase	329	13.83
Ordinary	Purchase	318	13.835
Ordinary	Purchase	329	13.83
Ordinary	Purchase	318	13.82
Ordinary	Purchase	318	13.815
Ordinary	Purchase	1,915	13.825
Ordinary	Purchase	573	13.825
Ordinary	Purchase	743	13.825
Ordinary	Purchase	600	13.845
Ordinary	Purchase	399	13.845
Ordinary	Purchase	470	13.845
Ordinary	Purchase	318	13.835
Ordinary	Purchase	235	13.4
Ordinary	Purchase	94	13.4
Ordinary	Purchase	217	13.41
Ordinary	Purchase	96	13.41
Ordinary	Purchase	1,536	13.84
Ordinary	Purchase	163	13.41
Ordinary	Purchase	329	13.835
Ordinary	Purchase	319	13.805
Ordinary	Purchase	478	13.81
Ordinary	Purchase	955	13.81
Ordinary	Purchase	358	13.79
Ordinary	Purchase	329	13.405
Ordinary	Purchase	318	13.835
Ordinary	Purchase	329	13.4
Ordinary	Purchase	119	13.8
Ordinary	Purchase	600	13.85
Ordinary	Purchase	600	13.85
Ordinary	Purchase	319	13.8
Ordinary	Purchase	319	13.805
Ordinary	Purchase	318	13.82
Ordinary	Purchase	358	13.37
Ordinary	Purchase	398	13.37
Ordinary	Purchase	1,900	13.85
Ordinary	Purchase	362	13.85
Ordinary	Purchase	329	13.4
Ordinary	Purchase	328	13.86
Ordinary	Purchase	318	13.855
Ordinary	Purchase	289	13.85
Ordinary	Purchase	29	13.85
Ordinary	Purchase	119	13.8
Ordinary	Purchase	327	13.43
Ordinary	Purchase	327	13.425
Ordinary	Purchase	317	13.865
Ordinary	Purchase	317	13.86
Ordinary	Purchase	398	13.775
Ordinary	Purchase	903	13.44
Ordinary	Purchase	277	13.855
Ordinary	Purchase	40	13.855
Ordinary	Purchase	637	13.44
Ordinary	Purchase	341	13.85
Ordinary	Purchase	320	13.76
Ordinary	Purchase	478	13.375
Ordinary	Purchase	318	13.805
Ordinary	Purchase	318	13.85
Ordinary	Purchase	318	13.85
Ordinary	Purchase	273	13.835
Ordinary	Purchase	121	13.825
Ordinary	Purchase	703	13.825
Ordinary	Purchase	435	13.44
Ordinary	Purchase	122	13.44
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.705
Ordinary	Purchase	332	13.7
Ordinary	Purchase	226	13.405
Ordinary	Purchase	599	13.405
Ordinary	Purchase	467	13.82
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.705
Ordinary	Purchase	1,035	13.825
Ordinary	Purchase	836	13.44
Ordinary	Purchase	1,990	13.8
Ordinary	Purchase	1,990	13.8
Ordinary	Purchase	1,990	13.8
Ordinary	Purchase	1,990	13.8
Ordinary	Purchase	2,683	13.8
Ordinary	Purchase	1,516	13.8
Ordinary	Purchase	12,763	13.8
Ordinary	Purchase	45	13.835
Ordinary	Purchase	796	13.8
Ordinary	Purchase	796	13.8
Ordinary	Purchase	1,990	13.8
Ordinary	Purchase	398	13.8
Ordinary	Purchase	796	13.8
Ordinary	Purchase	199	13.84
Ordinary	Purchase	279	13.82
Ordinary	Purchase	259	13.44
Ordinary	Purchase	927	13.825
Ordinary	Purchase	196	13.825
Ordinary	Purchase	516	13.825
Ordinary	Purchase	1,764	13.84
Ordinary	Purchase	239	13.415
Ordinary	Purchase	617	13.83
Ordinary	Purchase	425	13.625
Ordinary	Purchase	281	13.825
Ordinary	Purchase	421	13.775
Ordinary	Purchase	771	13.82
Ordinary	Purchase	584	13.82
Ordinary	Purchase	617	13.82
Ordinary	Purchase	132	13.82
Ordinary	Purchase	163	13.82
Ordinary	Purchase	625	13.82
Ordinary	Purchase	647	13.82
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.82
Ordinary	Purchase	49	13.82
Ordinary	Purchase	2,165	13.81
Ordinary	Purchase	156	13.435
Ordinary	Purchase	137	13.435
Ordinary	Purchase	19	13.435
Ordinary	Purchase	6,911	13.8
Ordinary	Purchase	13,822	13.8
Ordinary	Purchase	11,353	13.8
Ordinary	Purchase	5,385	13.8
Ordinary	Purchase	56,851	13.8425
Ordinary	Purchase	125,000	13.77673306
Ordinary	Purchase	2,000,000	13.748396
Ordinary	Purchase	5,600,000	13.405177
Ordinary	Purchase	39,834	13.82
Ordinary	Purchase	178,000	13.8522
Ordinary	Sale	73	13.825
Ordinary	Sale	293	13.585
Ordinary	Sale	387	13.78
Ordinary	Sale	290	13.785
Ordinary	Sale	1,790	13.785
Ordinary	Sale	160	13.81
Ordinary	Sale	277	13.59
Ordinary	Sale	551	13.78
Ordinary	Sale	27	13.63
Ordinary	Sale	318	13.665
Ordinary	Sale	210	13.785
Ordinary	Sale	304	13.785
Ordinary	Sale	872	13.805
Ordinary	Sale	59,708	13.421362
Ordinary	Sale	340	13.43
