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Form 8.3 - Sky Plc

22nd Nov 2017 10:57

RNS Number : 2341X

Societe Generale SA

22 November 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	21/11/2017
(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:	11,765,283	0.68	134,272	0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	10,019,550	0.58	12,011,831	0.70
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	21,784,833	1.27	12,146,103	0.71

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	515	9.487495146
Ordinary	Purchase	791	9.5025
Ordinary	Purchase	485	9.4725
Ordinary	Purchase	946	9.4825
Ordinary	Purchase	33	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	91	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	141	9.46
Ordinary	Purchase	1,088	9.46
Ordinary	Purchase	72	9.46
Ordinary	Purchase	429	9.525
Ordinary	Purchase	9	9.48
Ordinary	Purchase	391	9.52
Ordinary	Purchase	53	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	85	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	50	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	573	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	135	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	41	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	718	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	332	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	113	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	414	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	22	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	286	9.515
Ordinary	Purchase	140	9.515
Ordinary	Purchase	252	9.525
Ordinary	Purchase	148	9.525
Ordinary	Purchase	287	9.505
Ordinary	Purchase	2	9.48
Ordinary	Purchase	253	9.48
Ordinary	Purchase	635	9.51
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.505
Ordinary	Purchase	422	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	422	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	465	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	516	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	956	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	66	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	903	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	466	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	12	9.49
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.49
Ordinary	Purchase	420	9.49
Ordinary	Purchase	20	9.49
Ordinary	Purchase	4	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	13	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	491	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	645	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	162	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	162	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	24	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	89	9.475
Ordinary	Purchase	801	9.505
Ordinary	Purchase	1,000	9.505
Ordinary	Purchase	1,158	9.505
Ordinary	Purchase	660	9.46
Ordinary	Purchase	221	9.46
Ordinary	Purchase	660	9.46
Ordinary	Purchase	514	9.51
Ordinary	Purchase	334	9.52
Ordinary	Purchase	268	9.52
Ordinary	Purchase	57	9.51
Ordinary	Purchase	246	9.51
Ordinary	Purchase	24	9.505
Ordinary	Purchase	1,000	9.505
Ordinary	Purchase	141	9.515
Ordinary	Purchase	158	9.515
Ordinary	Purchase	198	9.525
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.525
Ordinary	Purchase	184	9.525
Ordinary	Purchase	441	9.505
Ordinary	Purchase	171	9.51
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.51
Ordinary	Purchase	475	9.48
Ordinary	Purchase	193	9.48
Ordinary	Purchase	873	9.48
Ordinary	Purchase	349	9.52
Ordinary	Purchase	151	9.52
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.52
Ordinary	Purchase	3	9.515
Ordinary	Purchase	1,106	9.515
Ordinary	Purchase	481	9.5
Ordinary	Purchase	1,812	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	418	9.48
Ordinary	Purchase	2,004	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	6,962	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	10,472	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	4,859	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	4,009	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	3,258	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	1,569	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	1,633	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	951	9.48
Ordinary	Purchase	486	9.48
Ordinary	Purchase	467	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	467	9.5
Ordinary	Purchase	429	9.475
Ordinary	Purchase	473	9.52
Ordinary	Purchase	877	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	467	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	1,374	9.515
Ordinary	Purchase	738	9.46
Ordinary	Purchase	1,212	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	1,295	9.515
Ordinary	Purchase	22	9.48
Ordinary	Purchase	1,321	9.51
Ordinary	Purchase	928	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	964	9.48
Ordinary	Purchase	662	9.5
Ordinary	Purchase	2,586	9.52
Ordinary	Purchase	2,586	9.52
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.51
Ordinary	Purchase	82	9.51
Ordinary	Purchase	18	9.505
Ordinary	Purchase	190	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	400	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	500	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	328	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	681	9.505
Ordinary	Purchase	207	9.505
Ordinary	Purchase	467	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	467	9.5
Ordinary	Purchase	467	9.5
Ordinary	Purchase	761	9.515
Ordinary	Purchase	466	9.515
Ordinary	Purchase	467	9.5
Ordinary	Purchase	738	9.515
Ordinary	Purchase	467	9.5
Ordinary	Purchase	1,327	9.515
Ordinary	Purchase	910	9.515
Ordinary	Purchase	585	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	1,006	9.46
Ordinary	Purchase	466	9.53
Ordinary	Purchase	38	9.525
Ordinary	Purchase	1,129	9.525
Ordinary	Purchase	326	9.525
Ordinary	Purchase	542	9.525
Ordinary	Purchase	545	9.525
Ordinary	Purchase	1,315	9.515
Ordinary	Purchase	355	9.52
Ordinary	Purchase	824	9.475
Ordinary	Purchase	569	9.47
Ordinary	Purchase	467	9.51
Ordinary	Purchase	726	9.465
Ordinary	Purchase	465	9.52
Ordinary	Purchase	516	9.52
Ordinary	Purchase	467	9.5
Ordinary	Purchase	27	9.48
Ordinary	Purchase	724	9.48
Ordinary	Purchase	593	9.475
Ordinary	Purchase	288	9.48
Ordinary	Purchase	861	9.5
Ordinary	Purchase	366	9.505
Ordinary	Purchase	90	9.48
Ordinary	Purchase	467	9.495
Ordinary	Purchase	1,139	9.5
Ordinary	Purchase	545	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	582	9.46
Ordinary	Purchase	467	9.5
Ordinary	Purchase	264	9.455
Ordinary	Purchase	240	9.455
Ordinary	Purchase	886	9.52
Ordinary	Purchase	492	9.495
Ordinary	Purchase	476	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	481	9.5
Ordinary	Purchase	483	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	467	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	465	9.53
Ordinary	Purchase	1,146	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	1,293	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	466	9.525
Ordinary	Purchase	25	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	212	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	1,550	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	23	9.485
Ordinary	Purchase	23	9.515
Ordinary	Sale	992	9.51
Ordinary	Sale	1,550	9.485
Ordinary	Sale	227	9.485
Ordinary	Sale	956	9.485
Ordinary	Sale	663	9.485
Ordinary	Sale	623	9.485
Ordinary	Sale	1,153	9.485
Ordinary	Sale	508	9.51
Ordinary	Sale	642	9.515
Ordinary	Sale	511	9.51
Ordinary	Sale	1,002	9.485
Ordinary	Sale	1,002	9.485
Ordinary	Sale	951	9.48
Ordinary	Sale	148	9.48
	Total Purchases	120,781
	Total Sales	10,928

(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:	22/11/2017
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

END

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