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Form 8.3 - SKY PLC

24th Jul 2018 13:48

RNS Number : 6174V

Societe Generale SA

24 July 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	23/07/2018
(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:	77,621,720	4.52	76,147	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	10,000,000	0.58	74,457,618	4.33
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	87,621,720	5.10	74,533,765	4.34

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	825	15.04
Ordinary	Purchase	635	15.04
Ordinary	Purchase	61	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	417	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	166	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	921	15.045
Ordinary	Purchase	145	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	78	15.025
Ordinary	Purchase	765	15.045
Ordinary	Purchase	75	15.015
Ordinary	Purchase	78	15.015
Ordinary	Purchase	825	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	190	15.04
Ordinary	Purchase	30	15.02
Ordinary	Purchase	156	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	45	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	233	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	48	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	712	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	330	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	447	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	342	15.0325
Ordinary	Purchase	18	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	76	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	233	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	233	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	397	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	363	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	395	15.0325
Ordinary	Purchase	76	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	76	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	58	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	404	15.0325
Ordinary	Purchase	27	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	256	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	393	15.0325
Ordinary	Purchase	239	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	153	15.02
Ordinary	Purchase	296	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	296	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	148	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	201	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	78	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	148	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	14	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	296	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	388	15.02
Ordinary	Purchase	476	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	589	15.04
Ordinary	Purchase	320	15.04
Ordinary	Purchase	100	15.04
Ordinary	Purchase	189	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	173	15.025
Ordinary	Purchase	184	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	483	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	400	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	581	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	169	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	400	15.04
Ordinary	Purchase	206	15.015
Ordinary	Purchase	1	15.02
Ordinary	Purchase	296	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	296	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	291	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	296	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	14	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	296	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	3,307	15.0325
Ordinary	Purchase	1,650	15.04
Ordinary	Purchase	479	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	414	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	116	15.02
Ordinary	Purchase	298	15.025
Ordinary	Purchase	297	15.025
Ordinary	Purchase	297	15.02
Ordinary	Purchase	367	15.025
Ordinary	Purchase	359	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	104	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	669	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	307	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	399	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	297	15.025
Ordinary	Purchase	179	15.025
Ordinary	Purchase	825	15.0325
Ordinary	Purchase	344	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	1,003	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	862	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	862	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	297	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	297	15.025
Ordinary	Purchase	335	15.04
Ordinary	Purchase	269	15.025
Ordinary	Purchase	297	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	245	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	298	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	55	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	242	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	338	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	111	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	297	15.02
Ordinary	Purchase	297	15.025
Ordinary	Purchase	486	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	10	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	1,650	15.0325
Ordinary	Purchase	118	15.025
Ordinary	Purchase	638	15.0325
Ordinary	Purchase	1,165	15.0325
Ordinary	Purchase	1,207	15.0325
Ordinary	Purchase	297	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	297	15.04
Ordinary	Purchase	439	15.0325
Ordinary	Purchase	624	15.0325
Ordinary	Purchase	297	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	136	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	297	15.04
Ordinary	Purchase	103	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	896	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	804	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	90	15.02
Ordinary	Purchase	58	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	297	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	62	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	576	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	519	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	359	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	307	15.025
Ordinary	Purchase	1,000	15.0325
Ordinary	Purchase	1,128	15.0325
Ordinary	Purchase	297	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	297	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	681	15.0325
Ordinary	Purchase	310	15.04
Ordinary	Purchase	29	15.025
Ordinary	Purchase	199	15.02
Ordinary	Purchase	10,297	15.02
Ordinary	Purchase	85	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	296	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	535	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	13	15.035
Ordinary	Purchase	199	15.02
Ordinary	Purchase	6,703	15.02
Ordinary	Purchase	100,000	15.04003968
Ordinary	Purchase	5,000	15.044512
Ordinary	Purchase	575,000	15.03
Ordinary	Purchase	868	15.0325
Ordinary	Purchase	417,718	15.03
Ordinary	Sale	33	15
Ordinary	Sale	100	15.04
Ordinary	Sale	126	15
Ordinary	Sale	319	15.02
Ordinary	Sale	105	15
Ordinary	Sale	144	15.04
Ordinary	Sale	352	15.02
Ordinary	Sale	157	15.02
Ordinary	Sale	298	15.02
Ordinary	Sale	298	15.005
Ordinary	Sale	379	15.01
Ordinary	Sale	219	15.005
Ordinary	Sale	87	15.05
Ordinary	Sale	379	15.005
Ordinary	Sale	297	15.04
Ordinary	Sale	297	15.035
Ordinary	Sale	210	15.05
Ordinary	Sale	297	15.05
Ordinary	Sale	308	15.015
Ordinary	Sale	241	15.005
Ordinary	Sale	352	15.045
Ordinary	Sale	297	15.02
Ordinary	Sale	297	15.045
Ordinary	Sale	298	15.01
Ordinary	Sale	229	15.035
Ordinary	Sale	661	15.02
Ordinary	Sale	159	15.045
Ordinary	Sale	117	15.02
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	15.02
Ordinary	Sale	130	15.035
Ordinary	Sale	222	15.025
Ordinary	Sale	297	15.035
Ordinary	Sale	318	15.04
Ordinary	Sale	15	15.04
Ordinary	Sale	297	15.04
Ordinary	Sale	359	15.005
Ordinary	Sale	297	15.03
Ordinary	Sale	298	15.03
Ordinary	Sale	297	15.05
Ordinary	Sale	297	15.025
Ordinary	Sale	297	15.03
Ordinary	Sale	220	15.015
Ordinary	Sale	53	15.015
Ordinary	Sale	439	15.01
Ordinary	Sale	120	15.025
Ordinary	Sale	156	15.025
Ordinary	Sale	5,802	15.02
Ordinary	Sale	75	15.025
Ordinary	Sale	575,000	15.03027
Ordinary	Sale	868	15.0325
Ordinary	Sale	417,718	15.03
	Total Purchases	1,167,746
	Total Sales	1,011,631

(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

100,000

15.04003968

Ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

5,000

15.044512

(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:	24/07/2018
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 news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact [email protected] or visit www.rns.com.

END

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