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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

8th May 2018 10:04

RNS Number : 3489N

Societe Generale SA

08 May 2018

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	04/05/2018
(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:	82,809,421	4.82	152,538	0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	638,509	0.04	63,017,133	3.67
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	83,447,930	4.85	63,169,671	3.67

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	1,423	13.725
Ordinary	Purchase	6,106	13.725
Ordinary	Purchase	347	13.74
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.785
Ordinary	Purchase	362	13.75
Ordinary	Purchase	54	13.755
Ordinary	Purchase	267	13.755
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.72
Ordinary	Purchase	537	13.715
Ordinary	Purchase	277	13.68
Ordinary	Purchase	124	13.68
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	495	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	300	13.74
Ordinary	Purchase	847	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	787	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.705
Ordinary	Purchase	600	13.755
Ordinary	Purchase	600	13.755
Ordinary	Purchase	600	13.755
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.715
Ordinary	Purchase	320	13.75
Ordinary	Purchase	419	13.75
Ordinary	Purchase	86	13.75
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.785
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.78
Ordinary	Purchase	276	13.775
Ordinary	Purchase	498	13.75
Ordinary	Purchase	481	13.75
Ordinary	Purchase	2,354	13.75
Ordinary	Purchase	600	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	27	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	61	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	7	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	124	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	600	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	314	13.705
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.715
Ordinary	Purchase	881	13.725
Ordinary	Purchase	634	13.725
Ordinary	Purchase	247	13.725
Ordinary	Purchase	206	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	116	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	414	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	164	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	44	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.785
Ordinary	Purchase	332	13.78
Ordinary	Purchase	1,484	13.74
Ordinary	Purchase	155	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	321	13.755
Ordinary	Purchase	750	13.765
Ordinary	Purchase	750	13.765
Ordinary	Purchase	450	13.77
Ordinary	Purchase	1,362	13.72
Ordinary	Purchase	3,085	13.72
Ordinary	Purchase	2,283	13.72
Ordinary	Purchase	1,124	13.74
Ordinary	Purchase	187	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	563	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	481	13.705
Ordinary	Purchase	230	13.765
Ordinary	Purchase	109	13.76
Ordinary	Purchase	288	13.76
Ordinary	Purchase	445	13.715
Ordinary	Purchase	325	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	357	13.705
Ordinary	Purchase	159	13.7
Ordinary	Purchase	220	13.7
Ordinary	Purchase	721	13.74
Ordinary	Purchase	170	13.74
Ordinary	Purchase	1,107	13.74
Ordinary	Purchase	664	13.74
Ordinary	Purchase	593	13.74
Ordinary	Purchase	44	13.74
Ordinary	Purchase	203	13.74
Ordinary	Purchase	108	13.74
Ordinary	Purchase	518	13.74
Ordinary	Purchase	300	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	22	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	77	13.705
Ordinary	Purchase	100	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	1	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	100	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	400	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	40	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	54	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	499	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	226	13.705
Ordinary	Purchase	136	13.715
Ordinary	Purchase	364	13.715
Ordinary	Purchase	50	13.705
Ordinary	Purchase	217	13.74
Ordinary	Purchase	524	13.705
Ordinary	Purchase	50	13.705
Ordinary	Purchase	400	13.705
Ordinary	Purchase	50	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	106	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	45	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	50	13.72
Ordinary	Purchase	221	13.72
Ordinary	Purchase	12	13.76
Ordinary	Purchase	164	13.76
Ordinary	Purchase	67	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	135	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	50	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	185	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	280	13.69
Ordinary	Purchase	41	13.69