Ordinary	Sale	318	13.825
Ordinary	Sale	341	13.835
Ordinary	Sale	318	13.83
Ordinary	Sale	217	13.8
Ordinary	Sale	339	13.455
Ordinary	Sale	318	13.815
Ordinary	Sale	328	13.4
Ordinary	Sale	109	13.43
Ordinary	Sale	318	13.82
Ordinary	Sale	57	13.43
Ordinary	Sale	982	13.65
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.655
Ordinary	Sale	269	13.66
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.67
Ordinary	Sale	134	13.66
Ordinary	Sale	84	13.685
Ordinary	Sale	1,786	13.66
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.665
Ordinary	Sale	334	13.67
Ordinary	Sale	238	13.685
Ordinary	Sale	327	13.445
Ordinary	Sale	328	13.435
Ordinary	Sale	1,102	13.83
Ordinary	Sale	262	13.43
Ordinary	Sale	197	13.825
Ordinary	Sale	121	13.825
Ordinary	Sale	339	13.45
Ordinary	Sale	893	13.66
Ordinary	Sale	832	13.66
Ordinary	Sale	1,126	13.585
Ordinary	Sale	429	13.59
Ordinary	Sale	657	13.59
Ordinary	Sale	1,115	13.595
Ordinary	Sale	1,214	13.6
Ordinary	Sale	1,155	13.605
Ordinary	Sale	419	13.815
Ordinary	Sale	328	13.435
Ordinary	Sale	460	13.815
Ordinary	Sale	318	13.815
Ordinary	Sale	329	13.825
Ordinary	Sale	319	13.815
Ordinary	Sale	456	13.78
Ordinary	Sale	216	13.78
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.835
Ordinary	Sale	1,792	13.62
Ordinary	Sale	716	13.625
Ordinary	Sale	354	13.63
Ordinary	Sale	323	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	138	13.82
Ordinary	Sale	180	13.82
Ordinary	Sale	653	13.63
Ordinary	Sale	318	13.81
Ordinary	Sale	329	13.815
Ordinary	Sale	318	13.86
Ordinary	Sale	617	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	715	13.645
Ordinary	Sale	622	13.64
Ordinary	Sale	465	13.65
Ordinary	Sale	750	13.675
Ordinary	Sale	607	13.675
Ordinary	Sale	385	13.685
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.67
Ordinary	Sale	696	13.805
Ordinary	Sale	327	13.43
Ordinary	Sale	720	13.665
Ordinary	Sale	410	13.665
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.675
Ordinary	Sale	498	13.67
Ordinary	Sale	858	13.68
Ordinary	Sale	519	13.685
Ordinary	Sale	510	13.69
Ordinary	Sale	319	13.805
Ordinary	Sale	330	13.82
Ordinary	Sale	363	13.755
Ordinary	Sale	317	13.805
Ordinary	Sale	245	13.825
Ordinary	Sale	337	13.835
Ordinary	Sale	1,643	13.83
Ordinary	Sale	121	13.83
Ordinary	Sale	318	13.835
Ordinary	Sale	319	13.81
Ordinary	Sale	330	13.815
Ordinary	Sale	600	13.81
Ordinary	Sale	319	13.815
Ordinary	Sale	318	13.82
Ordinary	Sale	318	13.825
Ordinary	Sale	1	13.805
Ordinary	Sale	266	13.65
Ordinary	Sale	400	13.78
Ordinary	Sale	784	13.8
Ordinary	Sale	45	13.8
Ordinary	Sale	36	13.8
Ordinary	Sale	36	13.8
Ordinary	Sale	36	13.8
Ordinary	Sale	45	13.8
Ordinary	Sale	28	13.8
Ordinary	Sale	36	13.8
Ordinary	Sale	36	13.8
Ordinary	Sale	36	13.8
Ordinary	Sale	36	13.8
Ordinary	Sale	45	13.8
Ordinary	Sale	36	13.8
Ordinary	Sale	36	13.8
Ordinary	Sale	36	13.8
Ordinary	Sale	36	13.8
Ordinary	Sale	36	13.8
Ordinary	Sale	36	13.8
Ordinary	Sale	36	13.8
Ordinary	Sale	36	13.8
Ordinary	Sale	36	13.8
Ordinary	Sale	89,880	13.80917525
Ordinary	Sale	3,232	13.79976926
Ordinary	Sale	3,000	13.845843
Ordinary	Sale	39,834	13.82
Ordinary	Sale	178,000	13.8522
	Total Purchases	8,138,347
	Total Sales	423,117

(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	Reducing a long position	56,851	13.8425
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	125,000	13.77673306
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	2,000,000	13.748396
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	5,600,000	13.405177
Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	89,880	13.80917525
Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	3,232	13.79976926
Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	3,000	13.845843

(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:	21/06/2018
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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