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Form 8.3 - SKY PLC

3rd Jul 2018 15:00

RNS Number : 4721T

Societe Generale SA

03 July 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	02/07/2018
(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:	56,177,397	3.27	159,166	0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	20,186,243	1.17	63,327,747	3.68
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	76,363,640	4.44	63,486,913	3.69

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	55	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	75	14.625
Ordinary	Purchase	83	14.675
Ordinary	Purchase	449	14.56
Ordinary	Purchase	455	14.565
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.565
Ordinary	Purchase	275	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.565
Ordinary	Purchase	355	14.55
Ordinary	Purchase	408	14.555
Ordinary	Purchase	217	14.57
Ordinary	Purchase	388	14.575
Ordinary	Purchase	108	14.57
Ordinary	Purchase	200	14.57
Ordinary	Purchase	62	14.57
Ordinary	Purchase	562	14.545
Ordinary	Purchase	388	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	281	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	379	14.58
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	293	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	9	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	168	14.595
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	620	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	163	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	400	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	303	14.63
Ordinary	Purchase	30	14.56
Ordinary	Purchase	200	14.58
Ordinary	Purchase	264	14.58
Ordinary	Purchase	435	14.59
Ordinary	Purchase	519	14.555
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.57
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.61
Ordinary	Purchase	136	14.64
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	303	14.63
Ordinary	Purchase	479	14.56
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	400	14.555
Ordinary	Purchase	180	14.55
Ordinary	Purchase	303	14.63
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	177	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	125	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.575
Ordinary	Purchase	105	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	305	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	530	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	400	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	337	14.58
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	107	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	107	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	517	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	108	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	676	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	167	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.58
Ordinary	Purchase	492	14.575
Ordinary	Purchase	482	14.58
Ordinary	Purchase	459	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	461	14.57
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	232	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	70	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.575
Ordinary	Purchase	464	14.565
Ordinary	Purchase	315	14.525
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.55
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.58
Ordinary	Purchase	384	14.575
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.55
Ordinary	Purchase	111	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	113	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	191	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	231	14.625
Ordinary	Purchase	72	14.625
Ordinary	Purchase	371	14.575
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	167	14.64
Ordinary	Purchase	277	14.565
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	424	14.565
Ordinary	Purchase	303	14.595
Ordinary	Purchase	600	14.575
Ordinary	Purchase	186	14.575
Ordinary	Purchase	118	14.575
Ordinary	Purchase	328	14.58
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	324	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	108	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	410	14.58
Ordinary	Purchase	243	14.58
Ordinary	Purchase	123	14.58
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.595
Ordinary	Purchase	200	14.57
Ordinary	Purchase	466	14.55
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	453	14.545
Ordinary	Purchase	210	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	92	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.575
Ordinary	Purchase	303	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	455	14.56
Ordinary	Purchase	467	14.555
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.645
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	373	14.57
Ordinary	Purchase	341	14.575
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.68
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.645
Ordinary	Purchase	110	14.575
Ordinary	Purchase	200	14.58
Ordinary	Purchase	104	14.58
Ordinary	Purchase	304	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	194	14.575
Ordinary	Purchase	85	14.595
Ordinary	Purchase	150	14.595
Ordinary	Purchase	114	14.665
Ordinary	Purchase	123	14.675
