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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

24th Sep 2018 13:49

RNS Number : 7305B

Societe Generale SA

24 September 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	21/09/2018
(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:	63,139,685	3.67	13,954	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	10,192	0.00	61,910,777	3.60
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	63,149,877	3.67	61,924,731	3.60

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	415	15.85
Ordinary	Purchase	3,959	15.85
Ordinary	Purchase	3,959	15.85
Ordinary	Purchase	430	15.85
Ordinary	Purchase	1,980	15.85
Ordinary	Purchase	1,550	15.85
Ordinary	Purchase	1,987	15.85
Ordinary	Purchase	11,292	15.85
Ordinary	Purchase	701	15.85
Ordinary	Purchase	158	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	263	15.85
Ordinary	Purchase	138	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	600	15.855
Ordinary	Purchase	118	15.83
Ordinary	Purchase	207	15.825
Ordinary	Purchase	23	15.85
Ordinary	Purchase	332	15.85
Ordinary	Purchase	260	15.85
Ordinary	Purchase	137	15.83
Ordinary	Purchase	137	15.855
Ordinary	Purchase	431	15.83
Ordinary	Purchase	156	15.83
Ordinary	Purchase	137	15.83
Ordinary	Purchase	160	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	176	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	62	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	285	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	411	15.83
Ordinary	Purchase	272	15.83
Ordinary	Purchase	137	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	820	15.825
Ordinary	Purchase	138	15.83
Ordinary	Purchase	115	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	552	15.83
Ordinary	Purchase	131	15.83
Ordinary	Purchase	616	15.82
Ordinary	Purchase	138	15.855
Ordinary	Purchase	138	15.815
Ordinary	Purchase	700	15.855
Ordinary	Purchase	105	15.855
Ordinary	Purchase	190	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	600	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	138	15.82
Ordinary	Purchase	83	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	20	15.855
Ordinary	Purchase	80	15.855
Ordinary	Purchase	600	15.855
Ordinary	Purchase	137	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	138	15.855
Ordinary	Purchase	187	15.82
Ordinary	Purchase	121	15.82
Ordinary	Purchase	101	15.82
Ordinary	Purchase	138	15.82
Ordinary	Purchase	154	15.82
Ordinary	Purchase	138	15.82
Ordinary	Purchase	630	15.825
Ordinary	Purchase	176	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	205	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	487	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	450	15.855
Ordinary	Purchase	240	15.855
Ordinary	Purchase	116	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	128	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	137	15.855
Ordinary	Purchase	121	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	486	15.845
Ordinary	Purchase	113	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	142	15.825
Ordinary	Purchase	194	15.825
Ordinary	Purchase	187	15.83
Ordinary	Purchase	24	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	177	15.83
Ordinary	Purchase	114	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	117	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	30	15.845
Ordinary	Purchase	107	15.845
Ordinary	Purchase	159	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	293	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	138	15.825
Ordinary	Purchase	48	15.83
Ordinary	Purchase	89	15.83
Ordinary	Purchase	138	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	466	15.83
Ordinary	Purchase	12	15.83
Ordinary	Purchase	56	15.82
Ordinary	Purchase	26	15.83
Ordinary	Purchase	125	15.825
Ordinary	Purchase	11	15.83
Ordinary	Purchase	484	15.825
Ordinary	Purchase	138	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	533	15.855
Ordinary	Purchase	150	15.855
Ordinary	Purchase	138	15.83
Ordinary	Purchase	124	15.83
Ordinary	Purchase	265	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	138	15.855
Ordinary	Purchase	500	15.855
Ordinary	Purchase	701	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	137	15.81
Ordinary	Purchase	183	15.855
Ordinary	Purchase	294	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	821	15.845
Ordinary	Purchase	130	15.82
Ordinary	Purchase	363	15.82
Ordinary	Purchase	19	15.82
Ordinary	Purchase	171	15.825
Ordinary	Purchase	148	15.825
Ordinary	Purchase	160	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	104	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	288	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	683	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	137	15.825
Ordinary	Purchase	69	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	46	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	229	15.815
