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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

2nd Aug 2017 12:27

RNS Number : 9065M

Societe Generale SA

02 August 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	01/08/2017
(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:	37,079,307	2.16	72,193	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	1,110	0.00	12,858,058	0.75
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	37,080,417	2.16	12,930,251	0.75

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	642	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	780	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	201	9.6825
Ordinary	Purchase	299	9.6825
Ordinary	Purchase	140	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	140	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	483	9.66
Ordinary	Purchase	642	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	203	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	329	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	143	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	441	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	185	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	457	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	479	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	374	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	142	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	642	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	169	9.6775
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	82	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	160	9.6725
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	135	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	1,224	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	136	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	166	9.6725
Ordinary	Purchase	476	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	1,198	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	184	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	96	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	544	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	441	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	640	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	225	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	509	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	130	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	281	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	669	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	512	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	29	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	152	9.6775
Ordinary	Purchase	618	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	195	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	179	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	459	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	258	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	263	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.66
Ordinary	Purchase	360	9.66
Ordinary	Purchase	680	9.66
Ordinary	Purchase	254	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	388	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	471	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	406	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	264	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.66
Ordinary	Purchase	640	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	258	9.65
Ordinary	Purchase	58	9.65
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	142	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	25	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	248	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	367	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	142	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	140	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	200	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	184	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	256	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	644	9.65
Ordinary	Purchase	642	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	669	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	139	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	30	9.65
Ordinary	Purchase	321	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.665
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	120	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	578	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	62	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	446	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	143	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	341	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	156	9.6775
Ordinary	Purchase	642	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	313	9.65
Ordinary	Purchase	203	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	524	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	200	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	118	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	99	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	341	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	180	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	421	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	141	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	1,075	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	171	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	83	9.66
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.66
Ordinary	Purchase	1,184	9.66
Ordinary	Purchase	644	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	171	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	450	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	62	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	159	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	481	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	1,189	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	321	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	390	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	10	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	321	9.665
Ordinary	Purchase	309	9.65
Ordinary	Purchase	43	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	708	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	205	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	262	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	21	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	38	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	569	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	372	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	1,078	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	1,237	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	808	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	642	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	439	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	245	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	1,522	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	616	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	145	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	1,522	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	301	9.66
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.66
Ordinary	Purchase	464	9.66
Ordinary	Purchase	1,028	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	724	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	161	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	963	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	581	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	466	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	663	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	1,351	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	1,522	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	871	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	759	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	198	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	495	9.675
Ordinary	Purchase	805	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	201	9.645
Ordinary	Purchase	90	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	835	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	1,177	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	1,922	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	381	9.685
Ordinary	Sale	259	9.685
Ordinary	Sale	640	9.685
Ordinary	Sale	76	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	564	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	29	9.67
Ordinary	Sale	13	9.67
Ordinary	Sale	600	9.67
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.665
Ordinary	Sale	140	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.675
Ordinary	Sale	358	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	282	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.66
Ordinary	Sale	142	9.66
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	602	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	93	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	846	9.685
Ordinary	Sale	1,605	9.665
Ordinary	Sale	20	9.675
Ordinary	Sale	11	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	21	9.6752381
Ordinary	Sale	1,204	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	397	9.675
Ordinary	Sale	9	9.66
Ordinary	Sale	529	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	463	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	23	9.675
Ordinary	Sale	393	9.69
Ordinary	Sale	70	9.69
Ordinary	Sale	128	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	11	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	12	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	302	9.685
Ordinary	Sale	658	9.685
Ordinary	Sale	1,012	9.69
Ordinary	Sale	497	9.69
Ordinary	Sale	6,944	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	1,836	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	90	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	1,922	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	1,177	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	40	9.678
Ordinary	Sale	822	9.6625
	Total Purchases	76,821
	Total Sales	28,121

(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 long position

9.678

(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:	02/08/2017
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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