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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

23rd Feb 2018 10:03

RNS Number : 7830F

Societe Generale SA

23 February 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	22/02/2018
(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:	49,961,423	2.91	586,301	0.03
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0.00	26,002,945	1.51
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	49,961,423	2.91	26,589,246	1.55

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	9	10.96
Ordinary	Purchase	402	10.96
Ordinary	Purchase	393	10.96
Ordinary	Purchase	277	10.96
Ordinary	Purchase	125	10.96
Ordinary	Purchase	1,698	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	1,581	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	4,570	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	750	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	5,000	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	2,236	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	2,890	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	190	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	460	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	500	10.99
Ordinary	Purchase	750	10.99
Ordinary	Purchase	600	10.99
Ordinary	Purchase	88	10.99
Ordinary	Purchase	1,919	10.99
Ordinary	Purchase	750	10.99
Ordinary	Purchase	3,107	10.99
Ordinary	Purchase	1,505	10.985
Ordinary	Purchase	1,610	10.985
Ordinary	Purchase	403	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	178	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	51	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	10	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	750	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	602	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	4,181	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	577	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	1,568	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	122	10.975
Ordinary	Purchase	54	10.975
Ordinary	Purchase	1,320	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	1,320	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	2,119	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	750	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	122	10.975
Ordinary	Purchase	728	10.975
Ordinary	Purchase	1,394	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	2,087	10.985
Ordinary	Purchase	403	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	2,011	10.97
Ordinary	Purchase	750	10.975
Ordinary	Purchase	404	10.975
Ordinary	Purchase	1,443	10.975
Ordinary	Purchase	263	10.995
Ordinary	Purchase	261	10.995
Ordinary	Purchase	3,467	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	261	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	1,011	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	5,000	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	60	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	670	10.975
Ordinary	Purchase	1,410	10.975
Ordinary	Purchase	403	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	612	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	23	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	32	10.99
Ordinary	Purchase	490	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	300	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	241	10.985
Ordinary	Purchase	500	10.985
Ordinary	Purchase	143	10.985
Ordinary	Purchase	1	10.99
Ordinary	Purchase	500	10.99
Ordinary	Purchase	162	10.99
Ordinary	Purchase	215	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	88	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	370	10.985
Ordinary	Purchase	370	10.985
Ordinary	Purchase	370	10.985
Ordinary	Purchase	178	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	87	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	129	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	53	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	143	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	3,551	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	500	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	1,128	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	28	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	400	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	400	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	400	10.985
Ordinary	Purchase	253	10.985
Ordinary	Purchase	201	10.99
Ordinary	Purchase	400	10.99
Ordinary	Purchase	320	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	181	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	400	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	1,349	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	881	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	400	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	1,379	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	1,658	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	272	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	23	10.975
Ordinary	Purchase	500	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	400	10.985
Ordinary	Purchase	370	10.99
Ordinary	Purchase	400	10.99
Ordinary	Purchase	500	10.98
Ordinary	Purchase	23	10.975
Ordinary	Purchase	23	10.975
Ordinary	Purchase	23	10.975
Ordinary	Purchase	2,000,000	10.96
Ordinary	Purchase	1,484	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	401	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	279	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	124	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	128	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	401	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	122	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	68	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	754	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	156	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	254	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	401	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	18	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	395	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	15	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	259	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	1	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	142	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	6	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	68	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	6	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	68	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	277	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	136	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	90	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	180	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	243	10.95
Ordinary	Sale	403	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	404	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	458	11
Ordinary	Sale	1,625	11
Ordinary	Sale	2,886	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	479	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	243	10.94
Ordinary	Sale	243	10.945
Ordinary	Sale	242	10.965
Ordinary	Sale	4,109	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	891	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	3,131	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	271	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	750	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	460	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	351	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	403	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	18,944	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	5,000	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	895	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	550	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	243	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	601	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	697	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	614	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	114	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	403	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	403	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	500	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	750	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	80	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	397	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	234	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	915	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	213	11.005
Ordinary	Sale	677	11.005
Ordinary	Sale	343	11.005
Ordinary	Sale	6,056	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	208	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	5,000	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	2,478	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	402	11
Ordinary	Sale	963	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	421	11
Ordinary	Sale	7	11
Ordinary	Sale	1	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	750	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	515	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	1,082	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	403	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	461	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	1,198	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	836	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	173	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	554	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	402	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	403	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	757	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	750	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	3	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	208	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	250	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	250	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	533	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	403	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	403	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	756	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	335	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	250	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	335	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	327	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	109	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	327	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	335	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	553	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	166	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	2,066	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	2,066	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	588	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	76	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	701	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	525	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	610	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	94	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	202	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	213	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	1,719	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	402	11.005
Ordinary	Sale	525	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	9,428	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	8,461	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	12,089	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	597	11.005
Ordinary	Sale	500	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	503	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	130	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	86	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	578	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	487	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	91	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	343	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	135	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	439	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	439	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	625	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	165	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	518	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	329	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	219	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	370	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	127	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	385	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	206	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	90	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	676	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	131	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	500	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	331	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	646	11.005
Ordinary	Sale	500	11
Ordinary	Sale	187	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	225	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	492	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	184	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	619	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	500	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	578	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	88	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	197	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	589	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	500	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	963	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	69	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	1,018	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	235	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	530	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	393	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	168	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	166	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	813	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	736	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	500	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	904	11
Ordinary	Sale	500	11
Ordinary	Sale	402	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	266	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	402	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	500	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	229	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	319	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	403	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	4,135	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	32,361	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	50	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	401	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	121	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	1,085	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	29	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	16,204	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	800	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	200	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	403	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	484	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	210	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	163	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	429	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	161	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	400	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	561	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	422	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	209	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	288	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	84	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	229	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	295	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	89	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	400	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	303	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	266	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	88	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	400	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	112	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	208	11.005
Ordinary	Sale	400	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	276	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	346	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	329	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	1,105	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	400	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	353	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	324	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	400	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	400	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	342	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	77	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	149	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	165	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	342	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	400	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	272	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	377	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	400	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	333	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	204	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	265	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	110	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	400	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	318	11
Ordinary	Sale	77	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	2,008	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	1,124	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	884	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	1,004	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	182	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	401	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	14	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	6	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	17	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	219	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	402	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	68	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	68	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	559	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	13	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	401	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	16	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	314	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	232	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	386	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	209	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	500	10.995
Ordinary	Sale	400	10.98
Ordinary	Sale	400	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	400	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	61	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	400	11
Ordinary	Sale	400	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	935	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	21	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	18	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	561	10.975
Ordinary	Sale	400	10.985
Ordinary	Sale	400	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	287	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	400	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	446	10.99
Ordinary	Sale	1,484	10.9875
	Total Purchases	2,090,417
	Total Sales	234,057

(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 short position

2,000,000

10.96

(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:	23/02/2018
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

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