Ordinary	Purchase	503	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	323	14.68
Ordinary	Purchase	209	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	199	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	279	14.55
Ordinary	Purchase	105	14.63
Ordinary	Purchase	272	14.63
Ordinary	Purchase	409	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	163	14.59
Ordinary	Purchase	145	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	254	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	190	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	153	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	93	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	19	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	180	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	431	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	14	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	52	14.59
Ordinary	Purchase	256	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	163	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	113	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	67	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	186	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	182	14.68
Ordinary	Purchase	280	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	122	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	247	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	61	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	103	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	354	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	338	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	116	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	484	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	100	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	63	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	340	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	425	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	321	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	125	14.645
Ordinary	Purchase	18	14.645
Ordinary	Purchase	43	14.63
Ordinary	Purchase	140	14.63
Ordinary	Purchase	95	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	42	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	118	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	146	14.675
Ordinary	Purchase	216	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	95	14.63
Ordinary	Purchase	209	14.63
Ordinary	Purchase	40	14.63
Ordinary	Purchase	278	14.625
Ordinary	Purchase	286	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	601	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	206	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	40	14.565
Ordinary	Purchase	235	14.565
Ordinary	Purchase	170	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	30	14.67
Ordinary	Purchase	299	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	294	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	20	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	171	14.675
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.635
Ordinary	Purchase	140	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.635
Ordinary	Purchase	214	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	16	14.55
Ordinary	Purchase	111	14.675
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.63
Ordinary	Purchase	40	14.63
Ordinary	Purchase	262	14.63
Ordinary	Purchase	218	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	49	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	169	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	19	14.665
Ordinary	Purchase	234	14.58
Ordinary	Purchase	106	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	182	14.58
Ordinary	Purchase	84	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	58	14.565
Ordinary	Purchase	126	14.565
Ordinary	Purchase	14	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	206	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	43	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	24	14.665
Ordinary	Purchase	255	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	169	14.635
Ordinary	Purchase	48	14.635
Ordinary	Purchase	72	14.635
Ordinary	Purchase	204	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	511	14.595
Ordinary	Purchase	42	14.645
Ordinary	Purchase	229	14.67
Ordinary	Purchase	248	14.67
Ordinary	Purchase	153	14.63
Ordinary	Purchase	16	14.625
Ordinary	Purchase	255	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	262	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	100	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	14	14.55
Ordinary	Purchase	64	14.68
Ordinary	Purchase	14	14.625
Ordinary	Purchase	54	14.595
Ordinary	Purchase	303	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	19	14.555
Ordinary	Purchase	679	14.545
Ordinary	Purchase	2	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.635
Ordinary	Purchase	15	14.55
Ordinary	Purchase	158	14.63
Ordinary	Purchase	184	14.63
Ordinary	Purchase	52	14.63
Ordinary	Purchase	575	14.63
Ordinary	Purchase	10	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	17	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	46	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	71	14.6
Ordinary	Purchase	179	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	321	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	15	14.625
