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Form 8.3 - SKY PLC

20th Dec 2017 13:05

RNS Number : 9591Z

Societe Generale SA

20 December 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	19/12/2017
(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:	7,944,229	0.46	232,508	0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	10,158,810	0.59	12,053,897	0.70
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	18,103,039	1.05	12,286,405	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	276	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	17	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	150	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	232	10.17
Ordinary	Purchase	2,586	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	520	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	2,129	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	298	10.22
Ordinary	Purchase	808	10.22
Ordinary	Purchase	174	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	448	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	472	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	372	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	400	10.22
Ordinary	Purchase	2,408	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	244	10.24
Ordinary	Purchase	1,084	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	282	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	169	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	184	10.24
Ordinary	Purchase	220	10.24
Ordinary	Purchase	182	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	466	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	127	10.24
Ordinary	Purchase	128	10.23
Ordinary	Purchase	19	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	399	10.23
Ordinary	Purchase	96	10.23
Ordinary	Purchase	439	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	431	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	432	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	320	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	111	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	1,526	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	511	10.19
Ordinary	Purchase	579	10.19
Ordinary	Purchase	2,820	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	61	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	565	10.22
Ordinary	Purchase	434	10.17
Ordinary	Purchase	453	10.19
Ordinary	Purchase	150	10.19
Ordinary	Purchase	724	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	499	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	475	10.23
Ordinary	Purchase	11	10.19
Ordinary	Purchase	401	10.18
Ordinary	Purchase	1,376	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	1,585	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	450	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	211	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	255	10.23
Ordinary	Purchase	1,457	10.23
Ordinary	Purchase	681	10.18
Ordinary	Purchase	727	10.18
Ordinary	Purchase	139	10.18
Ordinary	Purchase	2,669	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	1,184	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	637	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	126	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	2,574	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	477	10.19
Ordinary	Purchase	435	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	500	10.18
Ordinary	Purchase	500	10.17
Ordinary	Purchase	527	10.19
Ordinary	Purchase	727	10.18
Ordinary	Purchase	611	10.18
Ordinary	Purchase	750	10.18
Ordinary	Purchase	513	10.18
Ordinary	Purchase	500	10.17
Ordinary	Purchase	375	10.17
Ordinary	Purchase	5,026	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	133	10.19
Ordinary	Purchase	434	10.19
Ordinary	Purchase	1,369	10.22
Ordinary	Purchase	1,175	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	587	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	380	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	618	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	818	10.18
Ordinary	Purchase	173	10.22
Ordinary	Purchase	1,220	10.22
Ordinary	Purchase	763	10.22
Ordinary	Purchase	749	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	176	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	258	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	698	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	198	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	393	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	1,423	10.22
Ordinary	Purchase	525	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	557	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	408	10.18
Ordinary	Purchase	26	10.18
Ordinary	Purchase	1,520	10.18
Ordinary	Purchase	1,695	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	434	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	434	10.19
Ordinary	Purchase	434	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	218	10.19
Ordinary	Purchase	216	10.19
Ordinary	Purchase	207	10.19
Ordinary	Purchase	577	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	31	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	271	10.19
Ordinary	Purchase	1,275	10.18
Ordinary	Purchase	742	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	727	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	1,437	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	198	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	403	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	453	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	150	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	718	10.23
Ordinary	Purchase	836	10.23
Ordinary	Purchase	514	10.17
Ordinary	Purchase	10	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	218	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	1,334	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	1,279	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	434	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	529	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	810	10.22
Ordinary	Purchase	728	10.22
Ordinary	Purchase	197	10.22
Ordinary	Purchase	727	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	670	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	201	10.22
Ordinary	Purchase	468	10.22
Ordinary	Purchase	197	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	756	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	354	10.18
Ordinary	Purchase	635	10.18
Ordinary	Purchase	154	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	484	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	58	10.24
Ordinary	Purchase	71	10.24
Ordinary	Purchase	18	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	400	10.19
Ordinary	Purchase	314	10.18
Ordinary	Purchase	1,710	10.18
Ordinary	Purchase	4,248	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	100	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	675	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	4,683	10.16
Ordinary	Purchase	21	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	570	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	299	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	49	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	505	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	481	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	1,035	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	90	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	546	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	762	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	745	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	400	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	356	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	135	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	297	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	400	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	460	10.18
Ordinary	Purchase	200	10.18
Ordinary	Purchase	577	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	297	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	927	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	400	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	271	10.2
Ordinary	Purchase	447	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	1,049	10.22
Ordinary	Purchase	4	10.22
Ordinary	Purchase	400	10.22
Ordinary	Purchase	516	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	409	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	631	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	129	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	298	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	302	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	150	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	12	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	908	10.22
Ordinary	Purchase	695	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	335	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	15,809	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	52	10.21
Ordinary	Purchase	50,000	10.187001
Ordinary	Sale	1	10.21
Ordinary	Sale	20	10.2
Ordinary	Sale	334	10.23
Ordinary	Sale	1,838	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	468	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	371	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	430	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	500	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	258	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	415	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	500	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	470	10.23
Ordinary	Sale	360	10.23
Ordinary	Sale	1,838	10.23
Ordinary	Sale	400	10.23
Ordinary	Sale	279	10.23
Ordinary	Sale	808	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	446	10.2
Ordinary	Sale	1	10.21
Ordinary	Sale	396	10.2
Ordinary	Sale	375	10.2
Ordinary	Sale	32	10.21
Ordinary	Sale	246	10.21
Ordinary	Sale	22	10.2
Ordinary	Sale	394	10.2
Ordinary	Sale	184	10.21
Ordinary	Sale	398	10.2
Ordinary	Sale	28	10.21
Ordinary	Sale	269	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	550	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	500	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	368	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	241	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	13	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	54	10.2
Ordinary	Sale	266	10.23
Ordinary	Sale	600	10.23
Ordinary	Sale	600	10.23
Ordinary	Sale	750	10.23
Ordinary	Sale	1,182	10.23
Ordinary	Sale	500	10.23
Ordinary	Sale	146	10.2
Ordinary	Sale	386	10.2
Ordinary	Sale	374	10.2
Ordinary	Sale	317	10.21
Ordinary	Sale	30	10.21
Ordinary	Sale	21	10.2
Ordinary	Sale	1	10.21
Ordinary	Sale	2,268	10.23
Ordinary	Sale	470	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	280	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	271	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	839	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	269	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	839	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	839	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	57	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	786	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	135	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	2,198	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	330	10.23
Ordinary	Sale	839	10.23
Ordinary	Sale	269	10.23
Ordinary	Sale	723	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	91	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	771	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	562	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	320	10.2
Ordinary	Sale	2,148	10.23
Ordinary	Sale	410	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	420	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	493	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	150	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	317	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	284	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	540	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	317	10.22
Ordinary	Sale	500	10.23
Ordinary	Sale	500	10.23
Ordinary	Sale	500	10.23
Ordinary	Sale	490	10.23
Ordinary	Sale	276	10.23
Ordinary	Sale	325	10.23
Ordinary	Sale	463	10.2
Ordinary	Sale	57	10.2
Ordinary	Sale	3,463	10.21
Ordinary	Sale	4,322	10.21
Ordinary	Sale	385	10.2
Ordinary	Sale	33	10.21
Ordinary	Sale	397	10.195013
Ordinary	Sale	8,826	10.21
	Total Purchases	181,846
	Total Sales	57,752

(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

Reducing a long position

50,000

10.187001

(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:	20/12/2017
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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