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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

29th Dec 2017 08:52

RNS Number : 5529A

Societe Generale SA

29 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	28/12/2017
(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:	11,185,722	0.65	118,623	0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	10,006,310	0.58	12,534,494	0.73
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	21,192,032	1.23	12,653,117	0.74

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	10
Ordinary	Purchase	443	10
Ordinary	Purchase	19	10
Ordinary	Purchase	443	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	443	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	170	10
Ordinary	Purchase	28	10
Ordinary	Purchase	300	10
Ordinary	Purchase	22	10
Ordinary	Purchase	443	10
Ordinary	Purchase	20	10
Ordinary	Purchase	443	10
Ordinary	Purchase	39	10.02
Ordinary	Purchase	877	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	443	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	343	10.02
Ordinary	Purchase	446	10.02
Ordinary	Purchase	213	10.02
Ordinary	Purchase	598	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	211	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	132	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	293	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	39	10.02
Ordinary	Purchase	13	10.02
Ordinary	Purchase	53	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	39	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	24	10
Ordinary	Purchase	479	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	13	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	13	10.02
Ordinary	Purchase	38	10.02
Ordinary	Purchase	443	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	22	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	1,177	10.02
Ordinary	Purchase	524	9.995
Ordinary	Purchase	177	9.985
Ordinary	Purchase	458	9.985
Ordinary	Purchase	129	9.985
Ordinary	Purchase	229	10
Ordinary	Purchase	63	10
Ordinary	Purchase	1,000	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	433	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	119	10
Ordinary	Purchase	198	10
Ordinary	Purchase	1,340	10
Ordinary	Purchase	98	10
Ordinary	Purchase	308	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	162	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	151	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	167	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	126	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	178	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	256	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	32	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	95	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	187	10
Ordinary	Purchase	174	10
Ordinary	Purchase	243	10.02
Ordinary	Purchase	121	10
Ordinary	Purchase	58	10
Ordinary	Purchase	443	10
Ordinary	Purchase	37	10.02
Ordinary	Purchase	254	10
Ordinary	Purchase	1,560	10
Ordinary	Purchase	300	10
Ordinary	Purchase	783	10.02
Ordinary	Purchase	275	9.995
Ordinary	Purchase	180	9.985
Ordinary	Purchase	589	9.985
Ordinary	Purchase	5	9.985
Ordinary	Purchase	439	9.985
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.985
Ordinary	Purchase	216	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	201	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	933	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	283	10
Ordinary	Purchase	151	10
Ordinary	Purchase	72	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	266	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	182	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	227	10
Ordinary	Purchase	13	10
Ordinary	Purchase	695	10
Ordinary	Purchase	438	9.995
Ordinary	Purchase	697	10
Ordinary	Purchase	200	10
Ordinary	Purchase	422	10
Ordinary	Purchase	531	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	269	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	800	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	731	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	523	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	310	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	241	10
Ordinary	Purchase	224	10
Ordinary	Purchase	144	10
Ordinary	Purchase	55	10
Ordinary	Purchase	520	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	3,685	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	384	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	462	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	1,840	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	1,879	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	161	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	1,155	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	122	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	1,179	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	822	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	2,001	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	102	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	2,001	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	698	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	9,548	10.03
Ordinary	Purchase	493	9.995
Ordinary	Purchase	444	10
Ordinary	Purchase	548	10
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.995
Ordinary	Purchase	149	10
Ordinary	Purchase	112	10
Ordinary	Purchase	499	10
Ordinary	Purchase	545	10
Ordinary	Purchase	880	10
Ordinary	Purchase	1,081	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.995
Ordinary	Purchase	1,345	10
Ordinary	Purchase	444	10
Ordinary	Purchase	445	9.98
Ordinary	Purchase	467	10
Ordinary	Purchase	707	10
Ordinary	Sale	410	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	500	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	671	9.995
Ordinary	Sale	448	9.995
Ordinary	Sale	106	9.995
Ordinary	Sale	8	9.995
Ordinary	Sale	1,375	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	45	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	1,040	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	200	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	453	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	192	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	992	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	6,214	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	1,695	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	36	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	873	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	874	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	37	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	4,291	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	2,281	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	95	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	180	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	407	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	63	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	11	10
Ordinary	Sale	418	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	491	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	63	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	412	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	73	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	316	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	1,510	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	41	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	404	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	411	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	543	10.02
Ordinary	Sale	600	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	500	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	1,227	10.04
Ordinary	Sale	567	10
Ordinary	Sale	682	10
Ordinary	Sale	42	10.04
Ordinary	Sale	92	10.04
Ordinary	Sale	409	10.04
Ordinary	Sale	404	10.04
Ordinary	Sale	70	10.04
Ordinary	Sale	293	10.04
Ordinary	Sale	182	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	1,691	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	2	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	140	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	244	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	870	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	104	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	1,904	9.995
Ordinary	Sale	562	9.995
Ordinary	Sale	468	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	877	10.03
Ordinary	Sale	1,115	10.03
	Total Purchases	65,314
	Total Sales	41,224

(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:	29/12/2017
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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