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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

14th Jul 2017 10:57

RNS Number : 1096L

Societe Generale SA

14 July 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	13/07/2017
(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:	25,383,607	1.48	68,777	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	1,070	0.00	5,651,659	0.33
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	25,384,677	1.48	5,720,436	0.33

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	9	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	21	9.95
Ordinary	Purchase	11	9.775
Ordinary	Purchase	3	9.775
Ordinary	Purchase	22	9.95
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.95
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.95
Ordinary	Purchase	107	9.95
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	483	9.95
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.95
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.95
Ordinary	Purchase	23	9.95
Ordinary	Purchase	143	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	58	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	243	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	89	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	14,235	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	408	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	43,052	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	83,760	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	5,000	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	38,288	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	3,277	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	56	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	407	9.95
Ordinary	Purchase	317	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	70,533	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	5	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	567	9.72
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.925
Ordinary	Purchase	565	9.91
Ordinary	Purchase	420	9.91
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.91
Ordinary	Purchase	399	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	456	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	445	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	1,758	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	1,758	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	1,758	9.8775
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.86
Ordinary	Purchase	43	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	577	9.72
Ordinary	Purchase	447	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.91
Ordinary	Purchase	185	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	550	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	537	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	704	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	806	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	408	9.95
Ordinary	Purchase	550	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	349	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	150	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	450	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	704	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	470	9.88
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.86
Ordinary	Purchase	815	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	82,829	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	2,811	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	10,940	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	4,793	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	23,963	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	21,880	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	189	9.75
Ordinary	Purchase	580	9.72
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.91
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	469	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	808	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	330	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	183	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	808	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	390	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	808	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	330	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.88
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.86
Ordinary	Purchase	1,227	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	845	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	150	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	7	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	357	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	622	9.84
Ordinary	Purchase	616	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	127	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	616	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	852	9.815
Ordinary	Purchase	616	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	489	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	578	9.72
Ordinary	Purchase	801	9.65
Ordinary	Purchase	616	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	924	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	128	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	152	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	336	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	485	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	247	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	1,040	9.95
Ordinary	Purchase	732	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.95
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.95
Ordinary	Purchase	266	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	343	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	418	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	198	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	616	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	520	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	616	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	336	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	280	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	616	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	750	9.925
Ordinary	Purchase	303	9.925
Ordinary	Purchase	616	9.95
Ordinary	Purchase	1,232	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	116	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	269	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	655	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	116	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	616	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.91
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.91
Ordinary	Purchase	600	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	550	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	888	9.95
Ordinary	Purchase	344	9.95
Ordinary	Purchase	616	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	390	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	616	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	226	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	704	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	750	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	690	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	181	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	3,132	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	618	9.91
Ordinary	Purchase	616	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	480	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	616	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	924	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	614	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	2	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	550	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	18	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	835	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	598	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	126	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	490	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	117	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	368	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	64	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	750	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	616	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	2,736	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	618	9.905
Ordinary	Purchase	415	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	169	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	411	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	120	9.95
Ordinary	Purchase	804	9.95
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	127	9.895
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.925
Ordinary	Purchase	616	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	616	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	922	9.775
Ordinary	Purchase	170	9.925
Ordinary	Purchase	616	9.93
Ordinary	Purchase	4,059	9.885
Ordinary	Purchase	525	9.93
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.88
Ordinary	Purchase	616	9.93
Ordinary	Purchase	616	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	11	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	489	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.935
Ordinary	Purchase	620	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	865	9.865
Ordinary	Purchase	140	9.865
Ordinary	Purchase	616	9.935
Ordinary	Purchase	24	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	592	9.94
Ordinary	Purchase	800	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	243	9.855
Ordinary	Purchase	1,218	9.855
Ordinary	Purchase	694	9.855
Ordinary	Purchase	2,666	9.855
Ordinary	Purchase	1,659	9.855
Ordinary	Purchase	216	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	674	9.95
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.95
Ordinary	Purchase	616	9.93
Ordinary	Purchase	444	9.9425
Ordinary	Sale	18	9.94
Ordinary	Sale	11	9.775
Ordinary	Sale	19	9.94
Ordinary	Sale	56	9.78
Ordinary	Sale	2	9.8
Ordinary	Sale	20	9.94
Ordinary	Sale	63	9.78
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.75
Ordinary	Sale	2,215	9.95
Ordinary	Sale	652	9.825
Ordinary	Sale	346	9.805
Ordinary	Sale	202	9.805
Ordinary	Sale	545	9.645
Ordinary	Sale	63	9.81
Ordinary	Sale	62	9.81
Ordinary	Sale	618	9.76
Ordinary	Sale	275	9.815
Ordinary	Sale	265	9.94
Ordinary	Sale	85	9.94
Ordinary	Sale	408	9.75
Ordinary	Sale	588	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	248	9.9
Ordinary	Sale	201	9.9
Ordinary	Sale	571	9.945
Ordinary	Sale	580	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	712	9.94
Ordinary	Sale	798	9.94
Ordinary	Sale	579	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	2,260	9.945
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.945
Ordinary	Sale	571	9.945
Ordinary	Sale	598	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	8	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	444	9.945
Ordinary	Sale	553	9.945
Ordinary	Sale	89	9.945
Ordinary	Sale	14	9.945
Ordinary	Sale	1,184	9.58
Ordinary	Sale	906	9.58
Ordinary	Sale	933	9.79
Ordinary	Sale	6,327	9.9325
Ordinary	Sale	1,036	9.775966
Ordinary	Sale	150,000	9.953095
Ordinary	Sale	114,627	9.95312
	Total Purchases	514,929
	Total Sales	290,652

(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	Reducing a short position	1,036	9.775966
Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	150,000	9.953095
Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	114,627	9.95312

(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:	14/07/2017
Contact name:	Olivier Vero
Telephone number:	+44 20 7676 6821 / 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

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