Ordinary	Purchase	122	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	58	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	198	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	129	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	131	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	346	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	180	14.585
Ordinary	Purchase	259	14.68
Ordinary	Purchase	61,000	14.658644
Ordinary	Purchase	65,000	14.652071
Ordinary	Purchase	194	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	266	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	36	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	194	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	183	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	174	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	174	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	175	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	197	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	179	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	174	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	182	14.64
Ordinary	Purchase	193	14.645
Ordinary	Purchase	198	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	23,947	14.605
Ordinary	Purchase	296	14.625
Ordinary	Purchase	249	14.635
Ordinary	Purchase	246	14.625
Ordinary	Purchase	56	14.625
Ordinary	Purchase	255	14.625
Ordinary	Purchase	47	14.625
Ordinary	Purchase	230	14.63
Ordinary	Purchase	210	14.675
Ordinary	Purchase	207	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	187	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	198	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	104	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	202	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	100,285	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	155	14.58
Ordinary	Sale	252	14.595
Ordinary	Sale	336	14.585
Ordinary	Sale	304	14.595
Ordinary	Sale	149	14.58
Ordinary	Sale	320	14.59
Ordinary	Sale	304	14.59
Ordinary	Sale	304	14.59
Ordinary	Sale	345	14.545
Ordinary	Sale	304	14.56
Ordinary	Sale	304	14.59
Ordinary	Sale	219	14.625
Ordinary	Sale	841	14.62
Ordinary	Sale	304	14.585
Ordinary	Sale	23	14.62
Ordinary	Sale	519	14.555
Ordinary	Sale	370	14.61
Ordinary	Sale	312	14.545
Ordinary	Sale	167	14.545
Ordinary	Sale	304	14.63
Ordinary	Sale	519	14.535
Ordinary	Sale	141	14.535
Ordinary	Sale	178	14.535
Ordinary	Sale	50	14.595
Ordinary	Sale	405	14.595
Ordinary	Sale	304	14.59
Ordinary	Sale	490	14.585
Ordinary	Sale	304	14.615
Ordinary	Sale	150	14.655
Ordinary	Sale	163	14.655
Ordinary	Sale	600	14.61
Ordinary	Sale	15	14.61
Ordinary	Sale	227	14.61
Ordinary	Sale	304	14.58
Ordinary	Sale	303	14.655
Ordinary	Sale	1,012	14.5725
Ordinary	Sale	304	14.61
Ordinary	Sale	232	14.615
Ordinary	Sale	304	14.615
Ordinary	Sale	304	14.615
Ordinary	Sale	1,098	14.5725
Ordinary	Sale	304	14.565
Ordinary	Sale	319	14.57
Ordinary	Sale	311	14.565
Ordinary	Sale	6	14.57
Ordinary	Sale	272	14.575
Ordinary	Sale	657	14.48
Ordinary	Sale	64	14.575
Ordinary	Sale	336	14.58
Ordinary	Sale	320	14.555
Ordinary	Sale	479	14.56
Ordinary	Sale	54	14.62
Ordinary	Sale	60	14.62
Ordinary	Sale	187	14.62
Ordinary	Sale	250	14.62
Ordinary	Sale	304	14.58
Ordinary	Sale	304	14.56
Ordinary	Sale	600	14.635
Ordinary	Sale	529	14.635
Ordinary	Sale	234	14.635
Ordinary	Sale	213	14.635
Ordinary	Sale	2,502	14.625
Ordinary	Sale	3,909	14.625
Ordinary	Sale	895	14.645
Ordinary	Sale	205	14.645
Ordinary	Sale	2,809	14.645
Ordinary	Sale	313	14.645
Ordinary	Sale	429	14.65
Ordinary	Sale	1,115	14.65
Ordinary	Sale	1,122	14.65
Ordinary	Sale	328	14.575
Ordinary	Sale	5,992	14.575
Ordinary	Sale	7,896	14.615
Ordinary	Sale	302	14.65
Ordinary	Sale	941	14.65
Ordinary	Sale	625	14.6
Ordinary	Sale	319	14.55
Ordinary	Sale	2,682	14.64
Ordinary	Sale	998	14.64
Ordinary	Sale	7,303	14.64
Ordinary	Sale	798	14.64
Ordinary	Sale	1,021	14.64
Ordinary	Sale	6,625	14.64
Ordinary	Sale	10,668	14.64
Ordinary	Sale	13	14.64
Ordinary	Sale	361	14.64
Ordinary	Sale	155	14.64
Ordinary	Sale	143	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	28	14.63
Ordinary	Sale	239	14.63
Ordinary	Sale	153	14.61
Ordinary	Sale	39	14.595
Ordinary	Sale	13	14.595
Ordinary	Sale	14	14.625
Ordinary	Sale	15	14.625333
Ordinary	Sale	14	14.63
Ordinary	Sale	199	14.545
Ordinary	Sale	97	14.62
Ordinary	Sale	160	14.555
Ordinary	Sale	128	14.585
Ordinary	Sale	370	14.585
Ordinary	Sale	179	14.58
Ordinary	Sale	160	14.605
Ordinary	Sale	199	14.545
Ordinary	Sale	24	14.625
Ordinary	Sale	239	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	400	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	319	14.55
Ordinary	Sale	160	14.58
Ordinary	Sale	180	14.58
Ordinary	Sale	85	14.625
Ordinary	Sale	3,000	14.655603
Ordinary	Sale	298,125	14.609988
	Total Purchases	315,688
	Total Sales	384,354

(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	100,285	14.66
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	61,000	14.658644
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	65,000	14.652071
Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	3,000	14.655603
Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	298,125	14.60998787

(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:	03/07/2018
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.

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