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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

30th Jan 2018 15:13

RNS Number : 3779D

Societe Generale SA

30 January 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	29/01/2018
(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:	12,678,931	0.74	403,054	0.02
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	14,662,756	0.85	12,038,811	0.70
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	27,341,687	1.59	12,441,865	0.72

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	326	10.5025
Ordinary	Purchase	325	10.5025
Ordinary	Purchase	326	10.5025
Ordinary	Purchase	500	10.5
Ordinary	Purchase	982	10.5
Ordinary	Purchase	487	10.49
Ordinary	Purchase	983	10.48
Ordinary	Purchase	20	10.5
Ordinary	Purchase	42	10.5025
Ordinary	Purchase	421	10.46
Ordinary	Purchase	340	10.46
Ordinary	Purchase	421	10.46
Ordinary	Purchase	655	10.48
Ordinary	Purchase	278	10.46
Ordinary	Purchase	421	10.46
Ordinary	Purchase	1,211	10.5
Ordinary	Purchase	75	10.46
Ordinary	Purchase	421	10.46
Ordinary	Purchase	421	10.46
Ordinary	Purchase	880	10.485
Ordinary	Purchase	470	10.48
Ordinary	Purchase	234	10.48
Ordinary	Purchase	57	10.46
Ordinary	Purchase	983	10.495
Ordinary	Purchase	484	10.48
Ordinary	Purchase	364	10.46
Ordinary	Purchase	421	10.46
Ordinary	Purchase	421	10.46
Ordinary	Purchase	81	10.46
Ordinary	Purchase	1,138	10.5
Ordinary	Purchase	1,005	10.5
Ordinary	Purchase	664	10.5
Ordinary	Purchase	880	10.5
Ordinary	Purchase	229	10.5
Ordinary	Purchase	737	10.5
Ordinary	Purchase	694	10.5
Ordinary	Purchase	640	10.5
Ordinary	Purchase	487	10.5
Ordinary	Purchase	1,171	10.5
Ordinary	Purchase	627	10.5
Ordinary	Purchase	657	10.5
Ordinary	Purchase	750	10.5
Ordinary	Purchase	883	10.495
Ordinary	Purchase	525	10.46
Ordinary	Purchase	619	10.46
Ordinary	Purchase	419	10.495
Ordinary	Purchase	240	10.485
Ordinary	Purchase	199	10.485
Ordinary	Purchase	421	10.47
Ordinary	Purchase	421	10.46
Ordinary	Purchase	421	10.46
Ordinary	Purchase	421	10.46
Ordinary	Purchase	346	10.46
Ordinary	Purchase	717	10.485
Ordinary	Purchase	421	10.46
Ordinary	Purchase	766	10.48
Ordinary	Purchase	143	10.46
Ordinary	Purchase	21	10.5
Ordinary	Purchase	2	10.51
Ordinary	Purchase	419	10.505
Ordinary	Purchase	425	10.505
Ordinary	Purchase	128	10.505
Ordinary	Purchase	61	10.505
Ordinary	Purchase	419	10.505
Ordinary	Purchase	52	10.51
Ordinary	Purchase	403	10.505
Ordinary	Purchase	52	10.51
Ordinary	Purchase	266	10.505
Ordinary	Purchase	377	10.5
Ordinary	Purchase	1,370	10.51
Ordinary	Purchase	271	10.505
Ordinary	Purchase	446	10.505
Ordinary	Purchase	1,296	10.5
Ordinary	Purchase	142	10.5
Ordinary	Purchase	166	10.5
Ordinary	Purchase	417	10.5
Ordinary	Purchase	934	10.5
Ordinary	Purchase	19	10.5
Ordinary	Purchase	408	10.505
Ordinary	Purchase	1,683	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	226	10.49
Ordinary	Sale	178	10.49
Ordinary	Sale	800	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	466	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	34	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	362	10.485
Ordinary	Sale	1,085	10.465
Ordinary	Sale	402	10.465
Ordinary	Sale	580	10.485
Ordinary	Sale	321	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	50	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	220	10.45
Ordinary	Sale	800	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	1,044	10.45
Ordinary	Sale	281	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	128	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	200	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	800	10.485
Ordinary	Sale	351	10.485
Ordinary	Sale	379	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	800	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	222	10.49
Ordinary	Sale	240	10.49
Ordinary	Sale	241	10.46
Ordinary	Sale	800	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	77	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	333	10.485
Ordinary	Sale	800	10.485
Ordinary	Sale	297	10.485
Ordinary	Sale	543	10.51
Ordinary	Sale	402	10.51
Ordinary	Sale	65	10.46
Ordinary	Sale	290	10.46
Ordinary	Sale	281	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	503	10.485
Ordinary	Sale	14	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	211	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	400	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	311	10.45
