REG - Societe Generale SA Twenty-First Century Comcast Corporation SKY PLC - Form 8.3 - Sky Plc
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
23/08/2018
(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:
67,004,935
3.90
31,788
0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
0
0.00
*60,757,850
3.53
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00
0
0.00
TOTAL:
67,004,935
3.90
60,789,638
3.54
.
*The change in the holding of 2,000,000 shares is due to a derivative which is referenced to a basket of securities ceasing to be disclosable for the purpose of the code.
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
5
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
195
15.35
Ordinary
Purchase
98
15.35
Ordinary
Purchase
293
15.355
Ordinary
Purchase
401
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
176
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
293
15.35
Ordinary
Purchase
293
15.35
Ordinary
Purchase
416
15.355
Ordinary
Purchase
391
15.35
Ordinary
Purchase
600
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
293
15.36
Ordinary
Purchase
294
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
302
15.345
Ordinary
Purchase
594
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
293
15.35
Ordinary
Purchase
293
15.345
Ordinary
Purchase
300
15.355
Ordinary
Purchase
293
15.335
Ordinary
Purchase
293
15.35
Ordinary
Purchase
434
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
198
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
146
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
94
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
399
15.35
Ordinary
Purchase
798
15.4
Ordinary
Purchase
798
15.4
Ordinary
Purchase
377
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
376
15.35
Ordinary
Purchase
72
15.34
Ordinary
Purchase
305
15.34
Ordinary
Purchase
328
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
143
15.39
Ordinary
Purchase
264
15.39
Ordinary
Purchase
292
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
428
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
175
15.4
Ordinary
Purchase
112
15.4
Ordinary
Purchase
3,055
15.4
Ordinary
Purchase
2,958
15.4
Ordinary
Purchase
91
15.4
Ordinary
Purchase
338
15.4
Ordinary
Purchase
7,937
15.4
Ordinary
Purchase
728
15.4
Ordinary
Purchase
3,230
15.4
Ordinary
Purchase
6
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
105
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
228
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
8
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
706
15.39
Ordinary
Purchase
560
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
100
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
100
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
101
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
409
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
9
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
100
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
80
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
100
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
319
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
2
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
58
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
57
15.385
Ordinary
Purchase
58
15.39
Ordinary
Purchase
57
15.39
Ordinary
Purchase
215,675
15.345
Ordinary
Purchase
4,400
15.32
Ordinary
Sale
220
15.33
Ordinary
Sale
121
15.33
Ordinary
Sale
600
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
85
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
487
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
36
15.36
Ordinary
Sale
258
15.36
Ordinary
Sale
586
15.355
Ordinary
Sale
867
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
111
15.325
Ordinary
Sale
476
15.325
Ordinary
Sale
294
15.36
Ordinary
Sale
294
15.365
Ordinary
Sale
1
15.37
Ordinary
Sale
312
15.37
Ordinary
Sale
313
15.375
Ordinary
Sale
900
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
600
15.32
Ordinary
Sale
140
15.32
Ordinary
Sale
138
15.32
Ordinary
Sale
184
15.32
Ordinary
Sale
380
15.315
Ordinary
Sale
600
15.315
Ordinary
Sale
314
15.32
Ordinary
Sale
293
15.38
Ordinary
Sale
111
15.335
Ordinary
Sale
349
15.335
Ordinary
Sale
446
15.335
Ordinary
Sale
812
15.4
Ordinary
Sale
937
15.4
Ordinary
Sale
2
15.4
Ordinary
Sale
123
15.4
Ordinary
Sale
293
15.36
Ordinary
Sale
773
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
916
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
143
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
878
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
831
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
294
15.36
Ordinary
Sale
294
15.385
Ordinary
Sale
10
15.4
Ordinary
Sale
25
15.4
Ordinary
Sale
3
15.4
Ordinary
Sale
3,230
15.4
Ordinary
Sale
3,087
15.4
Ordinary
Sale
878
15.4
Ordinary
Sale
1,634
15.4
Ordinary
Sale
200
15.35
Ordinary
Sale
7
15.35
Ordinary
Sale
210
15.315
Ordinary
Sale
1,521
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
1,521
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
405
15.345
Ordinary
Sale
350
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
561
15.4
Ordinary
Sale
304
15.4
Ordinary
Sale
400
15.33
Ordinary
Sale
94
15.33
Ordinary
Sale
400
15.335
Ordinary
Sale
400
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
129
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
603
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
73
15.355
Ordinary
Sale
100
15.355
Ordinary
Sale
100
15.355
Ordinary
Sale
244
15.355
Ordinary
Sale
96
15.355
Ordinary
Sale
100
15.355
Ordinary
Sale
189
15.355
Ordinary
Sale
100
15.355
Ordinary
Sale
129
15.355
Ordinary
Sale
319
15.325
Ordinary
Sale
102
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
127
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
400
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
400
15.32
Ordinary
Sale
300
15.32
Ordinary
Sale
101
15.335
Ordinary
Sale
302
15.385
Ordinary
Sale
400
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
200
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
102
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
119
15.335
Ordinary
Sale
400
15.335
Ordinary
Sale
14
15.385
Ordinary
Sale
101
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
400
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
100
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
554
15.385
Ordinary
Sale
11
15.385
Ordinary
Sale
302
15.385
Ordinary
Sale
479
15.33
Ordinary
Sale
305
15.34
Ordinary
Sale
400
15.335
Ordinary
Sale
200
15.34
Total Purchases
253,430
Total Sales
39,053
(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
215,675
15.345
Ordinary
CFD
Increasing a short position
4,400
15.32
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(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"
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
NO
Date of disclosure:
24/08/2018
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.
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