Ordinary	Purchase	9	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	192	15.85
Ordinary	Purchase	305	15.85
Ordinary	Purchase	155	15.85
Ordinary	Purchase	247	15.825
Ordinary	Purchase	31	15.85
Ordinary	Purchase	103	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	310	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	90	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	110	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	183	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	138	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	119	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	137	15.855
Ordinary	Purchase	190	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	321	15.845
Ordinary	Purchase	683	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	692	15.83
Ordinary	Purchase	137	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	121	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	425	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	102	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	138	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	138	15.845
Ordinary	Purchase	672	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	386	15.845
Ordinary	Purchase	107	15.845
Ordinary	Purchase	190	15.845
Ordinary	Purchase	138	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	138	15.845
Ordinary	Purchase	461	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	222	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	598	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	821	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	134	15.84
Ordinary	Purchase	195	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	114	15.845
Ordinary	Purchase	12,236	15.85
Ordinary	Purchase	6,878	15.85
Ordinary	Purchase	8,465	15.85
Ordinary	Purchase	6,197	15.85
Ordinary	Purchase	123	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	239	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	339	15.885
Ordinary	Purchase	206	15.87
Ordinary	Purchase	30	15.9
Ordinary	Purchase	436	15.9
Ordinary	Purchase	17	15.9
Ordinary	Purchase	146	15.9
Ordinary	Purchase	187	15.9
Ordinary	Purchase	572	15.905
Ordinary	Purchase	101	15.88
Ordinary	Purchase	165	15.88
Ordinary	Purchase	571	15.895
Ordinary	Purchase	210	15.895
Ordinary	Purchase	194	15.895
Ordinary	Purchase	234	15.865
Ordinary	Purchase	400	15.865
Ordinary	Purchase	230	15.865
Ordinary	Purchase	267	15.865
Ordinary	Purchase	40	15.88
Ordinary	Purchase	422	15.88
Ordinary	Purchase	229	15.885
Ordinary	Purchase	58	15.885
Ordinary	Purchase	410	15.885
Ordinary	Purchase	252	15.885
Ordinary	Purchase	400	15.89
Ordinary	Purchase	654	15.875
Ordinary	Purchase	191	15.875
Ordinary	Purchase	66	15.875
Ordinary	Purchase	214	15.9
Ordinary	Purchase	189	15.9
Ordinary	Purchase	435	15.895
Ordinary	Purchase	556	15.895
Ordinary	Purchase	64	15.9
Ordinary	Purchase	613	15.875
Ordinary	Purchase	176	15.875
Ordinary	Purchase	308	15.89
Ordinary	Purchase	840	15.89
Ordinary	Purchase	69	15.825
Ordinary	Purchase	87	15.825
Ordinary	Purchase	51	15.825
Ordinary	Purchase	23	15.845
Ordinary	Purchase	251	15.875
Ordinary	Purchase	400	15.855
Ordinary	Purchase	36	15.855
Ordinary	Purchase	400	15.89
Ordinary	Purchase	19	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	5	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	11	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	23	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	75	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	79	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	35	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	7	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	89	15.845
Ordinary	Purchase	83	15.845
Ordinary	Purchase	736	15.88
Ordinary	Purchase	611	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	750	15.9
Ordinary	Purchase	493	15.875
Ordinary	Purchase	309	15.875
Ordinary	Purchase	672	15.875
Ordinary	Purchase	112	15.875
Ordinary	Purchase	734	15.91
Ordinary	Purchase	284	15.89
Ordinary	Purchase	687	15.88
Ordinary	Purchase	2,658	15.88
Ordinary	Purchase	1,085	15.895
Ordinary	Purchase	734	15.905
Ordinary	Purchase	735	15.9
Ordinary	Purchase	736	15.88
Ordinary	Purchase	836	15.885
Ordinary	Purchase	655	15.875
Ordinary	Purchase	553	15.875
Ordinary	Purchase	136	15.875
Ordinary	Purchase	458	15.895
Ordinary	Purchase	386	15.9
Ordinary	Purchase	83	15.855
Ordinary	Purchase	33	15.855
Ordinary	Purchase	11	15.855
Ordinary	Purchase	1	15.855
Ordinary	Purchase	19	15.855
Ordinary	Purchase	81	15.9
Ordinary	Purchase	392	15.9
Ordinary	Purchase	151	15.925
Ordinary	Purchase	196	15.9
Ordinary	Purchase	147	15.895
Ordinary	Purchase	121	15.895
Ordinary	Purchase	243	15.865
Ordinary	Purchase	834	15.865
Ordinary	Purchase	150	15.875
Ordinary	Purchase	712	15.875
Ordinary	Purchase	304	15.895
Ordinary	Purchase	144	15.895
Ordinary	Purchase	237	15.875
Ordinary	Purchase	259	15.875
