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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

27th Oct 2017 08:33

RNS Number : 8167U

Societe Generale SA

27 October 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	26/10/2017
(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"	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:	36,155,137	2.10	85,448	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	17,130	0.00	17,565,379	1.02
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	36,172,267	2.10	17,650,827	1.03

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	23	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	148	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	94	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	233	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	475	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	135	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	440	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	35	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	475	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	22	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	539	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	3	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	48	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	114	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	220	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	322	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	28	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	67	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	200	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	320	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	238	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	477	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	80	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	121	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	477	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	103	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	502	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	477	9.385
Ordinary	Purchase	477	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	506	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	135	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	459	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	18	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	260	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	234	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	477	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	13	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	477	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	22	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	25	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	355	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	122	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	477	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	477	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	802	9.405
Ordinary	Purchase	151	9.405
Ordinary	Purchase	492	9.405
Ordinary	Purchase	1,000	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	703	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	474	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	78	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	24	9.38
Ordinary	Purchase	744	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	450	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	474	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	477	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	861	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	726	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	206	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	170	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	526	9.385
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.385
Ordinary	Purchase	474	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	475	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	476	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	750	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	733	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	475	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	155	9.405
Ordinary	Purchase	321	9.405
Ordinary	Purchase	476	9.38
Ordinary	Purchase	1,277	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	211	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	702	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	476	9.38
Ordinary	Purchase	984	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	74	9.38
Ordinary	Purchase	2	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	305	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	474	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	372	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	176	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	475	9.405
Ordinary	Purchase	475	9.405
Ordinary	Purchase	1,043	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	474	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	590	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	474	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	475	9.405
Ordinary	Purchase	474	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	16	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	476	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	150	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	412	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	477	9.38
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	951	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	6,053	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	100	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	688	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	102	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	669	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	297	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	513	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	405	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	1,034	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	940	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	525	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	102	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	867	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	867	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	765	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.385
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	475	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	475	9.385
Ordinary	Purchase	24	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	475	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	75	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.4
Ordinary	Purchase	336	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	139	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	10	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	465	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	90	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	529	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	371	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	143	9.395
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.39
Ordinary	Purchase	496	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	435	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.41
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	4,009	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	442	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	2,004	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	4,009	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	4,009	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	794	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	768	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	41	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	473	9.4
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	750	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	475	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	235	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	342	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	286	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	407	9.385
Ordinary	Sale	35	9.385
Ordinary	Sale	320	9.385
Ordinary	Sale	125	9.385
Ordinary	Sale	459	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	1,327	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	948	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	48	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	410	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.405
Ordinary	Sale	475	9.4
Ordinary	Sale	477	9.4
Ordinary	Sale	4	9.4
Ordinary	Sale	336	9.4
Ordinary	Sale	232	9.4
Ordinary	Sale	768	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	484	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	205	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	24	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	192	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	331	9.385
Ordinary	Sale	162	9.385
Ordinary	Sale	43	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	106	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	475	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	167	9.39
Ordinary	Sale	125	9.405
Ordinary	Sale	148	9.405
Ordinary	Sale	29	9.405
Ordinary	Sale	288	9.4
Ordinary	Sale	475	9.4
Ordinary	Sale	248	9.4
Ordinary	Sale	690	9.4
Ordinary	Sale	153	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	245	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	136	9.395
Ordinary	Sale	1,225	9.395
	Total Purchases	61,573
	Total Sales	34,409

(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:	27/10/2017
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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