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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

9th Aug 2017 10:08

RNS Number : 5209N

Societe Generale SA

09 August 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	08/08/2017
(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:	41,962,829	2.44	71,876	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	1,110	0.00	16,123,942	0.94
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	41,963,939	2.44	16,195,818	0.94

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	120	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	859	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	14	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	457	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	314	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	155	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	439	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	81	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	248	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	152	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	274	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	153	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	498	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	23	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	495	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	468	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	509	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	20	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	223	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	387	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	144	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	3	9.63
Ordinary	Purchase	917	9.63
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	5,000	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	3,317	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	320	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	750	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	2,560	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	1,011	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	5,000	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	750	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	750	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	523	9.62
Ordinary	Purchase	654	9.63
Ordinary	Purchase	626	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	661	9.63
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.635
Ordinary	Purchase	124	9.62
Ordinary	Purchase	387	9.62
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	239	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	1,000	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	612	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	627	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	364	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	387	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	265	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	364	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	290	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	327	9.62
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.64
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.64
Ordinary	Purchase	482	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	150	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	310	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	327	9.63
Ordinary	Purchase	327	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	135	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	958	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	30	9.63
Ordinary	Purchase	534	9.63
Ordinary	Purchase	822	9.64
Ordinary	Purchase	654	9.62
Ordinary	Purchase	119	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.62
Ordinary	Purchase	975	9.6875
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	7	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	463	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	1,383	9.6875
Ordinary	Purchase	362	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	468	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	186	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	55	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	445	9.625
Ordinary	Purchase	142	9.625
Ordinary	Purchase	79	9.635
Ordinary	Purchase	381	9.635
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	152	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	651	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	150	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	366	9.63
Ordinary	Purchase	9	9.63
Ordinary	Purchase	125	9.63
Ordinary	Purchase	529	9.63
Ordinary	Purchase	479	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	1,462	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	246	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	161	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	91	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	402	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	325	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	650	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	475	9.605
Ordinary	Purchase	5,422	9.605
Ordinary	Purchase	654	9.62
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.62
Ordinary	Purchase	154	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	918	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	47	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	10	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.63
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.685
Ordinary	Purchase	150	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.68
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.64
Ordinary	Purchase	154	9.64
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.635
Ordinary	Purchase	11	9.635
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	156	9.67
Ordinary	Purchase	293	9.63
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.655
Ordinary	Purchase	448	9.69
Ordinary	Purchase	327	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	650	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	22	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	466	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	476	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	112	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	126	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	398	9.61
Ordinary	Purchase	992	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	17,846	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	111	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	1,224	9.615
Ordinary	Purchase	1,455,349	9.675
Ordinary	Sale	2,012	9.615
Ordinary	Sale	485	9.69
Ordinary	Sale	244	9.615
Ordinary	Sale	574	9.605
Ordinary	Sale	583	9.605
Ordinary	Sale	2,666	9.605
Ordinary	Sale	402	9.675
Ordinary	Sale	141	9.675
Ordinary	Sale	261	9.675
Ordinary	Sale	74	9.675
Ordinary	Sale	127	9.675
Ordinary	Sale	1,006	9.615
Ordinary	Sale	3,445	9.615
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.615
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.635
Ordinary	Sale	366	9.635
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.635
Ordinary	Sale	298	9.61
Ordinary	Sale	747	9.615
Ordinary	Sale	1,342	9.6075
Ordinary	Sale	480	9.605
Ordinary	Sale	412	9.635
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.635
	Total Purchases	1,549,944
	Total Sales	17,365

(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:	09/08/2017
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

END

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