BRD - Groupe Societe Generale S.A.

Transaction in Own Shares • Sep 23, 2024

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 2440F

Societe Generale SA

23 September 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	20/09/2024
(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:	16,833,176	1.22	144,421	0.01
(2)  Cash-settled derivatives:	73,734	0.01	1,990,595	0.14
(3)  Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	16,906,910	1.22	2,135,016	0.15

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	51	4.772
10p ordinary	Purchase	193	4.684
10p ordinary	Purchase	51	4.782
10p ordinary	Purchase	51	4.782
10p ordinary	Purchase	8	4.796
10p ordinary	Purchase	46	4.784
10p ordinary	Purchase	182	4.772
10p ordinary	Purchase	1	4.794
10p ordinary	Purchase	10	4.79
10p ordinary	Purchase	15	4.792
10p ordinary	Purchase	61	4.78
10p ordinary	Purchase	43	4.766
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,781	4.8
10p ordinary	Purchase	5,561	4.8
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,781	4.8
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,781	4.8
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,781	4.8
10p ordinary	Purchase	8,342	4.8
10p ordinary	Purchase	244	4.758
10p ordinary	Purchase	271	4.758
10p ordinary	Purchase	441	4.788
10p ordinary	Purchase	806	4.788
10p ordinary	Purchase	513	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,186	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	529	4.814
10p ordinary	Purchase	31	4.81
10p ordinary	Purchase	48	4.698
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.762
10p ordinary	Purchase	169	4.792
10p ordinary	Purchase	199	4.766
10p ordinary	Purchase	276	4.824
10p ordinary	Purchase	330	4.724
10p ordinary	Purchase	454	4.688
10p ordinary	Purchase	496	4.792
10p ordinary	Purchase	556	4.792
10p ordinary	Purchase	686	4.792
10p ordinary	Purchase	755	4.688
10p ordinary	Purchase	771	4.71
10p ordinary	Purchase	857	4.792
10p ordinary	Purchase	870	4.724
10p ordinary	Purchase	876	4.784
10p ordinary	Purchase	876	4.786
10p ordinary	Purchase	876	4.79
10p ordinary	Purchase	877	4.784
10p ordinary	Purchase	878	4.778
10p ordinary	Purchase	879	4.776
10p ordinary	Purchase	900	4.824
10p ordinary	Purchase	938	4.816
10p ordinary	Purchase	984	4.814
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,033	4.762
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,047	4.81
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,048	4.81
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,054	4.776
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,058	4.766
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,067	4.722
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,067	4.722
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,069	4.712
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,069	4.714
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,069	4.716
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,070	4.712
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,072	4.694
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,114	4.686
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,145	4.814
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,145	4.816
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,173	4.83
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,174	4.828
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,174	4.83
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,175	4.824
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,175	4.826
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,177	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,179	4.804
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,180	4.8
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,180	4.802
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,180	4.806
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,181	4.794
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,182	4.788
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,182	4.79
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,182	4.79
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,182	4.79
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,182	4.79
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,182	4.792
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,182	4.792
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,183	4.782
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,183	4.784
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,183	4.786
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,183	4.788
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,183	4.79
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,184	4.784
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,185	4.782
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,185	4.784
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,186	4.776
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,186	4.778
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,189	4.766
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,190	4.76
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,198	4.732
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,200	4.722
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,201	4.72
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,204	4.702
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,204	4.71
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,205	4.7
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,205	4.704
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,207	4.692
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,207	4.696
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,209	4.686
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,209	4.686
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,241	4.722
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,245	4.712
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,245	4.714
10p ordinary	Purchase	51	4.79
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,646	4.684
10p ordinary	Purchase	7,145	4.684
10p ordinary	Purchase	2	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	3	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	5	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	5	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	8	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	9	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	11	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	13	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	14	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	21	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	32	4.814
10p ordinary	Purchase	33	4.814
10p ordinary	Purchase	33	4.814
10p ordinary	Purchase	33	4.816
10p ordinary	Purchase	33	4.816
