BRD - Groupe Societe Generale S.A.

Major Shareholding Notification • Jan 22, 2025

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RNS Number : 3149U

Societe Generale SA

22 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	21/01/2025
(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:	9,054,467	0.34	14,400,116	0.54
(2)  Cash-settled derivatives:	15,421,564	0.58	2,040,293	0.08
(3)  Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	24,476,031	0.91	16,440,409	0.61

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	62,615	4.93785
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5,121	4.93781
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	149,871	4.94099
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	402	4.949
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	492	4.949
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	603	4.949
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	693	4.949
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	18	4.924
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	19	4.924
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	20	4.951
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	22	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.941
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	75	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	97	4.932
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	103	4.947
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	105	4.947
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	108	4.965
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	123	4.92
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	173	4.952
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	179	4.931
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	204	4.938
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	210	4.924
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	248	4.936
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	255	4.931
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	278	4.933
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	295	4.933
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	307	4.953
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	327	4.965
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	346	4.922
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	360	4.925
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	368	4.922
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	403	4.938
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	412	4.932
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	416	4.922
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	420	4.922
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	423	4.936
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	439	4.951
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	448	4.953
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	492	4.927
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	513	4.927
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	516	4.937
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	533	4.943
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	544	4.92
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	547	4.939
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	548	4.941
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	554	4.924
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	556	4.926
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	565	4.931
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	573	4.963
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	578	4.939
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	612	4.925
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	709	4.935
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	733	4.947
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	774	4.922
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	813	4.922
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	846	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	986	4.939
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,040	4.938
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,057	4.941
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,074	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,159	4.93
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,165	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	4.929
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,735	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,775	4.936
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	74	4.951
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	138	4.957
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	206	4.951
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	295	4.957
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	453	4.932
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	495	4.9405
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	534	4.926
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	83	4.957
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	138	4.957
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	167	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	266	4.958
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	448	4.96
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	448	4.961
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	453	4.961
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	469	4.958
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	495	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	518	4.929
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	780	4.938
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	127	4.946
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	127	4.946
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	177	4.929
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	195	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	220	4.931
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	224	4.931
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	322	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	348	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	349	4.924
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	378	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	417	4.929
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	478	4.929
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	482	4.931
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	514	4.929
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	521	4.924
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	641	4.929
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	648	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	667	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	681	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,081	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,084	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,093	4.946
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,117	4.929
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,162	4.923
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,530	4.926
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,301	4.929
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	121	4.932
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	70	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	525	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	691	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	706	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	965	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,021	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,681	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,865	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,621	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,699	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,969	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,047	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,069	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,238	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,594	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	4,123	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	4,204	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5,177	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5,389	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5,762	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6,735	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	8,492	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	676	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,129	4.93742
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	78	4.93828
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	5	4.937
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	49	4.92592
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	482	4.93757
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	116	4.93293
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	670	4.93991
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	610	4.93221
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	68	4.932
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	42	4.932
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	43	4.934
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	64	4.932
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	161	4.933
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	53	4.932
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	106	4.936
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	182	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	676	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	448	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	148	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1	4.949
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	498	4.955

(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	62,615	4.93785
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	5,121	4.93781
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	149,871	4.94099
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	5	4.937
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	2,129	4.93742
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	78	4.93828
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	5	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	49	4.92592
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	482	4.93757
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	116	4.93293
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	670	4.93991
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	610	4.93221
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	68	4.932
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	42	4.932
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	43	4.934
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	64	4.932
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	161	4.933
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	53	4.932
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	106	4.936

(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:	22/01/2025
###### Contact name:	Paul Jenkins
###### Telephone number:	+44 20 7676 6969

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