Ordinary	Purchase	133	15.875
Ordinary	Purchase	45,000	15.851902
Ordinary	Purchase	150,000	15.851902
Ordinary	Purchase	139,827	15.851902
Ordinary	Purchase	60,000	15.851902
Ordinary	Purchase	133,231	15.893551
Ordinary	Purchase	112,153	15.893046
Ordinary	Purchase	415,000	15.856931
Ordinary	Purchase	225,000	15.852922
Ordinary	Purchase	75,000	15.902947
Ordinary	Purchase	210,000	15.861677
Ordinary	Purchase	70,000	15.90159
Ordinary	Purchase	120,000	15.898258
Ordinary	Purchase	425,000	15.892089
Ordinary	Purchase	290,000	15.892943
Ordinary	Purchase	210,000	15.890441
Ordinary	Purchase	12,162,846	15.85
Ordinary	Purchase	210,000	15.890441
Ordinary	Purchase	59	15.835
Ordinary	Purchase	61,000	15.815035
Ordinary	Purchase	81,000	15.814941
Ordinary	Purchase	99,000	15.817046
Ordinary	Purchase	134,000	15.817905
Ordinary	Purchase	50,000	15.855
Ordinary	Sale	3,959	15.85
Ordinary	Sale	1,980	15.85
Ordinary	Sale	7,918	15.85
Ordinary	Sale	1,809	15.865
Ordinary	Sale	20	15.85
Ordinary	Sale	5	15.85
Ordinary	Sale	25	15.85
Ordinary	Sale	285	15.86
Ordinary	Sale	119	15.86
Ordinary	Sale	119	15.86
Ordinary	Sale	249	15.86
Ordinary	Sale	150	15.86
Ordinary	Sale	94	15.86
Ordinary	Sale	200	15.86
Ordinary	Sale	235	15.885
Ordinary	Sale	119	15.86
Ordinary	Sale	208	15.865
Ordinary	Sale	282	15.895
Ordinary	Sale	282	15.895
Ordinary	Sale	445	15.86
Ordinary	Sale	220	15.955
Ordinary	Sale	119	15.86
Ordinary	Sale	100	15.86
Ordinary	Sale	28	15.88
Ordinary	Sale	170	15.88
Ordinary	Sale	240	15.88
Ordinary	Sale	37	15.865
Ordinary	Sale	732	15.825
Ordinary	Sale	732	15.83
Ordinary	Sale	318	15.865
Ordinary	Sale	414	15.865
Ordinary	Sale	282	15.855
Ordinary	Sale	114	15.855
Ordinary	Sale	319	15.895
Ordinary	Sale	732	15.85
Ordinary	Sale	48	15.895
Ordinary	Sale	162	15.86
Ordinary	Sale	731	15.865
Ordinary	Sale	700	15.855
Ordinary	Sale	269	15.86
Ordinary	Sale	325	15.86
Ordinary	Sale	957	15.86
Ordinary	Sale	402	15.885
Ordinary	Sale	1,821	15.85
Ordinary	Sale	292	15.875
Ordinary	Sale	439	15.875
Ordinary	Sale	145	15.86
Ordinary	Sale	586	15.86
Ordinary	Sale	731	15.86
Ordinary	Sale	731	15.86
Ordinary	Sale	731	15.865
Ordinary	Sale	277	15.85
Ordinary	Sale	277	15.85
Ordinary	Sale	730	15.865
Ordinary	Sale	1,306	15.88
Ordinary	Sale	675	15.88
Ordinary	Sale	2,867	15.85
Ordinary	Sale	751	15.95
Ordinary	Sale	728	15.94
Ordinary	Sale	731	15.85
Ordinary	Sale	731	15.87
Ordinary	Sale	321	15.925
Ordinary	Sale	452	15.925
Ordinary	Sale	737	15.86
Ordinary	Sale	478	15.86
Ordinary	Sale	889	15.85
Ordinary	Sale	333	15.88
Ordinary	Sale	162	15.835
Ordinary	Sale	598	15.835
Ordinary	Sale	33	15.855
Ordinary	Sale	1	15.835
Ordinary	Sale	39,591	15.84
Ordinary	Sale	147	15.85
Ordinary	Sale	65	15.855
Ordinary	Sale	109	15.855
Ordinary	Sale	268	15.855
Ordinary	Sale	79	15.855
Ordinary	Sale	80	15.855
Ordinary	Sale	203	15.855
Ordinary	Sale	516	15.88
Ordinary	Sale	326	15.855
Ordinary	Sale	2,169,564	15.85
Ordinary	Sale	700,000	15.85
Ordinary	Sale	1,152,828	15.85
Ordinary	Sale	737,548	15.85
Ordinary	Sale	50,000	15.855
	Total Purchases	15,602,528
	Total Sales	4,896,531

(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	45,000	15.851902
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	150,000	15.851902
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	139,827	15.851902
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	60,000	15.851902
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	133,231	15.893551
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	112,153	15.893046
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	415,000	15.856931
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	225,000	15.852922
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	75,000	15.902947
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	210,000	15.861677
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	70,000	15.90159
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	120,000	15.898258
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	425,000	15.892089
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	290,000	15.892943
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	210,000	15.890441
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	12,162,846	15.85
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	210,000	15.890441
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	61,000	15.815035
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	81,000	15.814941
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	99,000	15.817046
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	134,000	15.817905
Ordinary	Equity Linked Swap	Closing a short position	1,152,828	15.85

(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:	24/09/2018
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 news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact [email protected] or visit www.rns.com.

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