Become a Member

Track your favourite stocks
Create & monitor portfolios
Daily portfolio value

Company	Chg	Chg %
Quickpicks
£	%
Add shares to your quickpicks to display them here!

Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

16th Mar 2018 10:56

RNS Number : 9957H

Societe Generale SA

16 March 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	15/03/2018
(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:	54,063,009	3.14	249,355	0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	568,509	0.03	42,729,732	2.49
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	54,631,518	3.18	42,979,087	2.50

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	2,005	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	325	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	481	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	781	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	1,224	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	1,680	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	2,005	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	27	13.225
Ordinary	Purchase	353	13.225
Ordinary	Purchase	1,260	13.225
Ordinary	Purchase	997	13.235
Ordinary	Purchase	208	13.24
Ordinary	Purchase	200	13.24
Ordinary	Purchase	161	13.24
Ordinary	Purchase	500	13.24
Ordinary	Purchase	500	13.235
Ordinary	Purchase	6	13.235
Ordinary	Purchase	500	13.22
Ordinary	Purchase	500	13.275
Ordinary	Purchase	200	13.26
Ordinary	Purchase	471	13.26
Ordinary	Purchase	326	13.235
Ordinary	Purchase	53	13.235
Ordinary	Purchase	353	13.235
Ordinary	Purchase	500	13.275
Ordinary	Purchase	873	13.275
Ordinary	Purchase	300	13.275
Ordinary	Purchase	500	13.275
Ordinary	Purchase	274	13.275
Ordinary	Purchase	500	13.21
Ordinary	Purchase	407	13.25
Ordinary	Purchase	421	13.23
Ordinary	Purchase	250	13.29
Ordinary	Purchase	200	13.29
Ordinary	Purchase	206	13.26
Ordinary	Purchase	39	13.255
Ordinary	Purchase	29	13.255
Ordinary	Purchase	7	13.255
Ordinary	Purchase	20,045	13.22
Ordinary	Purchase	15	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	2,005	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	2,005	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	2,005	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	2,005	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	229	13.24
Ordinary	Purchase	81	13.24
Ordinary	Purchase	238	13.24
Ordinary	Purchase	287	13.24
Ordinary	Purchase	176	13.275
Ordinary	Purchase	176	13.275
Ordinary	Purchase	400	13.22
Ordinary	Purchase	478	13.26
Ordinary	Purchase	286	13.26
Ordinary	Purchase	415	13.23
Ordinary	Purchase	16	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	234	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	17	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	100	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	28	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	100	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	334	13.205
Ordinary	Purchase	233	13.195
Ordinary	Purchase	134	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	334	13.185
Ordinary	Purchase	100	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	200	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	334	13.205
Ordinary	Purchase	34	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	334	13.195
Ordinary	Purchase	204	13.205
Ordinary	Purchase	267	13.205
Ordinary	Purchase	197	13.205
Ordinary	Purchase	300	13.195
Ordinary	Purchase	324	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	34	13.195
Ordinary	Purchase	200	13.21
Ordinary	Purchase	134	13.21
Ordinary	Purchase	200	13.21
Ordinary	Purchase	356	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	317	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	100	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	377	13.205
Ordinary	Purchase	100	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	100	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	6	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	100	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	207	13.24
Ordinary	Purchase	363	13.275
Ordinary	Purchase	400	13.25
Ordinary	Purchase	405	13.23
Ordinary	Purchase	100,227	13.25
Ordinary	Purchase	259	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	21	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	56	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	2,842	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	2,531	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	336	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	3	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	317	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	400	13.24
