BRD - Groupe Societe Generale S.A.

Major Shareholding Notification • Dec 11, 2024

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 6879P

Societe Generale SA

11 December 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	Aviva 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	10/12/2024
(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: Direct Line Insurance Group plc

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:	32 17/19p ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
Number	%	Number	%
(1)  Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	8,691,465	0.32	4,671,181	0.17
(2)  Cash-settled derivatives:	4,966,689	0.19	104,857	0.00
(3)  Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	13,658,154	0.51%	4,776,038	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
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,279	4.79443
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	238	4.74671
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	28,179	4.75671
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,504	4.74532
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	415	4.74935
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	11,996	4.75609
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	12,361	4.7529
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	27	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	91	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	27	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	161	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	57	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	64	4.795
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	68	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	35	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	44	4.795
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	21	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	21	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	24	4.787
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	24	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	24	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	74	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	350	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	389	4.797
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	483	4.781
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	708	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	722	4.787
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	723	4.746
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	866	4.776
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	446	4.742
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	505	4.742
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	550	4.74
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	156	4.795
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	182	4.795
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	309	4.795
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	346	4.788
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	429	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	431	4.788
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	691	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	733	4.788
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	762	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	821	4.788
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	872	4.76
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,011	4.747
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,161	4.799
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,166	4.789
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,166	4.79
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,166	4.791
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,167	4.787
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,167	4.788
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,167	4.789
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,174	4.747
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,312	4.778
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5,464	4.742
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	822	4.748
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	882	4.745
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	859	4.743
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	828	4.751
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	109	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	357	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	901	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,026	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,213	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,783	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,926	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,021	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,032	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,175	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,407	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,433	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,433	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,433	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,433	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,434	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,434	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,434	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,434	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,924	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	4,268	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	4,370	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	7,547	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	9,010	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	174	4.807
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	535	4.807
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,515,000	4.823
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	323	4.746
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5,941	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6,322	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	603	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	62,637	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	7,328	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5,011	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	40,620	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	45,691	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	13,255	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	12,661	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,665	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,643	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	27,482	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5,641	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	41,561	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	56,000	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	100,000	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	939	4.756
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,557	4.7495
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	874	4.745
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	848	4.745
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,162	4.748
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	900	4.7475
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,700	4.748
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	15	4.743
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	290	4.743
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	375	4.74
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	857	4.751
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	223	4.751
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,906	4.7495
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	924	4.741
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,862	4.7505
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,172	4.7415
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	877	4.751
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	758	4.75
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	592	4.746
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	615	4.74
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	756	4.751
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	223	4.751
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	843	4.751
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	135	4.747
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	904	4.7505
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	300	4.744
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	661	4.744
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,070	4.748
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	826	4.752
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,615	4.742
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	630	4.748
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,868	4.7465
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	842	4.75
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	180	4.744
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	111	4.744
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,766	4.7405
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	826	4.7415
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	350	4.744
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,103	4.7395
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	308	4.744
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	826	4.745
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	446	4.75
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	826	4.745
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	137	4.751
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	723	4.75
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	122	4.751
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	118	4.75
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	551	4.744
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	908	4.748
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	551	4.744
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,227	4.7415
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	826	4.7415
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,103	4.746
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,210	4.7455
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	537	4.744
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	943	4.745
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	464	4.743
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	429	4.743
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,904	4.7475
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	900	4.7435
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,760	4.751
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	831	4.752
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	605	4.751
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	4,538	4.79952
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	899	4.79752
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	18,645	4.7972
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	807	4.79156
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	894	4.79761
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,010	4.79726
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	463	4.74
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,060	4.749
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	323	4.746
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	831	4.752
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	826	4.752
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	857	4.751
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	877	4.751
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	842	4.75
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	843	4.751
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	91	4.796
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	4,527,333	4.823

(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
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	66	4.797602
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	465	4.797602
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	363	4.797602
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	19	4.748852
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	158	4.748569
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	238	4.749897
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	163	4.75609
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1835	4.75609
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	7368	4.75609
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1736	4.75609
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	66	4.75609
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	465	4.75609
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	363	4.75609
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	157	4.79952
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	372	4.79952
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	98	4.79952
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	182	4.79952
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1993	4.79952
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1736	4.79952
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	228	4.745684
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	224	4.745686
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	98	4.745686
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	954	4.745107
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	807	4.791556
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	76	4.768392
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1203	4.796079
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	9689	4.797203
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	954	4.797203
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	8002	4.797203
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	196	4.745976
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	42	4.750129
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	65	4.79752
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	470	4.79752
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	98	4.79752
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	266	4.79752
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	147	4.79725
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1050	4.797257
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	813	4.797256
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1588	4.751005
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	369	4.751637
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	9493	4.753454
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	911	4.750965
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	28179	4.75671316
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	35	4.7567134
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	539	4.79822283

(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:	11/12/2024
###### 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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