10p ordinary	Purchase	33	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	33	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	33	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	33	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	33	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	33	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	35	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	39	4.824
10p ordinary	Purchase	46	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	49	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	50	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	50	4.824
10p ordinary	Purchase	56	4.816
10p ordinary	Purchase	56	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	66	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	67	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	69	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	69	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	71	4.816
10p ordinary	Purchase	71	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	71	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	72	4.816
10p ordinary	Purchase	72	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	73	4.816
10p ordinary	Purchase	73	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	77	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	84	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	88	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	88	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	92	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	95	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	97	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	101	4.816
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.816
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.816
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.816
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	104	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.816
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.816
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.816
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.816
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.824
10p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.824
10p ordinary	Purchase	107	4.824
10p ordinary	Purchase	109	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	110	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	111	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	118	4.824
10p ordinary	Purchase	132	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	149	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	155	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.816
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.816
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.816
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.816
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.816
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.816
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.816
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.818
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.82
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.822
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.824
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.824
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.824
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.824
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.824
10p ordinary	Purchase	157	4.824
10p ordinary	Purchase	165	4.824
10p ordinary	Purchase	165	4.824
10p ordinary	Purchase	227	4.806
10p ordinary	Purchase	278	4.8
10p ordinary	Purchase	329	4.806
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,112	4.806
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,390	4.8
10p ordinary	Sale	51	4.79
10p ordinary	Sale	25	4.706
10p ordinary	Sale	34	4.816
10p ordinary	Sale	34	4.816
10p ordinary	Sale	34	4.814
10p ordinary	Sale	44	4.816
10p ordinary	Sale	216	4.792
10p ordinary	Sale	48	4.704
10p ordinary	Sale	120	4.818
10p ordinary	Sale	75	4.702
10p ordinary	Sale	152	4.79
10p ordinary	Sale	34	4.816
10p ordinary	Sale	45	4.814
10p ordinary	Sale	22,245	4.6917
10p ordinary	Sale	27,807	4.6917
10p ordinary	Sale	3	4.784
10p ordinary	Sale	28	4.784
10p ordinary	Sale	43	4.784
10p ordinary	Sale	77	4.684
10p ordinary	Sale	91	4.784
10p ordinary	Sale	110	4.784
10p ordinary	Sale	117	4.784
10p ordinary	Sale	278	4.798
10p ordinary	Sale	278	4.804
10p ordinary	Sale	278	4.806
10p ordinary	Sale	281	4.784
10p ordinary	Sale	439	4.784
10p ordinary	Sale	445	4.684
10p ordinary	Sale	479	4.684
10p ordinary	Sale	554	4.8
10p ordinary	Sale	1,112	4.806
10p ordinary	Sale	1,112	4.806
10p ordinary	Sale	1,390	4.8
10p ordinary	Sale	1,390	4.8
10p ordinary	Sale	2,780	4.8
10p ordinary	Sale	2,781	4.684
10p ordinary	Sale	4,171	4.8
10p ordinary	Sale	4,171	4.8
10p ordinary	Sale	5,561	4.684
10p ordinary	Sale	5,561	4.684
10p ordinary	Sale	5,561	4.684
10p ordinary	Sale	5,561	4.684
10p ordinary	Sale	5,561	4.684
10p ordinary	Sale	5,561	4.8
10p ordinary	Sale	5,561	4.8
10p ordinary	Sale	5,561	4.8
10p ordinary	Sale	5,561	4.8
10p ordinary	Sale	5,561	4.8
10p ordinary	Sale	10,568	4.8
10p ordinary	Sale	11,123	4.684
10p ordinary	Sale	11,123	4.684
10p ordinary	Sale	11,123	4.684
10p ordinary	Sale	205	4.706
10p ordinary	Sale	490	4.708
10p ordinary	Sale	599	4.708
10p ordinary	Sale	782	4.706
10p ordinary	Sale	146	4.81
10p ordinary	Sale	344	4.702
10p ordinary	Sale	367	4.73
10p ordinary	Sale	412	4.708
10p ordinary	Sale	417	4.712
10p ordinary	Sale	502	4.712
10p ordinary	Sale	693	4.702
10p ordinary	Sale	783	4.81
10p ordinary	Sale	874	4.804
10p ordinary	Sale	876	4.79
10p ordinary	Sale	877	4.73
10p ordinary	Sale	879	4.784
10p ordinary	Sale	880	4.78
10p ordinary	Sale	892	4.71
10p ordinary	Sale	926	4.814
10p ordinary	Sale	933	4.822
10p ordinary	Sale	940	4.834
10p ordinary	Sale	953	4.706
10p ordinary	Sale	1,058	4.766
10p ordinary	Sale	1,059	4.764
10p ordinary	Sale	1,139	4.818
10p ordinary	Sale	1,162	4.704
10p ordinary	Sale	1,419	4.684
10p ordinary	Sale	175	4.76
10p ordinary	Sale	2,295	4.768
10p ordinary	Sale	850	4.76
10p ordinary	Sale	889	4.772
10p ordinary	Sale	236	4.766
10p ordinary	Sale	1,002	4.77
10p ordinary	Sale	250	4.764
10p ordinary	Sale	2,535	4.766
10p ordinary	Sale	23	4.79339
10p ordinary	Sale	43,708	4.684
10p ordinary	Sale	12,281	4.684
10p ordinary	Sale	83,420	4.806

(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	678	4.7503201108
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	912	4.7856153833
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	34	4.7938494882

(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:	23/09/2024
###### Contact name:	Paul Jenkins
###### Telephone number:	+44 20 7676 6969

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