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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

9th Jun 2017 13:19

RNS Number : 7053H

Societe Generale SA

09 June 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	08/06/2017
(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:	16,922,728	0.98	210,543	0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	10,260,360	0.60	7,492,189	0.44
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	27,183,088	1.58	7,702,732	0.45

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	538	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	223	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	326	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	1,365	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	172	9.88
Ordinary	Purchase	276	9.88
Ordinary	Purchase	773	9.88
Ordinary	Purchase	446	9.88
Ordinary	Purchase	873	9.875
Ordinary	Purchase	23	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	504	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	1,178	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	2,466	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	11	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	1,344	9.89
Ordinary	Purchase	1,938	9.9
Ordinary	Purchase	1,938	9.9
Ordinary	Purchase	2,311	9.9
Ordinary	Purchase	149	9.86
Ordinary	Purchase	203	9.86
Ordinary	Purchase	186	9.86
Ordinary	Purchase	786	9.87
Ordinary	Purchase	117	9.85
Ordinary	Purchase	506	9.85
Ordinary	Purchase	2,111	9.87
Ordinary	Purchase	656	9.87
Ordinary	Purchase	345	9.9
Ordinary	Purchase	380	9.85
Ordinary	Purchase	235	9.85
Ordinary	Purchase	3,519	9.87
Ordinary	Purchase	108	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	89	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	3	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	83	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	237	9.875
Ordinary	Sale	37	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	83	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	38	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	45	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	2,068	9.875
Ordinary	Sale	2,068	9.875
Ordinary	Sale	273	9.89
Ordinary	Sale	144	9.89
Ordinary	Sale	263	9.89
Ordinary	Sale	481	9.89
Ordinary	Sale	750	9.89
Ordinary	Sale	77	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	114	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	801	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	399	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	211	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	608	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	98	9.89
Ordinary	Sale	512	9.89
Ordinary	Sale	550	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	60	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	438	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	170	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.905
Ordinary	Sale	521	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	380	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	133	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	11,520	9.875
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	152	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	191	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	288	9.9
Ordinary	Sale	320	9.9
Ordinary	Sale	915	9.855
Ordinary	Sale	612	9.855
Ordinary	Sale	267	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	450	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	160	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	469	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	108	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	576	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	32	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	612	9.85
Ordinary	Sale	9	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	601	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	112	9.855
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.855
Ordinary	Sale	612	9.85
Ordinary	Sale	509	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	101	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	479	9.89
Ordinary	Sale	131	9.89
Ordinary	Sale	127	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	484	9.9
Ordinary	Sale	126	9.9
Ordinary	Sale	386	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	224	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	100	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	200	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	424	9.86
Ordinary	Sale	188	9.86
Ordinary	Sale	510	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	800	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	329	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	467	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	143	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	246	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	160	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	176	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	166	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	268	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	110	9.905
Ordinary	Sale	100	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	291	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	112	9.855
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.855
Ordinary	Sale	357	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.905
Ordinary	Sale	608	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	187	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	66	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	562	9.875
Ordinary	Sale	474	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	612	9.86
Ordinary	Sale	136	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	141	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	78	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	1,220	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	204	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	406	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	145	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	230	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	380	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	612	9.86
Ordinary	Sale	48	9.875
Ordinary	Sale	130	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	146	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	189	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	106	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	504	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	99	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	166	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	301	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	44	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	612	9.855
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	565	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	6	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	445	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	159	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	42	9.875
Ordinary	Sale	342	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	568	9.875
Ordinary	Sale	268	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	326	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	282	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.875
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.875
Ordinary	Sale	612	9.855
Ordinary	Sale	318	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	290	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	338	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	612	9.85
Ordinary	Sale	272	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	164	9.895
Ordinary	Sale	668	9.895
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	528	9.905
Ordinary	Sale	612	9.86
Ordinary	Sale	239	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	79	9.86
Ordinary	Sale	371	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	533	9.86
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	612	9.855
Ordinary	Sale	23	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	973	9.89
Ordinary	Sale	112	9.845
Ordinary	Sale	283	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	193	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	111	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	247	9.89
Ordinary	Sale	500	9.845
Ordinary	Sale	470	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	445	9.87
Ordinary	Sale	612	9.855
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	454	9.89
Ordinary	Sale	156	9.89
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.875
Ordinary	Sale	496	9.895
Ordinary	Sale	239	9.895
Ordinary	Sale	177	9.895
Ordinary	Sale	915	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	420	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	800	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	474	9.855
Ordinary	Sale	138	9.855
Ordinary	Sale	241	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	315	9.895
Ordinary	Sale	293	9.895
Ordinary	Sale	612	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	126	9.895
Ordinary	Sale	482	9.895
Ordinary	Sale	290	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	320	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	4	9.895
Ordinary	Sale	338	9.895
Ordinary	Sale	266	9.895
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	612	9.85
Ordinary	Sale	358	9.895
Ordinary	Sale	250	9.895
Ordinary	Sale	612	9.84
Ordinary	Sale	608	9.895
Ordinary	Sale	26	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	35	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	397	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	152	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.895
Ordinary	Sale	420	9.9
Ordinary	Sale	190	9.9
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.89
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.895
Ordinary	Sale	481	9.9
Ordinary	Sale	129	9.9
Ordinary	Sale	520	9.845
Ordinary	Sale	442	9.895
Ordinary	Sale	139	9.895
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.875
Ordinary	Sale	369	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	241	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	169	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	323	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	86	9.9
Ordinary	Sale	524	9.9
Ordinary	Sale	850	9.895
Ordinary	Sale	612	9.86
Ordinary	Sale	915	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	612	9.86
Ordinary	Sale	219	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	249	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	142	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	160	9.9
Ordinary	Sale	450	9.9
Ordinary	Sale	61	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	370	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	179	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	474	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	607	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	513	9.9
Ordinary	Sale	27	9.9
Ordinary	Sale	68	9.9
Ordinary	Sale	610	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	608	9.9
Ordinary	Sale	136	9.885
Ordinary	Sale	450	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	160	9.865
Ordinary	Sale	369	9.88
Ordinary	Sale	83	9.895
Ordinary	Sale	65	9.895
Ordinary	Sale	11,640	9.87623
Ordinary	Sale	3,000,000	9.875
	Total Purchases	26,006
	Total Sales	3,116,478

(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

Equity Linked Swap

Reducing a short position

3,000,000

9.875

(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:	09/06/2017
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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