Ordinary	Sale	723	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	800	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	379	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	204	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	186	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	186	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	2,008	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	803	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	402	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	803	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	492	10.45
Ordinary	Sale	425	10.45
Ordinary	Sale	107	10.45
Ordinary	Sale	419	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	419	10.49
Ordinary	Sale	112	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	419	10.485
Ordinary	Sale	420	10.46
Ordinary	Sale	421	10.46
Ordinary	Sale	866	10.49
Ordinary	Sale	15	10.49
Ordinary	Sale	330	10.49
Ordinary	Sale	421	10.455
Ordinary	Sale	421	10.46
Ordinary	Sale	1,019	10.46
Ordinary	Sale	421	10.46
Ordinary	Sale	1,894	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	2,326	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	2,336	10.46
Ordinary	Sale	1,168	10.46
Ordinary	Sale	307	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	562	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	562	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	312	10.45
Ordinary	Sale	442	10.45
Ordinary	Sale	1,522	10.45
Ordinary	Sale	638	10.45
Ordinary	Sale	1,164	10.46
Ordinary	Sale	419	10.505
Ordinary	Sale	585	10.45
Ordinary	Sale	114	10.45
Ordinary	Sale	419	10.505
Ordinary	Sale	421	10.455
Ordinary	Sale	1,033	10.46
Ordinary	Sale	500	10.46
Ordinary	Sale	420	10.455
Ordinary	Sale	4,498	10.46
Ordinary	Sale	421	10.455
Ordinary	Sale	289	10.45
Ordinary	Sale	1,068	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	436	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	1,070	10.455
Ordinary	Sale	750	10.455
Ordinary	Sale	1,522	10.45
Ordinary	Sale	506	10.46
Ordinary	Sale	144	10.45
Ordinary	Sale	364	10.485
Ordinary	Sale	800	10.485
Ordinary	Sale	421	10.455
Ordinary	Sale	858	10.45
Ordinary	Sale	420	10.45
Ordinary	Sale	421	10.455
Ordinary	Sale	522	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	1,446	10.46
Ordinary	Sale	1,627	10.46
Ordinary	Sale	421	10.455
Ordinary	Sale	195	10.455
Ordinary	Sale	124	10.455
Ordinary	Sale	102	10.455
Ordinary	Sale	441	10.46
Ordinary	Sale	2,870	10.46
Ordinary	Sale	440	10.46
Ordinary	Sale	328	10.45
Ordinary	Sale	774	10.45
Ordinary	Sale	1,163	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	419	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	421	10.455
Ordinary	Sale	419	10.485
Ordinary	Sale	780	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	535	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	1,160	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	27	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	142	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	76	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	1,102	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	441	10.46
Ordinary	Sale	8,272	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	5,515	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	4,152	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	1,079	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	84	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	541	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	241	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	800	10.485
Ordinary	Sale	944	10.45
Ordinary	Sale	80	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	42	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	531	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	200	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	204	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	655	10.485
Ordinary	Sale	800	10.48
Ordinary	Sale	500	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	394	10.5
Ordinary	Sale	200,000	10.45
	Total Purchases	39,468
	Total Sales	301,899

(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:	30/01/2018
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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