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Form 8.3 - SKY Plc

27th Mar 2017 11:45

RNS Number : 6219A

Societe Generale SA

27 March 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	24/03/2017
(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"	YES: Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc

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:	3,175,673	0.18	8,902,318	0.52
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	*17,622,442	1.03	10,195,290	0.59
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	20,798,115	1.21	19,097,608	1.11

\* The change in the holding of 4,462,475 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	610	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	1,224	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	1,530	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	237	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	375	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	2,127	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	610	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	62	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	550	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	610	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	22	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	24	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	315	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	600	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	233	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	318	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	474	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	138	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.81
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	222	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	392	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	110	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	502	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	177	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	386	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	740	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	178	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.81
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	84	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.81
Ordinary	Purchase	528	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	325	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	287	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	168	9.81
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.81
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	918	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	610	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	587	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	68	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	544	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	114	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	266	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	209	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	1,015	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	112	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	194	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	152	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	100	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	512	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	56	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	138	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	292	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	126	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	1,224	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	519	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	93	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	502	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	110	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	167	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	9	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	436	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	160	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	610	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	112	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	188	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	424	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	563	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	454	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	14	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	600	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	780	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	138	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	610	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	208	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	404	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	139	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	568	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	44	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	610	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	1,089	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	614	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	19	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	439	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	689	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	507	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	434	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	234	9.81
Ordinary	Purchase	185	9.81
Ordinary	Purchase	18	9.81
Ordinary	Purchase	131	9.81
Ordinary	Purchase	266	9.81
Ordinary	Purchase	458	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	675	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	20	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	712	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	507	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	486	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	678	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	691	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	18	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	49	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	35	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	883	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	4,499	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	96	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	6,361	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	1,462	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	8	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	2,684	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	413	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	2	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	90	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	286	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	5,002	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	72	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	424	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	330	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	442	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	4,130	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	1,667	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	343	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	17	9.805
Ordinary	Purchase	25	9.805
Ordinary	Sale	2,065	9.805
Ordinary	Sale	743	9.805
Ordinary	Sale	744	9.805
Ordinary	Sale	690	9.805
Ordinary	Sale	1,707	9.805
Ordinary	Sale	1,198	9.82
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.83
Ordinary	Sale	169	9.805
Ordinary	Sale	1,032	9.83
Ordinary	Sale	530	9.805
Ordinary	Sale	2,655	9.805
Ordinary	Sale	1,457	9.805
	Total Purchases	92,523
	Total Sales	13,490

(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:	27/03/2017
Contact name:	Olivier Vero
Telephone number:	+44 20 7676 6821 / 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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