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Form 8.3 - SKY PLC

21st Apr 2017 10:29

RNS Number : 9863C

Societe Generale SA

21 April 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	20/04/2017
(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:	36,802,040	2.14	219,642	0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	590	0.00	17,359,755	1.01
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	36,802,630	2.14	17,579,397	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	550	9.845
Ordinary	Purchase	12	9.845
Ordinary	Purchase	2,084	9.84
Ordinary	Purchase	54	9.84
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	218	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	226	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	180	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	338	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	58	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	350	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	442	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	592	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.84
Ordinary	Purchase	592	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	2	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	70	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	144	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	138	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	306	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	592	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	437	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	1,492	9.84
Ordinary	Purchase	453	9.84
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	286	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	158	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	144	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	740	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	306	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	138	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	374	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	443	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	290	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	138	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	306	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	186	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	258	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	154	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	18	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	574	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.84
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	194	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	16	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	428	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	740	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	50	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	394	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	90	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	249	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	105	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	42	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	592	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	447	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	402	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	596	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	306	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	138	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	306	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	138	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	113	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	331	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	32	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	283	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	161	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	146	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	48	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	158	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	254	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	3	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	592	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	152	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	292	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	592	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	420	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	740	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	24	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	264	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	180	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	48	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	146	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	592	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	306	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	141	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	88	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	356	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	306	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	138	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	316	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	128	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	19	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	447	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	556	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	740	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	1,332	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	592	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	92	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	352	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	197	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	447	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	425	9.82
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	447	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	447	9.81
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.84
Ordinary	Purchase	115	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	167	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	277	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	88	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	356	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	48	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	280	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	164	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	592	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	286	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	54	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	158	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	465	9.83
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.835
Ordinary	Purchase	218	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	226	9.825
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.81
Ordinary	Purchase	2,211	9.84
Ordinary	Purchase	100,000	9.85
Ordinary	Sale	372	9.82
Ordinary	Sale	1,197	9.82
Ordinary	Sale	800	9.82
Ordinary	Sale	88	9.82
Ordinary	Sale	1,362	9.825
Ordinary	Sale	470	9.82
Ordinary	Sale	784	9.84
Ordinary	Sale	2,064	9.84
Ordinary	Sale	140	9.8
Ordinary	Sale	273	9.8
Ordinary	Sale	413	9.8
Ordinary	Sale	2,064	9.84
Ordinary	Sale	1,032	9.84
Ordinary	Sale	2,064	9.84
Ordinary	Sale	16,469	9.84
Ordinary	Sale	32,884	9.8232
Ordinary	Sale	100,000	9.85
	Total Purchases	172,140
	Total Sales	162,476

(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:	21/04/2017
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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