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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

23rd Oct 2017 10:40

RNS Number : 3317U

Societe Generale SA

23 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	20/10/2017
(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:	36,298,730	2.11	46,007	0.00
(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:	36,315,860	2.11	17,611,386	1.02

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	2,870	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	1,230	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	350	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	27	9.405
Ordinary	Purchase	161	9.42
Ordinary	Purchase	386	9.42
Ordinary	Purchase	794	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	465	9.405
Ordinary	Purchase	12	9.405
Ordinary	Purchase	862	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	705	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	18	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	430	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	142	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	22	9.405
Ordinary	Purchase	468	9.405
Ordinary	Purchase	450	9.405
Ordinary	Purchase	476	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	459	9.405
Ordinary	Purchase	18	9.405
Ordinary	Purchase	477	9.405
Ordinary	Purchase	477	9.405
Ordinary	Purchase	750	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	3,010	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	675	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	2,186	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	521	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	1,220	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	2,658	9.4102777
Ordinary	Purchase	40,084	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	309	9.4
Ordinary	Sale	127	9.435
Ordinary	Sale	761	9.4
Ordinary	Sale	401	9.41
Ordinary	Sale	704	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	677	9.42
Ordinary	Sale	359	9.445
Ordinary	Sale	78	9.445
Ordinary	Sale	972	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	278	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	1,518	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	34	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	228	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	419	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	602	9.425
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.425
Ordinary	Sale	703	9.42
Ordinary	Sale	328	9.4
Ordinary	Sale	554	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	996	9.4
Ordinary	Sale	1,104	9.435
Ordinary	Sale	601	9.425
Ordinary	Sale	580	9.425
Ordinary	Sale	799	9.425
Ordinary	Sale	219	9.425
Ordinary	Sale	639	9.4
Ordinary	Sale	739	9.4
Ordinary	Sale	1,144	9.41
Ordinary	Sale	178	9.41
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.41
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.445
Ordinary	Sale	1,222	9.42
Ordinary	Sale	280	9.42
Ordinary	Sale	125	9.42
Ordinary	Sale	155	9.42
Ordinary	Sale	535	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	509	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	279	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	869	9.42
Ordinary	Sale	59	9.445
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.445
Ordinary	Sale	496	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	629	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	1,002	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	1,002	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	2,004	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	2,004	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	2,004	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	1,127	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	260	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	97	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	2,004	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	77	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	2,004	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	540	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	1,907	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	67	9.425
Ordinary	Sale	2,348	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	5,669	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	8,017	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	575	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	3,433	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	4,472	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	894	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	1	9.4
Ordinary	Sale	1,324	9.425
Ordinary	Sale	477	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	800	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	800	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	477	9.405
Ordinary	Sale	854	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	268	9.435
Ordinary	Sale	521	9.435
Ordinary	Sale	209	9.435
Ordinary	Sale	477	9.405
Ordinary	Sale	920	9.435
Ordinary	Sale	477	9.405
Ordinary	Sale	553	9.42
Ordinary	Sale	1,181	9.4
Ordinary	Sale	234	9.44
Ordinary	Sale	243	9.44
Ordinary	Sale	559	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	759	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	410	9.425
Ordinary	Sale	722	9.42
Ordinary	Sale	1,124	9.42
Ordinary	Sale	1,022	9.42
Ordinary	Sale	475	9.425
Ordinary	Sale	3,830	9.42
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.445
Ordinary	Sale	945	9.42
Ordinary	Sale	711	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	800	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	1,660	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	476	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	1,087	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	58	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	477	9.435
Ordinary	Sale	1,203	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	2,004	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	1,034	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	970	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	802	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	2,004	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	802	9.43
Ordinary	Sale	1,467	9.4175
Ordinary	Sale	309	9.4
Ordinary	Sale	707	9.425
Ordinary	Sale	487	9.4275
Ordinary	Sale	262	9.425
Ordinary	Sale	552	9.435
Ordinary	Sale	646	9.435
Ordinary	Sale	793	9.435
Ordinary	Sale	116	9.435
Ordinary	Sale	558	9.4
Ordinary	Sale	697	9.4
Ordinary	Sale	524	9.42
Ordinary	Sale	1,125	9.42
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.42
Ordinary	Sale	111	9.42
Ordinary	Sale	626	9.42
Ordinary	Sale	241	9.42
Ordinary	Sale	3,381	9.4325
Ordinary	Sale	842	9.4325
Ordinary	Sale	2,022	9.4325
Ordinary	Sale	416	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	662	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	65	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	1,293	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	435	9.415
Ordinary	Sale	2,261	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	350	9.39
	Total Purchases	64,303
	Total Sales	120,564

(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:	23/10/2017
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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