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Form 8.3 - Sky plc

21st Jul 2017 09:51

RNS Number : 7475L

Societe Generale SA

21 July 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	20/07/2017
(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:	29,221,303	1.70	71,496	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	1,070	0.00	9,098,058	0.53
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	29,222,373	1.70	9,169,554	0.53

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	408	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	636	9.6625
Ordinary	Purchase	151	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	152	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	640	9.6825
Ordinary	Purchase	136	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	110	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	188	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	476	9.665
Ordinary	Purchase	448	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	636	9.6625
Ordinary	Purchase	638	9.6475
Ordinary	Purchase	289	9.645
Ordinary	Purchase	168	9.645
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.645
Ordinary	Purchase	960	9.6825
Ordinary	Purchase	638	9.6525
Ordinary	Purchase	638	9.6525
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.6625
Ordinary	Purchase	640	9.6775
Ordinary	Purchase	131	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	505	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	954	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	640	9.6775
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	83	9.6525
Ordinary	Purchase	358	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	489	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	209	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	1,859	9.6825
Ordinary	Purchase	795	9.6825
Ordinary	Purchase	358	9.6825
Ordinary	Purchase	636	9.6525
Ordinary	Purchase	640	9.6775
Ordinary	Purchase	2,405	9.6775
Ordinary	Purchase	636	9.6525
Ordinary	Purchase	636	9.6525
Ordinary	Purchase	954	9.6625
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	642	9.6825
Ordinary	Purchase	34	9.6825
Ordinary	Purchase	442	9.6825
Ordinary	Purchase	553	9.6525
Ordinary	Purchase	518	9.71
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	370	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	157	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	539	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	734	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	665	9.665
Ordinary	Purchase	733	9.665
Ordinary	Purchase	638	9.645
Ordinary	Purchase	226	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	1,046	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	668	9.64
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	704	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	317	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	446	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	636	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	546	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	607	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	459	9.635
Ordinary	Purchase	61	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	532	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	60	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	954	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	591	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	150	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	80	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	7	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	320	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	429	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	483	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	478	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	124	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	6	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	240	9.665
Ordinary	Purchase	396	9.665
Ordinary	Purchase	475	9.645
Ordinary	Purchase	446	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	264	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	260	9.665
Ordinary	Purchase	35	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	446	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	8	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	11	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	15	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	429	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	700	9.635
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	429	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	594	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	128	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	94	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	234	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	214	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	193	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	236	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	532	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	176	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	142	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	481	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	446	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	9	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	23,899	9.71
Ordinary	Purchase	254	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	1,842	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	419	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	269	9.7
Ordinary	Purchase	442	9.6975
Ordinary	Purchase	450	9.6975
Ordinary	Purchase	431	9.6975
Ordinary	Purchase	406	9.6925
Ordinary	Purchase	518	9.6975
Ordinary	Purchase	453	9.6975
Ordinary	Purchase	443	9.6975
Ordinary	Purchase	58	9.6975
Ordinary	Purchase	138	9.6975
Ordinary	Purchase	279	9.6975
Ordinary	Purchase	72	9.6975
Ordinary	Purchase	66	9.6975
Ordinary	Purchase	63	9.6975
Ordinary	Purchase	65	9.6975
Ordinary	Purchase	218	9.6975
Ordinary	Purchase	29	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	6,393	9.71
Ordinary	Purchase	397	9.6975
Ordinary	Purchase	69	9.6975
Ordinary	Purchase	533	9.6975
Ordinary	Purchase	473	9.6975
Ordinary	Purchase	432	9.6975
Ordinary	Purchase	67	9.6975
Ordinary	Purchase	389	9.6975
Ordinary	Purchase	445	9.6975
Ordinary	Purchase	638	9.635
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.695
Ordinary	Purchase	570	9.6925
Ordinary	Purchase	525	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.665
Ordinary	Purchase	640	9.6775
Ordinary	Purchase	584	9.6825
Ordinary	Purchase	220	9.71
Ordinary	Purchase	2,331,399	9.65
Ordinary	Purchase	6,940	9.643342
Ordinary	Purchase	79,351	9.646284
Ordinary	Purchase	46,000	9.6375
Ordinary	Sale	278	9.65
Ordinary	Sale	130	9.65
Ordinary	Sale	75	9.65
Ordinary	Sale	333	9.65
Ordinary	Sale	408	9.67
Ordinary	Sale	408	9.675
Ordinary	Sale	1,315	9.6925
Ordinary	Sale	37	9.6925
Ordinary	Sale	209	9.63
Ordinary	Sale	745	9.63
Ordinary	Sale	98	9.69
Ordinary	Sale	90	9.69
Ordinary	Sale	750	9.69
Ordinary	Sale	919	9.7
Ordinary	Sale	51	9.7
Ordinary	Sale	550	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	957	9.625
Ordinary	Sale	497	9.625
Ordinary	Sale	150	9.625
Ordinary	Sale	168	9.69
Ordinary	Sale	750	9.685
Ordinary	Sale	1,161	9.685
Ordinary	Sale	1,280	9.635
Ordinary	Sale	299	9.69
Ordinary	Sale	1,017	9.69
Ordinary	Sale	150	9.69
Ordinary	Sale	530	9.66
Ordinary	Sale	118	9.685
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.685
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	270	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	1,484	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	638	9.64
Ordinary	Sale	378	9.625
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.685
Ordinary	Sale	60	9.685
Ordinary	Sale	300	9.66
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.64
Ordinary	Sale	238	9.64
Ordinary	Sale	320	9.635
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.675
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.67
Ordinary	Sale	42	9.655
Ordinary	Sale	66	9.655
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.655
Ordinary	Sale	274	9.655
Ordinary	Sale	396	9.655
Ordinary	Sale	638	9.6725
Ordinary	Sale	122	9.6725
Ordinary	Sale	177	9.67
Ordinary	Sale	339	9.67
Ordinary	Sale	280	9.68
Ordinary	Sale	638	9.6725
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.64
Ordinary	Sale	151	9.685
Ordinary	Sale	287	9.685
Ordinary	Sale	234	9.64
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.625
Ordinary	Sale	138	9.625
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.69
Ordinary	Sale	162	9.64
Ordinary	Sale	476	9.64
Ordinary	Sale	39	9.695
Ordinary	Sale	160	9.695
Ordinary	Sale	182	9.695
Ordinary	Sale	300	9.695
Ordinary	Sale	957	9.635
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.695
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.695
Ordinary	Sale	320	9.64
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.635
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.64
Ordinary	Sale	348	9.67
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.64
Ordinary	Sale	300	9.66
Ordinary	Sale	640	9.635
Ordinary	Sale	279	9.665
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.675
Ordinary	Sale	1,853	9.65
Ordinary	Sale	6,940	9.659577
Ordinary	Sale	79,351	9.646284
Ordinary	Sale	46,000	9.6375
	Total Purchases	2,561,757
	Total Sales	166,450

(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

Equity Linked Swap

Increasing a short position

2,331,399

9.65

(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:	21/07/2017
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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