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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

17th Mar 2017 11:42

RNS Number : 8219Z

Societe Generale SA

17 March 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	16/03/2017
(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"	YES: Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc

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:	9,540,908	0.56	198,361	0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	17,622,442	1.03	15,846,390	0.92
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	27,163,350	1.58	16,044,751	0.93

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	790	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	4,350	9.91
Ordinary	Purchase	4,163	9.91
Ordinary	Purchase	7,185	9.91
Ordinary	Purchase	186	9.91
Ordinary	Purchase	143	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	109	9.9
Ordinary	Purchase	112	9.9
Ordinary	Purchase	1,203	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	825	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	426	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	32	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	507	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	331	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	124	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	64	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	20	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	410	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	479	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	415	9.8825
Ordinary	Purchase	404	9.8825
Ordinary	Purchase	410	9.8825
Ordinary	Purchase	424	9.8825
Ordinary	Purchase	407	9.8825
Ordinary	Purchase	435	9.8825
Ordinary	Purchase	21	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	15	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	281	9.91
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	183	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	636	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	66	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	15	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	878	9.855
Ordinary	Purchase	410	9.855
Ordinary	Purchase	787	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	112	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	58	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	352	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	438	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	484	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	19	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	1,426	9.91
Ordinary	Purchase	495	9.91
Ordinary	Purchase	3,977	9.91
Ordinary	Purchase	99	9.91
Ordinary	Purchase	610	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	200	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	920	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	610	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	182	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	428	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	6	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	478	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	610	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	610	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	60	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	100	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	66	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	875	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	350	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	379	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	315	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	295	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	125	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	485	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	610	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	1,000	9.855
Ordinary	Purchase	610	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	610	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	610	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	610	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	610	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	286	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	309	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	606	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	4	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	610	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	610	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	303	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	299	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	8	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.88
Ordinary	Purchase	610	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	303	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	610	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	2,070	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	675	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	610	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	415	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	47	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.84
Ordinary	Purchase	440	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	200	9.855
Ordinary	Purchase	89	9.855
Ordinary	Purchase	918	9.855
Ordinary	Purchase	2,400	9.84
Ordinary	Purchase	15,901	9.906948
Ordinary	Sale	48	9.91
Ordinary	Sale	3,826	9.91
Ordinary	Sale	111	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	138	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	1,851	9.895
Ordinary	Sale	2,411	9.875
Ordinary	Sale	41,451	9.88465
Ordinary	Sale	350	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	105	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	139	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	103	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	168	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	60	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	249	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	154	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	180	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	290	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	290	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	20	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	312	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	388	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	485	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	565	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	872	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	915	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	2,264	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	786	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	581	9.89
Ordinary	Sale	5,540	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	580	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	705	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	24	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	424	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	265	9.875
Ordinary	Sale	2,948	9.875
Ordinary	Sale	750	9.875
Ordinary	Sale	350	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	750	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	872	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	415	9.8825
Ordinary	Sale	249	9.8825
Ordinary	Sale	470	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	109	9.89
Ordinary	Sale	994	9.89
Ordinary	Sale	265	9.89
Ordinary	Sale	301	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	290	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	332	9.8825
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	388	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	265	9.875
Ordinary	Sale	486	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.875
Ordinary	Sale	100	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	179	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	2,073	9.91
Ordinary	Sale	1,244	9.91
Ordinary	Sale	2,073	9.91
Ordinary	Sale	2,073	9.91
Ordinary	Sale	2,073	9.91
Ordinary	Sale	539	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	44,565	9.8791
Ordinary	Sale	82,903	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	7,606,490	9.89
	Total Purchases	78,793
	Total Sales	7,824,806

(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 long position

7,606,490

9.89

(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:	17/03/2017
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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