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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

10th Mar 2017 09:56

RNS Number : 1370Z

Societe Generale SA

10 March 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	09/03/2017
(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"	YES: Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc

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:	16,714,493	0.97	187,355	0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	10,497,185	0.61	15,878,815	0.92
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	27,211,678	1.58	16,066,170	0.93

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	44	9.975
Ordinary	Purchase	233	9.975
Ordinary	Purchase	196	9.975
Ordinary	Purchase	52	9.975
Ordinary	Purchase	132	9.975
Ordinary	Purchase	54	9.975
Ordinary	Purchase	99	9.975
Ordinary	Purchase	19	9.975
Ordinary	Purchase	1,257	9.995
Ordinary	Purchase	703	10
Ordinary	Purchase	17	9.98
Ordinary	Purchase	325	9.98
Ordinary	Purchase	114	9.98
Ordinary	Purchase	249	9.965
Ordinary	Purchase	249	9.98
Ordinary	Purchase	828	9.965
Ordinary	Purchase	859	9.965
Ordinary	Purchase	1,760	9.965
Ordinary	Purchase	595	9.98
Ordinary	Purchase	243	9.98
Ordinary	Purchase	1,326	9.985
Ordinary	Purchase	187	9.9825
Ordinary	Purchase	2,389	9.985
Ordinary	Purchase	1,700	9.9825
Ordinary	Purchase	1,769	9.985
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.98
Ordinary	Purchase	1,161	9.965
Ordinary	Purchase	408	9.965
Ordinary	Purchase	421	9.965
Ordinary	Purchase	311	9.985
Ordinary	Purchase	143	9.985
Ordinary	Purchase	458	9.985
Ordinary	Purchase	19	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	500	10
Ordinary	Purchase	100	10
Ordinary	Purchase	249	9.965
Ordinary	Purchase	1,033	9.96
Ordinary	Purchase	1,835	9.965
Ordinary	Purchase	6,678	9.97
Ordinary	Purchase	300	10
Ordinary	Purchase	500	10
Ordinary	Purchase	713	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	323	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	598	9.965
Ordinary	Purchase	539	9.965
Ordinary	Purchase	186	10
Ordinary	Purchase	1,700	9.985
Ordinary	Purchase	527	9.975
Ordinary	Purchase	651	9.965
Ordinary	Purchase	829	9.965
Ordinary	Purchase	300	9.965
Ordinary	Purchase	1,575	9.965
Ordinary	Purchase	580	9.975
Ordinary	Purchase	606	9.97
Ordinary	Purchase	119	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	790	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	931	10
Ordinary	Purchase	300	10
Ordinary	Purchase	1,217	10
Ordinary	Purchase	600	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	995	10
Ordinary	Purchase	608	9.96
Ordinary	Purchase	912	9.96
Ordinary	Purchase	940	9.96
Ordinary	Purchase	296	9.96
Ordinary	Purchase	504	9.96
Ordinary	Purchase	159	9.96
Ordinary	Purchase	1,292	9.965
Ordinary	Purchase	391	9.98
Ordinary	Purchase	650	9.9675
Ordinary	Purchase	249	9.975
Ordinary	Purchase	231	9.98
Ordinary	Purchase	250	9.965
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.98
Ordinary	Purchase	429	9.98
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.98
Ordinary	Purchase	94	9.98
Ordinary	Purchase	248	9.98
Ordinary	Purchase	1,000	10
Ordinary	Purchase	111	10
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.945
Ordinary	Purchase	249	9.975
Ordinary	Purchase	1,418	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	328	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	775	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	1,058	10.01
Ordinary	Purchase	169	9.955
Ordinary	Purchase	1,550	9.965
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.965
Ordinary	Purchase	288	9.965
Ordinary	Purchase	1,825	9.967493
Ordinary	Purchase	10,000	9.967491
Ordinary	Sale	87	9.985
Ordinary	Sale	561	9.965
Ordinary	Sale	196	9.965
Ordinary	Sale	123	10
Ordinary	Sale	1,702	10
Ordinary	Sale	606	9.96
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.985
Ordinary	Sale	903	9.99
Ordinary	Sale	57	10
Ordinary	Sale	594	10
Ordinary	Sale	300	10
Ordinary	Sale	247	10
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.98
Ordinary	Sale	10	10
Ordinary	Sale	750	9.98
Ordinary	Sale	602	9.99
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.99
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.985
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.98
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.975
Ordinary	Sale	104	9.975
Ordinary	Sale	615	9.97
Ordinary	Sale	291	9.97
Ordinary	Sale	204	9.985
Ordinary	Sale	400	9.985
Ordinary	Sale	735	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	100	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	104	9.975
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.975
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.975
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.97
Ordinary	Sale	100	9.985
Ordinary	Sale	477	9.985
Ordinary	Sale	173	9.985
Ordinary	Sale	431	9.985
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.975
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.99
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.98
Ordinary	Sale	602	9.98
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.99
Ordinary	Sale	521	9.99
Ordinary	Sale	83	9.99
Ordinary	Sale	571	10
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.98
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.975
Ordinary	Sale	297	10
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.98
Ordinary	Sale	307	10
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.98
Ordinary	Sale	909	9.965
Ordinary	Sale	269	10
Ordinary	Sale	333	10
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.98
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.98
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.975
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.99
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.975
Ordinary	Sale	416	9.98
Ordinary	Sale	188	9.98
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.975
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.975
Ordinary	Sale	131	10
Ordinary	Sale	902	10
Ordinary	Sale	175	10
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.965
Ordinary	Sale	104	9.965
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.975
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.99
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.98
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.975
Ordinary	Sale	250	10
Ordinary	Sale	1,260	10
Ordinary	Sale	602	9.98
Ordinary	Sale	191	9.975
Ordinary	Sale	413	9.975
Ordinary	Sale	250	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	352	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	354	9.995
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.995
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.98
Ordinary	Sale	550	9.98
Ordinary	Sale	54	9.98
Ordinary	Sale	606	9.97
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.965
Ordinary	Sale	250	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	250	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	102	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	602	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	4	9.965
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.995
Ordinary	Sale	522	9.975
Ordinary	Sale	690	9.975
Ordinary	Sale	1,534	9.96
Ordinary	Sale	604	10
Ordinary	Sale	602	9.985
Ordinary	Sale	602	9.965
Ordinary	Sale	606	9.97
Ordinary	Sale	515	9.985
Ordinary	Sale	604	9.98
Ordinary	Sale	413	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	189	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	750	9.97
Ordinary	Sale	262	9.97
Ordinary	Sale	200	9.97
Ordinary	Sale	250	10
Ordinary	Sale	188	10
Ordinary	Sale	166	10
Ordinary	Sale	750	9.975
Ordinary	Sale	142	9.975
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.975
Ordinary	Sale	420	9.975
Ordinary	Sale	750	9.98
Ordinary	Sale	594	9.985
Ordinary	Sale	8	9.985
Ordinary	Sale	602	9.99
Ordinary	Sale	413	9.975
Ordinary	Sale	401	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	201	10.01
Ordinary	Sale	100	10
Ordinary	Sale	100	9.975
Ordinary	Sale	602	9.98
Ordinary	Sale	250	10
Ordinary	Sale	250	10
Ordinary	Sale	104	10
Ordinary	Sale	604	10
Ordinary	Sale	504	10
Ordinary	Sale	1,218	9.965
Ordinary	Sale	2,073	9.965
Ordinary	Sale	25	9.985
	Total Purchases	71,718
	Total Sales	60,944

(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

1,825

9.967493

Ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

10,000

9.967491

(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:	10/03/2017
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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