Ordinary	Purchase	265	13.245
Ordinary	Purchase	80	13.245
Ordinary	Purchase	173	13.26
Ordinary	Purchase	135	13.26
Ordinary	Purchase	25	13.26
Ordinary	Purchase	178	13.26
Ordinary	Purchase	155	13.26
Ordinary	Purchase	346	13.24
Ordinary	Purchase	361	13.24
Ordinary	Purchase	333	13.275
Ordinary	Purchase	334	13.23
Ordinary	Purchase	334	13.225
Ordinary	Purchase	333	13.275
Ordinary	Purchase	334	13.22
Ordinary	Purchase	335	13.215
Ordinary	Purchase	1,523	13.275
Ordinary	Purchase	215	13.275
Ordinary	Purchase	1,523	13.275
Ordinary	Purchase	333	13.26
Ordinary	Purchase	333	13.285
Ordinary	Purchase	468	13.275
Ordinary	Purchase	965	13.275
Ordinary	Purchase	719	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	335	13.255
Ordinary	Purchase	1,523	13.275
Ordinary	Purchase	680	13.275
Ordinary	Purchase	1,123	13.275
Ordinary	Purchase	843	13.275
Ordinary	Purchase	294	13.255
Ordinary	Purchase	334	13.235
Ordinary	Purchase	334	13.23
Ordinary	Purchase	300	13.25
Ordinary	Purchase	336	13.205
Ordinary	Purchase	365	13.275
Ordinary	Purchase	382	13.275
Ordinary	Purchase	750	13.275
Ordinary	Purchase	34	13.25
Ordinary	Purchase	336	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	102	13.25
Ordinary	Purchase	333	13.255
Ordinary	Purchase	1,563	13.26
Ordinary	Purchase	762	13.26
Ordinary	Purchase	334	13.26
Ordinary	Purchase	304	13.255
Ordinary	Purchase	334	13.23
Ordinary	Purchase	333	13.29
Ordinary	Purchase	244	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	422	13.23
Ordinary	Purchase	346	13.225
Ordinary	Purchase	107	13.255
Ordinary	Purchase	363	13.225
Ordinary	Purchase	333	13.26
Ordinary	Purchase	226	13.255
Ordinary	Purchase	334	13.23
Ordinary	Purchase	333	13.255
Ordinary	Purchase	333	13.285
Ordinary	Purchase	336	13.21
Ordinary	Purchase	326	13.255
Ordinary	Purchase	336	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	343	13.35
Ordinary	Purchase	356	13.345
Ordinary	Purchase	334	13.25
Ordinary	Purchase	525	13.255
Ordinary	Purchase	602	13.26
Ordinary	Purchase	333	13.26
Ordinary	Purchase	334	13.25
Ordinary	Purchase	360	13.22
Ordinary	Purchase	211	13.21
Ordinary	Purchase	320	13.21
Ordinary	Purchase	298	13.2
Ordinary	Purchase	250	13.205
Ordinary	Purchase	62	13.205
Ordinary	Purchase	326	13.19
Ordinary	Purchase	152	13.215
Ordinary	Purchase	60,136	13.25
Ordinary	Sale	243	13.26
Ordinary	Sale	264	13.26
Ordinary	Sale	183	13.225
Ordinary	Sale	155	13.225
Ordinary	Sale	291	13.225
Ordinary	Sale	145	13.225
Ordinary	Sale	152	13.22
Ordinary	Sale	519	13.22
Ordinary	Sale	140	13.22
Ordinary	Sale	341	13.255
Ordinary	Sale	423	13.2
Ordinary	Sale	235	13.25
Ordinary	Sale	11	13.25
Ordinary	Sale	87	13.225
Ordinary	Sale	3	13.225
Ordinary	Sale	61	13.225
Ordinary	Sale	156	13.225
Ordinary	Sale	194	13.225
Ordinary	Sale	407	13.27
Ordinary	Sale	174	13.19
Ordinary	Sale	432	13.29
Ordinary	Sale	197	13.215
Ordinary	Sale	500	13.205
Ordinary	Sale	436	13.2
Ordinary	Sale	174	13.26
Ordinary	Sale	57	13.22
Ordinary	Sale	118	13.22
Ordinary	Sale	118	13.22
Ordinary	Sale	415	13.25
Ordinary	Sale	432	13.29
Ordinary	Sale	211	13.205
Ordinary	Sale	398	13.225
Ordinary	Sale	492	13.22
Ordinary	Sale	201	13.225
Ordinary	Sale	427	13.27
Ordinary	Sale	404	13.29
Ordinary	Sale	400	13.295
Ordinary	Sale	27	13.225
Ordinary	Sale	336	13.215
Ordinary	Sale	336	13.205
Ordinary	Sale	1,214	13.265
Ordinary	Sale	334	13.26
Ordinary	Sale	335	13.22
Ordinary	Sale	479	13.22
Ordinary	Sale	1,041	13.22
Ordinary	Sale	335	13.22
Ordinary	Sale	85	13.25
Ordinary	Sale	276	13.245
Ordinary	Sale	345	13.285
Ordinary	Sale	76	13.225
Ordinary	Sale	694	13.225
Ordinary	Sale	400	13.2
Ordinary	Sale	588	13.225
Ordinary	Sale	333	13.285
Ordinary	Sale	336	13.215
Ordinary	Sale	346	13.275
Ordinary	Sale	481	13.265
Ordinary	Sale	422	13.27
Ordinary	Sale	335	13.24
Ordinary	Sale	333	13.28
Ordinary	Sale	336	13.22
Ordinary	Sale	333	13.28
Ordinary	Sale	334	13.27
Ordinary	Sale	361	13.265
Ordinary	Sale	423	13.29
Ordinary	Sale	336	13.225
Ordinary	Sale	586	13.215
Ordinary	Sale	333	13.285
Ordinary	Sale	479	13.21
Ordinary	Sale	336	13.225
Ordinary	Sale	8,170	13.2
Ordinary	Sale	3,633	13.2
Ordinary	Sale	82	13.2
Ordinary	Sale	11,748	13.2
Ordinary	Sale	5,000	13.256022
Ordinary	Sale	2,500,000	13.22
Ordinary	Sale	11,475	13.2
	Total Purchases	255,498
	Total Sales	2,563,048

(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 short position

5,000

13.256022

(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:	16/03/2018
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 company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

RETKMGMFGVKGRZM

Related Shares:

FTSE 100 Latest

Value8,474.01

Change10.55