BRD - Groupe Societe Generale S.A.

Transaction in Own Shares • Jan 17, 2025

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RNS Number : 7660T

Societe Generale SA

17 January 2025

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	16/01/2025
(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:	6,401,443	0.24	11,639,351	0.43
(2)  Cash-settled derivatives:	14,606,810	0.55	1,863,401	0.07
(3)  Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	21,008,253	0.78	13,502,752	0.50

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	8,757	4.91798
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	25,513	4.91774
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	43,811	4.877
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	54,763	4.877
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	54,763	4.877
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	54,763	4.8695
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	141	4.886
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	145	4.889
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	176	4.889
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	249	4.892
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	324	4.876
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	331	4.892
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	347	4.892
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	391	4.889
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	418	4.889
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	436	4.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	438	4.891
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	541	4.888
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	558	4.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	624	4.869
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	626	4.866
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	639	4.876
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	671	4.892
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	678	4.919
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	731	4.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,032	4.87
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,532	4.883
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	4.864
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	4.887
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	423	4.886
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	454	4.896
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1	4.915
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	35	4.87
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	113	4.885
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	234	4.877
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	363	4.866
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	384	4.885
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	399	4.914
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	456	4.898
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	456	4.898
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	463	4.884
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	468	4.865
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	520	4.895
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	547	4.9
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	555	4.898
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	686	4.885
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	686	4.885
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	697	4.866
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	703	4.865
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	711	4.87
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	711	4.87
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	758	4.885
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	821	4.884
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	866	4.895
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	947	4.9
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,003	4.914
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,059	4.877
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,273	4.883
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,326	4.913
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,344	4.865
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,350	4.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,378	4.917
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,386	4.897
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,403	4.915
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,409	4.881
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,530	4.897
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,700	4.912
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	252	4.89306
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	538	4.865
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	145	4.865
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	617	4.865
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,264	4.863
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2	4.865
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	962	4.865
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,359	4.917
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit EUR
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,787	5.8408
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.885
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.872
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.874
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	64	4.915
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	199	4.919
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.883
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	200	4.908
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	200	4.899
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.909
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	363	4.893
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	65	4.865
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.872
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.885
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	200	4.895
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	43	4.887
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.872
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.907
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	57	4.888
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	184	4.896
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	211	4.896
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	200	4.898
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	200	4.901
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	200	4.895
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	361	4.87
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.871
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	180	4.9
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	16	4.914
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	16	4.914
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	200	4.892
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.872
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	124	4.886
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.87
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.877
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	200	4.895
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	222	4.872
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	81	4.873
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	200	4.91
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.872
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.871
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.889
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	211	4.873
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.88
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	143	4.886
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	29	4.886
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	180	4.9
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	141	4.867
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	40	4.876
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.91
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	250	4.857
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.869
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	220	4.867
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	200	4.903
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	199	4.909
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	96	4.885
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.87
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.886
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	29	4.886
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	16,056	4.917
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	137	4.865
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	30	4.915
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	200	4.897
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	200	4.898
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.881
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	147	4.882
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	14	4.914
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	171	4.909
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.874
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.876
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.887
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	81	4.873
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	100	4.914
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.876
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,278	4.917
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	44	4.915
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.877
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	88	4.887
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	202	4.873
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.871
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.877
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	269	4.865
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	330	4.865
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.87
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.889
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	200	4.893
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	219	4.913
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	246	4.85
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	135	4.885
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	270	4.879
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	202	4.868
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.869
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.877
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	209	4.865
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	200	4.901
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.889
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	202	4.9
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.888
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.883
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	8	4.914
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	317	4.875
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	330	4.865
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	323	4.915
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	148	4.915
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.877
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	202	4.848
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.873
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	202	4.865
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.886
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.891
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	270	4.894
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.887
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	353	4.908
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.867
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	100	4.914
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	200	4.904
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	200	4.895
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.876
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.874
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	183	4.896
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	130	4.887
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	200	4.913
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.871
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	280	4.91
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.896
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	135	4.885
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	185	4.894
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.872
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	9	4.908
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	219	4.915
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.869
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	200	4.9
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	133	4.871
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.885
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.891
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	200	4.904
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	200	4.913
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	200	4.898
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	201	4.884
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	97	4.896
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	189	4.886
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	103	4.896
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	54,763	4.9085
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,787	4.9162
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	189	4.869
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	224	4.869
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	317	4.869
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	322	4.87
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	324	4.87
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	343	4.869
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	421	4.869
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	428	4.87
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	625	4.869
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	634	4.87
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	685	4.869
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	10,000	4.87
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	15,000	4.87
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	24,366	4.87
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	46,122	4.869
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,019	4.878
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	100	4.877
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	223	4.913
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	382	4.874
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	716	4.875
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	759	4.874
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	762	4.877
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,684	4.9
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	818	4.879
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	867	4.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	898	4.878
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,139	4.871
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,301	4.879
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,570	4.9135
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,793	4.9175
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	828	4.879
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	320	4.909
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	459	4.876
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	465	4.91
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	486	4.913
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	745	4.876
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	924	4.913
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,023	4.906
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,029	4.919
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,030	4.916
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,030	4.918
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,034	4.898
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,035	4.893
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,035	4.894
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,035	4.895
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,035	4.896
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,035	4.897
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,038	4.872
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,038	4.878
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,038	4.878
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,039	4.876
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,039	4.878
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,168	4.91
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,500	4.914
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	18,360	4.895
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	7	4.895
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	46	4.897
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	39	4.917
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,068	4.917
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,849	4.917
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,318	4.917
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	4,527	4.917
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	4,921	4.917
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	4,996	4.917
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	5,950	4.917
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	5,989	4.917
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	5,989	4.917
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	5,989	4.917
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	5,989	4.917
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	5,990	4.917
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6,845	4.917
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6,845	4.917
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	14,229	4.917
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	3,359	4.917
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit EUR
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	900	5.84
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	900	5.84

(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 short position	8,757	4.91798333
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	25,513	4.91773762
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,278	4.91626245
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	40,516	4.897805992
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	727	4.8846428526

(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:	17/01/2025
###### 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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