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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

10th Jul 2018 11:43

RNS Number : 1813U

Societe Generale SA

10 July 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	09/07/2018
(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:	72,220,210	4.20	127,574	0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	10,000,000	0.58	69,122,747	4.02
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	82,220,210	4.78	69,250,321	4.03

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	253	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	171	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	308	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	755	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	39	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	61	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	35	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	267	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	726	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	317	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	242	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	134	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	660	14.67
Ordinary	Purchase	172	14.62
Ordinary	Purchase	399	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	283	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	20	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	140	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	82	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	77	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	240	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	239	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	359	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	93	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	150	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	157	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	279	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	328	14.665
Ordinary	Purchase	141	14.665
Ordinary	Purchase	307	14.665
Ordinary	Purchase	41	14.665
Ordinary	Purchase	123	14.665
Ordinary	Purchase	303	14.665
Ordinary	Purchase	303	14.59
Ordinary	Purchase	102	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	200	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	303	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	303	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	577	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	415	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	394	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	312	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	303	14.665
Ordinary	Purchase	76	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	303	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	301	14.665
Ordinary	Purchase	30	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	303	14.665
Ordinary	Purchase	303	14.665
Ordinary	Purchase	272	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	303	14.665
Ordinary	Purchase	169	14.665
Ordinary	Purchase	134	14.665
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	303	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	311	14.655
Ordinary	Purchase	303	14.665
Ordinary	Purchase	303	14.665
Ordinary	Purchase	303	14.67
Ordinary	Purchase	302	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	206	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	113	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	600	14.67
Ordinary	Purchase	609	14.67
Ordinary	Purchase	444	14.665
Ordinary	Purchase	130	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	41	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	125	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	39	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	361	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	246	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	334	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	160	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	308	14.66
Ordinary	Purchase	185	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	200	14.65
Ordinary	Purchase	964	14.67
Ordinary	Purchase	152	14.665
Ordinary	Purchase	153	14.665
Ordinary	Purchase	981	14.685
Ordinary	Purchase	46,560	14.6625
Ordinary	Sale	1,674	14.655
Ordinary	Sale	246	14.655
Ordinary	Sale	67	14.645
Ordinary	Sale	77	14.645
Ordinary	Sale	83	14.645
Ordinary	Sale	303	14.595
Ordinary	Sale	322	14.65
Ordinary	Sale	429	14.63
Ordinary	Sale	422	14.63
Ordinary	Sale	381	14.64
Ordinary	Sale	363	14.645
Ordinary	Sale	303	14.645
Ordinary	Sale	455	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	45	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	303	14.655
Ordinary	Sale	303	14.585
Ordinary	Sale	328	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	394	14.63
Ordinary	Sale	385	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	332	14.655
Ordinary	Sale	42	14.655
Ordinary	Sale	303	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	302	14.63
Ordinary	Sale	302	14.64
Ordinary	Sale	137	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	202	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	287	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	325	14.65
Ordinary	Sale	303	14.655
Ordinary	Sale	303	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	100	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	504	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	274	14.585
Ordinary	Sale	820	14.655
Ordinary	Sale	365	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	1,151	14.655
Ordinary	Sale	1,052	14.655
Ordinary	Sale	691	14.655
Ordinary	Sale	303	14.595
Ordinary	Sale	313	14.6
Ordinary	Sale	320	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	227	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	249	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	303	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	178	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	350	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	303	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	540	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	335	14.665
Ordinary	Sale	566	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	461	14.67
Ordinary	Sale	526	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	41	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	410	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	96	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	195	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	333	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	566	14.655
Ordinary	Sale	240	14.655
Ordinary	Sale	187	14.655
Ordinary	Sale	541	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	574	14.585
Ordinary	Sale	302	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	483	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	433	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	303	14.6
Ordinary	Sale	378	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	45	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	376	14.65
Ordinary	Sale	345	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	45	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	318	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	302	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	633	14.645
Ordinary	Sale	336	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	334	14.64
Ordinary	Sale	54	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	340	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	302	14.605
Ordinary	Sale	319	14.65
Ordinary	Sale	104	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	314	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	198	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	303	14.65
Ordinary	Sale	334	14.65
Ordinary	Sale	168	14.645
Ordinary	Sale	135	14.645
Ordinary	Sale	253	14.645
Ordinary	Sale	335	14.645
Ordinary	Sale	414	14.66
Ordinary	Sale	302	14.67
Ordinary	Sale	242	14.665
Ordinary	Sale	347	14.655
Ordinary	Sale	312	14.665
Ordinary	Sale	405	14.665
Ordinary	Sale	323	14.67
Ordinary	Sale	302	14.67
Ordinary	Sale	105	14.645
Ordinary	Sale	149	14.645
Ordinary	Sale	331	14.67
Ordinary	Sale	813	14.655
Ordinary	Sale	382	14.655
Ordinary	Sale	93	14.655
Ordinary	Sale	29	14.585
Ordinary	Sale	33	14.665
Ordinary	Sale	53	14.665
Ordinary	Sale	5,021	14.685
Ordinary	Sale	5,120	14.685
Ordinary	Sale	19,062	14.685
Ordinary	Sale	399	14.685
Ordinary	Sale	3,048	14.685
Ordinary	Sale	3,590	14.685
Ordinary	Sale	638	14.685
Ordinary	Sale	35	14.685
Ordinary	Sale	28	14.685
Ordinary	Sale	28	14.685
Ordinary	Sale	4	14.685
Ordinary	Sale	7,921	14.685
Ordinary	Sale	542	14.685
Ordinary	Sale	600	14.685
	Total Purchases	68,647
	Total Sales	81,298

(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

Closing a long position

46,560

14.6625

(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:	10/07/2018
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.

END

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