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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

17th May 2018 09:28

RNS Number : 4086O

Societe Generale SA

17 May 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	16/05/2018
(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:	82,951,150	4.83	135,467	0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	568,509	0.03	70,179,365	4.08
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	83,519,659	4.86	70,314,832	4.09

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	340	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	39	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	15	13.65
Ordinary	Purchase	14	13.65
Ordinary	Purchase	83	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	167	13.66
Ordinary	Purchase	300	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	311	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	78	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	50	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	91	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	227	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	312	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	120	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	106	13.575
Ordinary	Purchase	34	13.575
Ordinary	Purchase	719	13.575
Ordinary	Purchase	137	13.575
Ordinary	Purchase	167	13.66
Ordinary	Purchase	142	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	73	13.675
Ordinary	Purchase	319	13.645
Ordinary	Purchase	319	13.65
Ordinary	Purchase	319	13.645
Ordinary	Purchase	52	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	319	13.645
Ordinary	Purchase	334	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	302	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	319	13.645
Ordinary	Purchase	288	13.65
Ordinary	Purchase	263	13.65
Ordinary	Purchase	319	13.65
Ordinary	Purchase	15	13.65
Ordinary	Purchase	319	13.645
Ordinary	Purchase	319	13.64
Ordinary	Purchase	38	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	319	13.645
Ordinary	Purchase	319	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	15	13.65
Ordinary	Purchase	2,003	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	2,003	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	584	13.545
Ordinary	Purchase	174	13.69
Ordinary	Purchase	227	13.69
Ordinary	Purchase	40	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	7	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	40	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	40	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	196	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	345	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	444	13.655
Ordinary	Purchase	444	13.655
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.65
Ordinary	Purchase	332	13.64
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.645
Ordinary	Purchase	29	13.56
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.64
Ordinary	Purchase	248	13.675
Ordinary	Purchase	323	13.57
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.645
Ordinary	Purchase	31	13.64
Ordinary	Purchase	334	13.595
Ordinary	Purchase	303	13.6
Ordinary	Purchase	19	13.6
Ordinary	Purchase	290	13.64
Ordinary	Purchase	323	13.57
Ordinary	Purchase	334	13.61
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.655
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.65
Ordinary	Purchase	324	13.54
Ordinary	Purchase	323	13.56
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.645
Ordinary	Purchase	6	13.59
Ordinary	Purchase	33	13.59
Ordinary	Purchase	283	13.59
Ordinary	Purchase	118	13.64
Ordinary	Purchase	203	13.64
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.595
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.61
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.61
Ordinary	Purchase	323	13.57
Ordinary	Purchase	223	13.64
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.645
Ordinary	Purchase	213	13.565
Ordinary	Purchase	8	13.64
Ordinary	Purchase	323	13.57
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.665
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.645
Ordinary	Purchase	90	13.64
Ordinary	Purchase	194	13.565
Ordinary	Purchase	141	13.565
Ordinary	Purchase	323	13.57
Ordinary	Purchase	484	13.69
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.68
Ordinary	Purchase	323	13.575
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.675
Ordinary	Purchase	332	13.67
Ordinary	Purchase	324	13.54
Ordinary	Purchase	334	13.585
Ordinary	Purchase	24	13.59
Ordinary	Purchase	320	13.65
Ordinary	Purchase	323	13.58
Ordinary	Purchase	158	13.57
Ordinary	Purchase	323	13.57
Ordinary	Purchase	320	13.645
Ordinary	Purchase	165	13.57
Ordinary	Purchase	487	13.655
Ordinary	Purchase	76	13.655
Ordinary	Purchase	411	13.655
Ordinary	Purchase	323	13.565
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.64
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.655
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.585
Ordinary	Purchase	750	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	681	13.66
Ordinary	Purchase	571	13.66
Ordinary	Purchase	331	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	317	13.65
Ordinary	Purchase	378	13.645
Ordinary	Purchase	319	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	30	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	304	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	15	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	6,535	13.62
Ordinary	Purchase	274	13.645
Ordinary	Purchase	319	13.63
Ordinary	Purchase	238	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	474	13.64
Ordinary	Purchase	278	13.675
Ordinary	Purchase	400	13.675
Ordinary	Purchase	14	13.65
Ordinary	Purchase	14	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	371	13.645
Ordinary	Purchase	348	13.645
Ordinary	Purchase	200	13.635
Ordinary	Purchase	42	13.575
Ordinary	Purchase	250,000	13.64059311
Ordinary	Purchase	50,000	13.63948631
Ordinary	Purchase	6,630	13.556871
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.63501558
Ordinary	Sale	181	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	188	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	211	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	311	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	502	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	94	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	319	13.645
Ordinary	Sale	2,003	13.62
Ordinary	Sale	6,677	13.62
Ordinary	Sale	2,081	13.62
Ordinary	Sale	186	13.595
Ordinary	Sale	136	13.595
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.63
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.64
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.63
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.645
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.65
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.655
Ordinary	Sale	396	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	29	13.64
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.63
Ordinary	Sale	292	13.64
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.63
Ordinary	Sale	399	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.625
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.64
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.63
Ordinary	Sale	331	13.65
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.63
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.63
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.64
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.645
Ordinary	Sale	141	13.63
Ordinary	Sale	180	13.63
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.64
Ordinary	Sale	207	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	114	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.645
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.645
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.64
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.585
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.64
Ordinary	Sale	104	13.585
Ordinary	Sale	218	13.585
Ordinary	Sale	309	13.65
Ordinary	Sale	13	13.65
Ordinary	Sale	74	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	247	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	285	13.63
Ordinary	Sale	36	13.63
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.625
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.63
Ordinary	Sale	332	13.645
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.645
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.63
Ordinary	Sale	549	13.645
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.645
Ordinary	Sale	332	13.65
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.595
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.65
Ordinary	Sale	332	13.64
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	345	13.645
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.615
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.63
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.64
Ordinary	Sale	337	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	334	13.645
Ordinary	Sale	480	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	319	13.635
Ordinary	Sale	169	13.645
Ordinary	Sale	81	13.645
Ordinary	Sale	6,000	13.612774
	Total Purchases	350,609
	Total Sales	38,724

(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	CFD	Increasing a short position	250,000	13.64059311
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	50,000	13.63948631
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	6,630	13.556871
Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	6,000	13.612774

(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:	17/05/2018
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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