BRD - Groupe Societe Generale S.A.

Transaction in Own Shares • Jul 22, 2024

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RNS Number : 2679X

Societe Generale SA

22 July 2024

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:	SOCIETE GENERALE SA
(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	Smith (DS) 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	19/07/2024
(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"	Yes: International Paper Company

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:	10p ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
Number	%	Number	%
(1)  Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	25,553,919	1.85	320,565	0.02
(2)  Cash-settled derivatives:	228,524	0.02	2,154,571	0.16
(3)  Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	25,782,443	1.87	2,475,136	0.18

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
10p ordinary	Purchase	10	4.478
10p ordinary	Purchase	2	4.476
10p ordinary	Purchase	22	4.474
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,129	4.478
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,322	4.438
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,332	4.438
10p ordinary	Purchase	5,555	4.44
10p ordinary	Purchase	7,982	4.438
10p ordinary	Purchase	83	4.408
10p ordinary	Purchase	714	4.414
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,055	4.474
10p ordinary	Purchase	12,415	4.474
10p ordinary	Purchase	9,654	4.474
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,080	4.474
10p ordinary	Purchase	20	4.43
10p ordinary	Purchase	39	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	39	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.42
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.42
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.42
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.42
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.428
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.428
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.428
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.428
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.428
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.428
10p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.43
10p ordinary	Purchase	52	4.42
10p ordinary	Purchase	52	4.42
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.428
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.428
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.428
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.43
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	4.43
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.424
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.426
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.428
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.428
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.428
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.428
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.428
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.428
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.43
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.43
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.43
10p ordinary	Purchase	77	4.422
10p ordinary	Purchase	77	4.422
10p ordinary	Sale	1,632	4.41
10p ordinary	Sale	2,784	4.41
10p ordinary	Sale	2,784	4.41
10p ordinary	Sale	2,784	4.41
10p ordinary	Sale	2,784	4.41
10p ordinary	Sale	2,784	4.474
10p ordinary	Sale	3,668	4.41
10p ordinary	Sale	5,568	4.41
10p ordinary	Sale	5,568	4.41
10p ordinary	Sale	5,568	4.474
10p ordinary	Sale	5,568	4.474
10p ordinary	Sale	5,568	4.474
10p ordinary	Sale	5,835	4.41
10p ordinary	Sale	547	4.464
10p ordinary	Sale	578	4.424
10p ordinary	Sale	1,186	4.454
10p ordinary	Sale	528	4.428
10p ordinary	Sale	632	4.424
10p ordinary	Sale	3	4.454
10p ordinary	Sale	3	4.47
10p ordinary	Sale	9	4.47
10p ordinary	Sale	10	4.47
10p ordinary	Sale	20	4.47
10p ordinary	Sale	30	4.47
10p ordinary	Sale	30	4.47
10p ordinary	Sale	30	4.47
10p ordinary	Sale	30	4.47
10p ordinary	Sale	30	4.47
