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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

26th Oct 2017 10:38

RNS Number : 7058U

Societe Generale SA

26 October 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	25/10/2017
(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:	36,142,993	2.10	100,468	0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	17,130	0.00	17,565,379	1.02
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	36,160,123	2.10	17,665,847	1.03

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	1,203	9.375
Ordinary	Purchase	452	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	452	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	366	9.365
Ordinary	Purchase	41	9.365
Ordinary	Purchase	357	9.385
Ordinary	Purchase	962	9.385
Ordinary	Purchase	715	9.385
Ordinary	Purchase	474	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	155	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	474	9.375
Ordinary	Purchase	220	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	99	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	214	9.375
Ordinary	Purchase	450	9.375
Ordinary	Purchase	360	9.375
Ordinary	Purchase	596	9.375
Ordinary	Purchase	373	9.385
Ordinary	Purchase	474	9.38
Ordinary	Purchase	474	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	523	9.37
Ordinary	Purchase	711	9.38
Ordinary	Purchase	475	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	475	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	697	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	475	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	535	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	2,004	9.375
Ordinary	Purchase	317	9.3825
Ordinary	Purchase	1,551	9.385
Ordinary	Purchase	570	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	490	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	550	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	408	9.385
Ordinary	Purchase	35	9.365
Ordinary	Purchase	434	9.365
Ordinary	Purchase	685	9.3625
Ordinary	Purchase	510	9.3625
Ordinary	Purchase	270	9.365
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.385
Ordinary	Purchase	125	9.385
Ordinary	Purchase	63	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	440	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	580	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	156	9.385
Ordinary	Purchase	640	9.365
Ordinary	Purchase	125	9.385
Ordinary	Purchase	204	9.385
Ordinary	Purchase	332	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	220	9.375
Ordinary	Purchase	822	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	1,568	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	504	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	267	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	1,381	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	110	9.36
Ordinary	Purchase	948	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	49	9.37
Ordinary	Purchase	802	9.37
Ordinary	Purchase	72	9.37
Ordinary	Purchase	846	9.37
Ordinary	Purchase	43	9.385
Ordinary	Purchase	3,874	9.375
Ordinary	Purchase	7,662	9.375
Ordinary	Purchase	480	9.375
Ordinary	Purchase	604	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	531	9.375
Ordinary	Purchase	421	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	3,371	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	5,243	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	5,792	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	2,813	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	24	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	536	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	672	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	2,584	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	5,296	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	3,120	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	786	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	1,165	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	277	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	611	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	1,064	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	9,896	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	11,967	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	2,237	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	5,179	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	1,301	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	5,496	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	4,000	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	50	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	50	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	1,100	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	4,894	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	1,488	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	1,157	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	4,738	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	1,201	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	1,318	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	1,061	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	2,016	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	46	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	7,890	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	68	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	80	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	2,004	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	1,008	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	2,064	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	499	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	1,023	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	1,219	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	708	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	1	9.4
Ordinary	Sale	748	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	76	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	469	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	5,108	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	1,165	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	1,270	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	54	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	388	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	599	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	732	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	387	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	535	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	858	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	568	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	941	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	130	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	489	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	496	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	455	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	919	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	488	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	491	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	442	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	1,073	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	484	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	445	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	490	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	1,221	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	20	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	333	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	231	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	756	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	664	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	496	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	3	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	321	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	108	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	21	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	609	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	505	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	447	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	445	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	25	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	135	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	388	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	1,566	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	779	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	715	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	563	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	475	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	577	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	336	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	160	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	332	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	802	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	802	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	802	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	802	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	280	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.38
Ordinary	Sale	296	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	286	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	176	9.385
Ordinary	Sale	164	9.385
Ordinary	Sale	301	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	276	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	88	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	1,056	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	642	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	2,121	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	681	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	481	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.38
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.38
Ordinary	Sale	1,067	9.38
Ordinary	Sale	750	9.38
Ordinary	Sale	1,139	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	475	9.385
Ordinary	Sale	528	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	1,283	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	1,098	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	481	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	978	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	1,049	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	2,526	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	5,770	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	475	9.405
Ordinary	Sale	483	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	1,476	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	1,476	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	733	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	686	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	478	9.365
Ordinary	Sale	337	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	68	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	525	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	534	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	542	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	479	9.365
Ordinary	Sale	531	9.375
Ordinary	Sale	801	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	657	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	750	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	1	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.38
Ordinary	Sale	2,345	9.3975
Ordinary	Sale	1,600	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	436	9.3875
Ordinary	Sale	322	9.385
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	390	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	269	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	376	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	284	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	22	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	498	9.3925
Ordinary	Sale	246	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	244	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	854	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	194	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	278	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	205	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	195	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	475	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	684	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	244	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.38
Ordinary	Sale	125	9.38
Ordinary	Sale	60	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	525	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	294	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	578	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.36
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	1,215	9.38
Ordinary	Sale	45	9.38
Ordinary	Sale	125	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	317	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	842	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	386	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	23	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	495	9.3925
Ordinary	Sale	440	9.3925
Ordinary	Sale	429	9.3925
Ordinary	Sale	488	9.3925
Ordinary	Sale	487	9.3925
Ordinary	Sale	2,857	9.3975
Ordinary	Sale	21	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	498	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	211	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	464	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	480	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	239	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	325	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	265	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	320	9.395
	Total Purchases	44,895
	Total Sales	212,341

(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

(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:	26/10/2017
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

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