BRD - Groupe Societe Generale S.A.

Major Shareholding Notification • Dec 31, 2024

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 7414R

Societe Generale SA

31 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	30/12/2024
(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:	4,214,025	0.16	7,430,053	0.28
(2)  Cash-settled derivatives:	7,151,892	0.27	333,366	0.01
(3)  Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	11,365,917	0.42	7,763,419	0.29

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	1,933	4.63365
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	8,052	4.65372
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	81	4.651
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	45	4.647
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	9	4.649
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	46	4.649
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	77	4.649
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	47	4.649
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	46	4.647
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	106	4.647
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	80	4.651
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	458	4.6305
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	458	4.6305
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	798	4.6325
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	798	4.6325
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,286	4.6305
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,286	4.6305
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1	4.638
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	468	4.634
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	553	4.634
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	893	4.638
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	567	4.631
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	671	4.634
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	65	4.631
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	85	4.631
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	97	4.634
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	103	4.631
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	116	4.634
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	147	4.627
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	229	4.631
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	240	4.631
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	269	4.631
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	315	4.637
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	455	4.631
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	468	4.631
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	778	4.631
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	805	4.631
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	887	4.637
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	928	4.627
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,073	4.632
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,073	4.633
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,075	4.63
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,460	4.634
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,671	4.631
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	29	4.638
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	177	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,753	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	12,338	4.6384
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	83,020	4.6384
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	29,243	4.6384
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.631
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	126	4.639
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.627
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.629
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	102	4.627
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	126	4.652
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	59	4.627
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.626
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	229	4.626
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	126	4.638
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	196	4.631
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.624
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	171	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	229	4.627
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	210	4.625
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	126	4.639
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	231	4.641
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	69	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	229	4.626
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.625
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,109	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.627
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2	4.627
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	88	4.622
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	100	4.623
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	29	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	254	4.631
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	56	4.6405
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,335	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	124	4.621
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	126	4.639
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.63
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	208	4.621
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.635
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	126	4.641
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.633
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.63
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	29	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	126	4.638
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	126	4.639
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	39	4.622
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	205	4.644
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	126	4.645
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	126	4.641
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	126	4.642
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	126	4.637
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.621
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.621
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.635
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.629
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	126	4.637
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	126	4.64
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	95	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	229	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	188	4.632
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	83	4.623
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	23	4.623
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	23	4.627
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	20	4.632
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	180	4.627
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	208	4.625
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1	4.632
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	142	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	126	4.639
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.63
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.634
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	208	4.625
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	229	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	32	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	107	4.632
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	83	4.623
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	229	4.627
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	126	4.65
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	126	4.637
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.631
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	322	4.626
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	159	4.637
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.623
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	8,984	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	29	4.638
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	229	4.624
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	249	4.646
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.623
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.625
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	126	4.638
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	250	4.64
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.632
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	27	4.622
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	133	4.624
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	416	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	86	4.624
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.631
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.623
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	126	4.645
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.621
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.629
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	191	4.624
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	126	4.639
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	126	4.637
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	126	4.638
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	127	4.624
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	83	4.627
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	146	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	126	4.649
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	126	4.636
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	3	4.621
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	18	4.621
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	23	4.621
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	26	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	48	4.644
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	54	4.649
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	55	4.619
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	73	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	74	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	89	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	92	4.629
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	93	4.649
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	183	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	244	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	296	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	299	4.619
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	344	4.619
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	406	4.619
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	415	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	419	4.629
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	442	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	463	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	502	4.621
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	524	4.633
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	529	4.644
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	530	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	541	4.649
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	164	4.636
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	240	4.63
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	512	4.636
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	713	4.636
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,007	4.638
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,056	4.621
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,234	4.626
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,888	4.63
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6	4.639
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6	4.634
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6	4.64
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6	4.639
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6	4.642
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6	4.637
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6	4.627
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6	4.627
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6	4.641
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6	4.627
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6	4.645
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6	4.641
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6	4.637
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	3	4.639
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6	4.638
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6	4.628
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6	4.639
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6	4.639
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6	4.639
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	106	4.647
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	45	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	473	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	604	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	689	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	745	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	780	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	811	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	834	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,690	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,713	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,919	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,051	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,523	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,523	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,524	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,628	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,759	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,804	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,804	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,804	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	4,787	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6,350	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	13,253	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,023,551	4.639
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	177	4.655
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,753	4.655

(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	83,020	4.6384152
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	29,243	4.63841535
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	25,281	4.6412351349
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	12,338	4.63841546
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	2,335	4.65430175
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	416	4.65430175
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	537	4.6511827112
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	1,933	4.63364967
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	8,052	4.65372148

(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:	31/12/2024
###### Contact name:	Paul Jenkins
###### Telephone number:	+44 20 7676 6969

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