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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

14th Dec 2017 11:11

RNS Number : 3757Z

Societe Generale SA

14 December 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	13/12/2017
(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:	8,452,592	0.49	216,352	0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	10,028,310	0.58	12,100,278	0.70
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	18,480,902	1.08	12,316,630	0.72

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	9	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	599	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	2,004	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	419	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	473	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	541	10.13
Ordinary	Purchase	24	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	552	10.13
Ordinary	Purchase	259	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	675	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	1,031	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	238	10.12
Ordinary	Purchase	220	10.14
Ordinary	Purchase	41	10.14
Ordinary	Purchase	10	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	238	10.14
Ordinary	Purchase	40,089	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	40,089	10.141953
Ordinary	Purchase	742	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	563	10.13
Ordinary	Purchase	1,059	10.13
Ordinary	Purchase	152	10.13
Ordinary	Purchase	859	10.13
Ordinary	Purchase	346	10.13
Ordinary	Purchase	122	10.13
Ordinary	Purchase	398	10.13
Ordinary	Purchase	7	10.13
Ordinary	Purchase	425	10.13
Ordinary	Purchase	371	10.13
Ordinary	Purchase	188	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	10,574	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	1,261	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	400	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	565	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	434	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	107	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	403	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	161	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	499	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	170	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	434	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	477	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	406	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	500	10.17
Ordinary	Purchase	122	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	398	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	166	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	296	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	274	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	83	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	432	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	411	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	44	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	58	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	672	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	433	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	100	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	1,291	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	314	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	434	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	434	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	368	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	313	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	66	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	305	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	665	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	398	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	471	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	69	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	327	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	54	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	433	10.17
Ordinary	Purchase	434	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	602	10.17
Ordinary	Purchase	1,102	10.13
Ordinary	Purchase	861	10.13
Ordinary	Purchase	646	10.12
Ordinary	Purchase	1,073	10.13
Ordinary	Purchase	793	10.13
Ordinary	Purchase	495	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	434	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	502	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	433	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	919	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	213	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	188	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	434	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	279	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	501	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	382	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	433	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	581	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	1,139	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	407	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	433	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	380	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	434	10.14
Ordinary	Purchase	342	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	11	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	398	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	433	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	167	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	995	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	713	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	1,986	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	573	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	713	10.1
Ordinary	Purchase	7	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	478	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	433	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	67	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	680	10.13
Ordinary	Purchase	93	10.13
Ordinary	Purchase	434	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	225	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	320	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	434	10.17
Ordinary	Purchase	2,004	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	2,004	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	2,004	10.09
Ordinary	Purchase	10	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	238	10.14
Ordinary	Purchase	40,089	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	40,089	10.15
Ordinary	Purchase	10,000	10.012032
Ordinary	Purchase	250,000	10.088003
Ordinary	Purchase	6,690	10.122024
Ordinary	Sale	726	10.15
Ordinary	Sale	541	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	435	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	96	10.09
Ordinary	Sale	1,261	10.09
Ordinary	Sale	1,067	10.09
Ordinary	Sale	1,364	10.09
Ordinary	Sale	599	10.09
Ordinary	Sale	552	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	253	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	1,506	10.13
Ordinary	Sale	2,855	10.14
Ordinary	Sale	716	10.14
Ordinary	Sale	1,402	10.12
Ordinary	Sale	42	10.11
Ordinary	Sale	502	10.11
Ordinary	Sale	514	10.11
Ordinary	Sale	563	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	100	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	437	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	37	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	221	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	677	10.14
Ordinary	Sale	260	10.14
Ordinary	Sale	882	10.11
Ordinary	Sale	500	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	181	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	917	10.11
Ordinary	Sale	918	10.15
Ordinary	Sale	1,377	10.15
Ordinary	Sale	611	10.15
Ordinary	Sale	1,300	10.17
Ordinary	Sale	1,147	10.16
Ordinary	Sale	918	10.16
Ordinary	Sale	1,223	10.15
Ordinary	Sale	773	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	434	10.16
Ordinary	Sale	324	10.12
Ordinary	Sale	277	10.12
Ordinary	Sale	436	10.11
Ordinary	Sale	1,276	10.11
Ordinary	Sale	2,416	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	245	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	797	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	33	10.14
Ordinary	Sale	434	10.16
Ordinary	Sale	967	10.14
Ordinary	Sale	1,019	10.12
Ordinary	Sale	437	10.1
Ordinary	Sale	810	10.11
Ordinary	Sale	511	10.11
Ordinary	Sale	6	10.11
Ordinary	Sale	85	10.11
Ordinary	Sale	421	10.11
Ordinary	Sale	6	10.11
Ordinary	Sale	314	10.11
Ordinary	Sale	7	10.11
Ordinary	Sale	6	10.11
Ordinary	Sale	1,882	10.13
Ordinary	Sale	2,540	10.09
Ordinary	Sale	352,359	10.15
Ordinary	Sale	48,000	10.156589
Ordinary	Sale	81,000	10.151248
Ordinary	Sale	7,930	10.12
	Total Purchases	495,293
	Total Sales	532,445

(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	6,690	10.122024
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	250,000	10.088003
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	10,000	10.012032
Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	81,000	10.151248
Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	48,000	10.156589

(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:	14/12/2017
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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