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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

13th Jun 2017 14:46

RNS Number : 9754H

Societe Generale SA

13 June 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	12/06/2017
(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:	17,222,015	1.00	134,826	0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	10,000,360	0.58	7,499,689	0.44
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	27,222,375	1.58	7,634,515	0.44

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	630	9.725
Ordinary	Purchase	295	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	595	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.76
Ordinary	Purchase	30	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	453	9.74
Ordinary	Purchase	177	9.74
Ordinary	Purchase	317	9.76
Ordinary	Purchase	600	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	128	9.77
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.77
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.76
Ordinary	Purchase	63	9.76
Ordinary	Purchase	8	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	228	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	394	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	540	9.73
Ordinary	Purchase	377	9.73
Ordinary	Purchase	28	9.73
Ordinary	Purchase	628	9.76
Ordinary	Purchase	1,256	9.725
Ordinary	Purchase	32	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	426	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	100	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	628	9.73
Ordinary	Purchase	72	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.735
Ordinary	Purchase	366	9.725
Ordinary	Purchase	128	9.735
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.76
Ordinary	Purchase	351	9.725
Ordinary	Purchase	279	9.725
Ordinary	Purchase	272	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	266	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	94	9.725
Ordinary	Purchase	602	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	304	9.725
Ordinary	Purchase	32	9.725
Ordinary	Purchase	200	9.725
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.735
Ordinary	Purchase	26	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	750	9.74
Ordinary	Purchase	750	9.735
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.735
Ordinary	Purchase	380	9.735
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	190	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	372	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	480	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	150	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	530	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	100	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	492	9.74
Ordinary	Purchase	138	9.74
Ordinary	Purchase	576	9.76
Ordinary	Purchase	9	9.76
Ordinary	Purchase	165	9.76
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.76
Ordinary	Purchase	260	9.76
Ordinary	Purchase	1,400	9.735
Ordinary	Purchase	750	9.725
Ordinary	Purchase	628	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	507	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	123	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	164	9.745
Ordinary	Purchase	433	9.745
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.73
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	170	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	460	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	95	9.73
Ordinary	Purchase	533	9.73
Ordinary	Purchase	74	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	436	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	138	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	340	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	628	9.8
Ordinary	Purchase	446	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	264	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	115	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	460	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	120	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	120	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	324	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	329	9.735
Ordinary	Purchase	277	9.735
Ordinary	Purchase	397	9.76
Ordinary	Purchase	231	9.76
Ordinary	Purchase	306	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	24	9.735
Ordinary	Purchase	1,540	9.725
Ordinary	Purchase	314	9.785
Ordinary	Purchase	370	9.785
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.785
Ordinary	Purchase	347	9.78
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.745
Ordinary	Purchase	628	9.775
Ordinary	Purchase	283	9.78
Ordinary	Purchase	628	9.775
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.735
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	84	9.76
Ordinary	Purchase	546	9.76
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.745
Ordinary	Purchase	628	9.78
Ordinary	Purchase	748	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	191	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.775
Ordinary	Purchase	945	9.78
Ordinary	Purchase	466	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	100	9.8
Ordinary	Purchase	368	9.8
Ordinary	Purchase	160	9.8
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.79
Ordinary	Purchase	378	9.79
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	600	9.76
Ordinary	Purchase	164	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	30	9.76
Ordinary	Purchase	100	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	100	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	342	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	227	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	628	9.76
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.745
Ordinary	Purchase	6	9.775
Ordinary	Purchase	104	9.785
Ordinary	Purchase	24	9.785
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.785
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.785
Ordinary	Purchase	260	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	370	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	29	9.73
Ordinary	Purchase	135	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.725
Ordinary	Purchase	200	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	628	9.785
Ordinary	Purchase	628	9.785
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	122	9.775
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.775
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.74
Ordinary	Purchase	316	9.74
Ordinary	Purchase	64	9.74
Ordinary	Purchase	130	9.725