Ordinary	Purchase	306	13.72
Ordinary	Purchase	252	13.715
Ordinary	Purchase	200	13.715
Ordinary	Purchase	1,002	13.74
Ordinary	Purchase	367	13.69
Ordinary	Purchase	241	13.69
Ordinary	Purchase	200	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	481	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	513	13.69
Ordinary	Purchase	138	13.69
Ordinary	Purchase	182	13.705
Ordinary	Purchase	127	13.705
Ordinary	Purchase	43	13.705
Ordinary	Purchase	361	13.69
Ordinary	Purchase	200	13.715
Ordinary	Purchase	604	13.76
Ordinary	Purchase	44	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	77	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	165	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	1	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	165	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	43	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	579	13.715
Ordinary	Purchase	196	13.755
Ordinary	Purchase	45	13.775
Ordinary	Purchase	91	13.765
Ordinary	Purchase	2,081	13.725
Ordinary	Purchase	269	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	69	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	100	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	51	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	312	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	136	13.765
Ordinary	Purchase	137	13.765
Ordinary	Purchase	206	13.715
Ordinary	Purchase	290	13.715
Ordinary	Purchase	104	13.715
Ordinary	Purchase	188	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	697	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	104	13.715
Ordinary	Purchase	144	13.715
Ordinary	Purchase	250	13.715
Ordinary	Purchase	135	13.785
Ordinary	Purchase	92	13.785
Ordinary	Purchase	308	13.755
Ordinary	Purchase	110	13.755
Ordinary	Purchase	108	13.755
Ordinary	Purchase	269	13.715
Ordinary	Purchase	284	13.715
Ordinary	Purchase	104	13.705
Ordinary	Purchase	496	13.75
Ordinary	Purchase	135	13.74
Ordinary	Purchase	333	13.705
Ordinary	Purchase	116	13.705
Ordinary	Purchase	500	13.705
Ordinary	Purchase	105	13.705
Ordinary	Purchase	135	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	237	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	111	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	277	13.715
Ordinary	Purchase	104	13.72
Ordinary	Purchase	144	13.72
Ordinary	Purchase	314	13.76
Ordinary	Purchase	135	13.785
Ordinary	Purchase	129	13.785
Ordinary	Purchase	410	13.785
Ordinary	Purchase	356	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	150	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	89	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	500	13.77
Ordinary	Purchase	102	13.77
Ordinary	Purchase	135	13.77
Ordinary	Purchase	264	13.7
Ordinary	Purchase	200	13.715
Ordinary	Purchase	174	13.74
Ordinary	Purchase	176	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	201	13.74
Ordinary	Purchase	269	13.71
Ordinary	Purchase	288	13.69
Ordinary	Purchase	84	13.69
Ordinary	Purchase	322	13.76
Ordinary	Purchase	66	13.715
Ordinary	Purchase	335	13.715
Ordinary	Purchase	350,000	13.73184397
Ordinary	Purchase	50,000	13.70201599
Ordinary	Purchase	2,981	13.705
Ordinary	Purchase	50,000	13.72
Ordinary	Sale	40	13.725
Ordinary	Sale	40	13.725
Ordinary	Sale	40	13.725
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.745
Ordinary	Sale	530	13.69
Ordinary	Sale	513	13.69
Ordinary	Sale	886	13.69
Ordinary	Sale	392	13.71
Ordinary	Sale	380	13.765
Ordinary	Sale	145	13.68
Ordinary	Sale	828	13.68
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.725
Ordinary	Sale	196	13.705
Ordinary	Sale	135	13.705
Ordinary	Sale	341	13.74
Ordinary	Sale	402	13.735
Ordinary	Sale	330	13.725
Ordinary	Sale	321	13.745
Ordinary	Sale	314	13.745
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.735
Ordinary	Sale	966	13.695
Ordinary	Sale	371	13.785
Ordinary	Sale	694	13.7
Ordinary	Sale	283	13.75
Ordinary	Sale	564	13.705
Ordinary	Sale	322	13.73
Ordinary	Sale	157	13.735
Ordinary	Sale	165	13.735
Ordinary	Sale	485	13.755
Ordinary	Sale	355	13.76
Ordinary	Sale	440	13.71
Ordinary	Sale	356	13.735
Ordinary	Sale	355	13.765
Ordinary	Sale	146	13.725
Ordinary	Sale	388	13.725
Ordinary	Sale	2,003	13.725
Ordinary	Sale	394	13.725
Ordinary	Sale	1,611	13.725
Ordinary	Sale	24	13.725
Ordinary	Sale	368	13.725
Ordinary	Sale	220	13.725
Ordinary	Sale	401	13.725
Ordinary	Sale	1,603	13.725
Ordinary	Sale	5	13.725
Ordinary	Sale	7	13.745
Ordinary	Sale	135	13.66
Ordinary	Sale	50,000	13.72
	Total Purchases	523,913
	Total Sales	69,617

(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

350,000

13.73184397

Ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

50,000

13.70201599

(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:	08/05/2018
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

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