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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

22nd May 2018 15:11

RNS Number : 9193O

Societe Generale SA

22 May 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	21/05/2018
(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:	84,273,137	4.90	111,045	0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	568,509	0.03	66,479,365	3.87
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	84,841,646	4.94	66,590,410	3.87

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	72	13.61
Ordinary	Purchase	79	13.615
Ordinary	Purchase	9	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	39	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	3	13.625
Ordinary	Purchase	579	13.625
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.615
Ordinary	Purchase	579	13.625
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.625
Ordinary	Purchase	462	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.625
Ordinary	Purchase	750	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	638	13.625
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	620	13.625
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	1,535	13.625
Ordinary	Purchase	323	13.61
Ordinary	Purchase	572	13.625
Ordinary	Purchase	498	13.625
Ordinary	Purchase	197	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	267	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	122	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	200	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	185	13.625
Ordinary	Purchase	471	13.625
Ordinary	Purchase	161	13.625
Ordinary	Purchase	157	13.625
Ordinary	Purchase	47	13.625
Ordinary	Purchase	185	13.625
Ordinary	Purchase	78	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	3	13.625
Ordinary	Purchase	2,003	13.64
Ordinary	Purchase	597	13.64
Ordinary	Purchase	481	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	228	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	426	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	400	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	39	13.605
Ordinary	Purchase	1,494	13.64
Ordinary	Purchase	1,241	13.64
Ordinary	Purchase	700	13.64
Ordinary	Purchase	66	13.625
Ordinary	Purchase	6	13.57
Ordinary	Purchase	3	13.626667
Ordinary	Purchase	400	13.625
Ordinary	Purchase	232	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	50,000	13.63121175
Ordinary	Purchase	25,000	13.62812402
Ordinary	Sale	67	13.615
Ordinary	Sale	315	13.615
Ordinary	Sale	44	13.615
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.615
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.62
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.62
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.62
Ordinary	Sale	13	13.615
Ordinary	Sale	1	13.61
Ordinary	Sale	67	13.615
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.605
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.615
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.615
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.615
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.62
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.62
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.625
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.625
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.625
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.615
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.62
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.625
Ordinary	Sale	376	13.605
Ordinary	Sale	200	13.605
Ordinary	Sale	198	13.605
Ordinary	Sale	211	13.6
Ordinary	Sale	111	13.6
Ordinary	Sale	323	13.585
Ordinary	Sale	323	13.59
Ordinary	Sale	323	13.595
Ordinary	Sale	533	13.59
Ordinary	Sale	328	13.615
Ordinary	Sale	211	13.59
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.62
Ordinary	Sale	256	13.615
Ordinary	Sale	14	13.615
Ordinary	Sale	18	13.615
Ordinary	Sale	40	13.64
Ordinary	Sale	12	13.64
Ordinary	Sale	40	13.64
Ordinary	Sale	201	13.59502488
Ordinary	Sale	67	13.615
Ordinary	Sale	91	13.615
Ordinary	Sale	885	13.64
Ordinary	Sale	271	13.615
Ordinary	Sale	2,594	13.64
Ordinary	Sale	115	13.64
Ordinary	Sale	439	13.64
Ordinary	Sale	9,348	13.64
Ordinary	Sale	12	13.615
Ordinary	Sale	331	13.615
Ordinary	Sale	520	13.615
Ordinary	Sale	203	13.615
Ordinary	Sale	80	13.615
Ordinary	Sale	174	13.615
Ordinary	Sale	80	13.615
Ordinary	Sale	323	13.62
Ordinary	Sale	13	13.61
Ordinary	Sale	3,618	13.615
	Total Purchases	96,010
	Total Sales	28,861

(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	Increasing a short position	50,000	13.63121175
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	25,000	13.62812402
Ordinary	Equity Linked Swap	Reducing a short position	5,000,000	13.47

(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:	22/05/2018
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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