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.785
Ordinary	Purchase	378	9.785
Ordinary	Purchase	425	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	203	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.725
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	330	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.725
Ordinary	Purchase	430	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	198	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	38	9.725
Ordinary	Purchase	226	9.725
Ordinary	Purchase	26	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	602	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	628	9.775
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.745
Ordinary	Purchase	586	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	628	9.795
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.73
Ordinary	Purchase	15	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	29	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	120	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	80	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	159	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	271	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.76
Ordinary	Purchase	130	9.76
Ordinary	Purchase	544	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	193	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	435	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	86	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	628	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.73
Ordinary	Purchase	86	9.775
Ordinary	Purchase	18	9.775
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.775
Ordinary	Purchase	103	9.775
Ordinary	Purchase	122	9.775
Ordinary	Purchase	601	9.73
Ordinary	Purchase	630	9.76
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.785
Ordinary	Purchase	380	9.785
Ordinary	Purchase	628	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	33	9.745
Ordinary	Purchase	150	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	19	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	513	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	649	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	1,823	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	160	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	615	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	1,823	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	2,625	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	373	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	159	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	1,048	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	20	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	21	9.7552381
Ordinary	Purchase	266	9.74
Ordinary	Purchase	232	9.725
Ordinary	Purchase	383	9.73
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.795
Ordinary	Purchase	2,068	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	122	9.765
Ordinary	Purchase	11	9.785
Ordinary	Purchase	49	9.775
Ordinary	Purchase	106	9.74
Ordinary	Purchase	43	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	25	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	363	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	1,200	9.755
Ordinary	Purchase	5,776	9.74971
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.76
Ordinary	Sale	845	9.76
Ordinary	Sale	750	9.73
Ordinary	Sale	305	9.73
Ordinary	Sale	121	9.73
Ordinary	Sale	315	9.73
Ordinary	Sale	177	9.73
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.795
Ordinary	Sale	290	9.75
Ordinary	Sale	56	9.765
Ordinary	Sale	99	9.765
Ordinary	Sale	79	9.76
Ordinary	Sale	351	9.76
Ordinary	Sale	384	9.76
Ordinary	Sale	82	9.74
Ordinary	Sale	228	9.74
Ordinary	Sale	1,849	9.74
Ordinary	Sale	198	9.74
Ordinary	Sale	216	9.74
Ordinary	Sale	389	9.74
Ordinary	Sale	128	9.74
Ordinary	Sale	150	9.74
Ordinary	Sale	187	9.74
Ordinary	Sale	99	9.74
Ordinary	Sale	172	9.74
Ordinary	Sale	481	9.725
Ordinary	Sale	263	9.77
Ordinary	Sale	151	9.77
Ordinary	Sale	679	9.77
Ordinary	Sale	148	9.77
Ordinary	Sale	654	9.765
Ordinary	Sale	173	9.77
Ordinary	Sale	100	9.765
Ordinary	Sale	727	9.765
Ordinary	Sale	2,068	9.765
Ordinary	Sale	314	9.78
Ordinary	Sale	100	9.78
Ordinary	Sale	200	9.78
Ordinary	Sale	600	9.765
Ordinary	Sale	234	9.765
Ordinary	Sale	385	9.765
Ordinary	Sale	550	9.765
Ordinary	Sale	414	9.765
Ordinary	Sale	402	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	616	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	16	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	1,034	9.78
Ordinary	Sale	57	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	18	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	82	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	157	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	82	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	62	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	57	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	35	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	175	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	1	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	54	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	1	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	71	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	3	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	214	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	281	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	130	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	168	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	89	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	133	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	35	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	165	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.74
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.74
Ordinary	Sale	907	9.74
Ordinary	Sale	105	9.775
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.775
Ordinary	Sale	115	9.76
Ordinary	Sale	447	9.76
Ordinary	Sale	558	9.76
Ordinary	Sale	102	9.76
Ordinary	Sale	448	9.76
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.76
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.76
Ordinary	Sale	21	9.765
Ordinary	Sale	3,067	9.765
Ordinary	Sale	821	9.765
Ordinary	Sale	1,102	9.765
Ordinary	Sale	840	9.765
Ordinary	Sale	836	9.765
Ordinary	Sale	241	9.765
	Total Purchases	95,011
	Total Sales	32,609

(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:	13/06/2017
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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