10p ordinary	Sale	30	4.47
10p ordinary	Sale	30	4.47
10p ordinary	Sale	31	4.436
10p ordinary	Sale	40	4.47
10p ordinary	Sale	40	4.47
10p ordinary	Sale	40	4.47
10p ordinary	Sale	40	4.47
10p ordinary	Sale	54	4.466
10p ordinary	Sale	108	4.454
10p ordinary	Sale	118	4.474
10p ordinary	Sale	161	4.44
10p ordinary	Sale	185	4.466
10p ordinary	Sale	210	4.468
10p ordinary	Sale	215	4.444
10p ordinary	Sale	228	4.402
10p ordinary	Sale	271	4.402
10p ordinary	Sale	301	4.426
10p ordinary	Sale	336	4.474
10p ordinary	Sale	347	4.474
10p ordinary	Sale	366	4.436
10p ordinary	Sale	416	4.47
10p ordinary	Sale	443	4.466
10p ordinary	Sale	466	4.472
10p ordinary	Sale	468	4.476
10p ordinary	Sale	492	4.436
10p ordinary	Sale	546	4.464
10p ordinary	Sale	550	4.474
10p ordinary	Sale	560	4.476
10p ordinary	Sale	629	4.47
10p ordinary	Sale	661	4.472
10p ordinary	Sale	683	4.468
10p ordinary	Sale	725	4.474
10p ordinary	Sale	772	4.436
10p ordinary	Sale	778	4.466
10p ordinary	Sale	778	4.476
10p ordinary	Sale	807	4.472
10p ordinary	Sale	843	4.426
10p ordinary	Sale	857	4.47
10p ordinary	Sale	862	4.47
10p ordinary	Sale	956	4.476
10p ordinary	Sale	1,021	4.402
10p ordinary	Sale	1,118	4.444
10p ordinary	Sale	1,131	4.474
10p ordinary	Sale	1,132	4.472
10p ordinary	Sale	1,132	4.476
10p ordinary	Sale	1,133	4.47
10p ordinary	Sale	1,142	4.438
10p ordinary	Sale	1,144	4.42
10p ordinary	Sale	1,144	4.42
10p ordinary	Sale	1,144	4.44
10p ordinary	Sale	1,148	4.402
10p ordinary	Sale	1,148	4.408
10p ordinary	Sale	1,149	4.4
10p ordinary	Sale	1,149	4.402
10p ordinary	Sale	1,149	4.404
10p ordinary	Sale	1,150	4.398
10p ordinary	Sale	1,150	4.402
10p ordinary	Sale	1,166	4.454
10p ordinary	Sale	1,272	4.478
10p ordinary	Sale	1,273	4.472
10p ordinary	Sale	1,273	4.472
10p ordinary	Sale	1,273	4.472
10p ordinary	Sale	1,282	4.438
10p ordinary	Sale	1,283	4.436
10p ordinary	Sale	1,283	4.438
10p ordinary	Sale	1,285	4.43
10p ordinary	Sale	1,286	4.426
10p ordinary	Sale	1,286	4.426
10p ordinary	Sale	1,286	4.426
10p ordinary	Sale	1,286	4.426
10p ordinary	Sale	1,286	4.428
10p ordinary	Sale	1,287	4.422
10p ordinary	Sale	1,291	4.406
10p ordinary	Sale	1,291	4.406
10p ordinary	Sale	1,291	4.408
10p ordinary	Sale	1,292	4.402
10p ordinary	Sale	1,292	4.404
10p ordinary	Sale	1,293	4.398
10p ordinary	Sale	1,294	4.402
10p ordinary	Sale	1,306	4.47
10p ordinary	Sale	1,340	4.476
10p ordinary	Sale	1,340	4.476
10p ordinary	Sale	1,340	4.478
10p ordinary	Sale	1,351	4.47
10p ordinary	Sale	1,618	4.422
10p ordinary	Sale	2,553	4.416
10p ordinary	Sale	2,739	4.474
10p ordinary	Sale	3,549	4.474
10p ordinary	Sale	3,554	4.418
10p ordinary	Sale	5,227	4.474
10p ordinary	Sale	5,313	4.43
10p ordinary	Sale	15,000	4.416
10p ordinary	Sale	1,372	4.474
10p ordinary	Sale	1,418	4.474
10p ordinary	Sale	2,325	4.474
10p ordinary	Sale	2,444	4.474
10p ordinary	Sale	4,185	4.474
10p ordinary	Sale	4,299	4.474
10p ordinary	Sale	22,561	4.474
10p ordinary	Sale	34,787	4.474
10p ordinary	Sale	11,301	4.47407
10p ordinary	Sale	1,134	4.42
10p ordinary	Sale	641	4.416
10p ordinary	Sale	767	4.406
10p ordinary	Sale	767	4.41
10p ordinary	Sale	113	4.418
10p ordinary	Sale	714	4.414
10p ordinary	Sale	192	4.41
10p ordinary	Sale	83	4.408
10p ordinary	Sale	767	4.404
10p ordinary	Sale	767	4.404
10p ordinary	Sale	767	4.404
10p ordinary	Sale	767	4.412

(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
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	10	4.478
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2	4.476
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	22	4.474

(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

(ii)        Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit

(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)

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"
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"
None

(c)        Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?	NO

###### Date of disclosure:	22/07/2024
###### Contact name:	Paul Jenkins
###### Telephone number:	+44 20 7676 6969

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

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