BRD - Groupe Societe Generale S.A.

Major Shareholding Notification • Jan 23, 2025

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RNS Number : 4801U

Societe Generale SA

23 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	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	22/01/2025
(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: 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:	29,377,321	2.13	376,157	0.03
(2)  Cash-settled derivatives:	2,539,079	0.18	5,302,918	0.38
(3)  Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	31,916,400	2.31	5,679,075	0.41

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	28,500	5.9986
10p ordinary	Purchase	386	6.005
10p ordinary	Purchase	62	6.01
10p ordinary	Purchase	121	6
10p ordinary	Purchase	55	6.01
10p ordinary	Purchase	108	5.995
10p ordinary	Purchase	373	6.01
10p ordinary	Purchase	71	6
10p ordinary	Purchase	45	6.01
10p ordinary	Purchase	175	6.01
10p ordinary	Purchase	47	6
10p ordinary	Purchase	113	6
10p ordinary	Purchase	234	6.01
10p ordinary	Purchase	70	6
10p ordinary	Purchase	274	6.005
10p ordinary	Purchase	89	6.005
10p ordinary	Purchase	71	6
10p ordinary	Purchase	233	6
10p ordinary	Purchase	87	5.995
10p ordinary	Purchase	193	6.01
10p ordinary	Purchase	63	5.995
10p ordinary	Purchase	69	6.01
10p ordinary	Purchase	111	6.015
10p ordinary	Purchase	55,684	6.005
10p ordinary	Purchase	83,526	6.00999
10p ordinary	Purchase	3	6.04
10p ordinary	Purchase	8	6.04
10p ordinary	Purchase	9	6.04
10p ordinary	Purchase	10	6.04
10p ordinary	Purchase	11	6.04
10p ordinary	Purchase	11	6.04
10p ordinary	Purchase	27	6.04
10p ordinary	Purchase	32	6.04
10p ordinary	Purchase	47	6.04
10p ordinary	Purchase	59	6.04
10p ordinary	Purchase	63	6.04
10p ordinary	Purchase	85	6.22
10p ordinary	Purchase	101	6.04
10p ordinary	Purchase	168	6.04
10p ordinary	Purchase	184	6.04
10p ordinary	Purchase	383	6.04
10p ordinary	Purchase	473	6.22
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,178	6.0062
10p ordinary	Purchase	175	6.01
10p ordinary	Purchase	177	6.015
10p ordinary	Purchase	666	6.015
10p ordinary	Purchase	784	6
10p ordinary	Purchase	842	6.025
10p ordinary	Purchase	843	6.01
10p ordinary	Purchase	843	6.02
10p ordinary	Purchase	844	6.005
10p ordinary	Purchase	844	6.01
10p ordinary	Purchase	952	6.01
10p ordinary	Purchase	972	6
10p ordinary	Purchase	999	6
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,021	6.01
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,118	6
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,552	6.01
10p ordinary	Purchase	10,039	6.01
10p ordinary	Purchase	42	6.01524
10p ordinary	Purchase	428	5.99
10p ordinary	Purchase	781	5.99
10p ordinary	Purchase	797	5.99
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,060	5.99
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,155	5.99
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,636	5.99
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,170	5.99
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,395	5.99
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,444	5.99
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,788	5.99
10p ordinary	Purchase	3,184	5.99
10p ordinary	Purchase	5,568	5.99
10p ordinary	Purchase	5,725	5.99
10p ordinary	Purchase	13,732	5.99
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,254	5.99
10p ordinary	Sale	12,658	5.9888
10p ordinary	Sale	12	6.01
10p ordinary	Sale	13	6.01
10p ordinary	Sale	44	6.055
10p ordinary	Sale	22	6.02
10p ordinary	Sale	173	5.99
10p ordinary	Sale	7	6.01
10p ordinary	Sale	10	6.035
10p ordinary	Sale	27	6.01
10p ordinary	Sale	87	5.995
10p ordinary	Sale	404	5.985
10p ordinary	Sale	588	5.995
10p ordinary	Sale	2,487	6.01
10p ordinary	Sale	38	6.01
10p ordinary	Sale	61	6.01
10p ordinary	Sale	116	6.01
10p ordinary	Sale	256	6.01
10p ordinary	Sale	639	5.995
10p ordinary	Sale	1,348	6.01
10p ordinary	Sale	1,356	6
10p ordinary	Sale	1,521	6.01
10p ordinary	Sale	2,508	6.01
10p ordinary	Sale	695	6.01
10p ordinary	Sale	118	6
10p ordinary	Sale	139	6
10p ordinary	Sale	631	6
10p ordinary	Sale	750	6
10p ordinary	Sale	750	6
10p ordinary	Sale	1,009	6
10p ordinary	Sale	1,054	6.01
10p ordinary	Sale	1,089	6.03
10p ordinary	Sale	1,165	5.985
10p ordinary	Sale	1,185	6
10p ordinary	Sale	1,243	6
10p ordinary	Sale	1,603	6.005
10p ordinary	Sale	1,740	6
10p ordinary	Sale	1,866	6
10p ordinary	Sale	1,882	6.005
10p ordinary	Sale	1,945	6
10p ordinary	Sale	2,108	6.01
10p ordinary	Sale	2,109	6.01
10p ordinary	Sale	2,114	6
10p ordinary	Sale	2,114	6
10p ordinary	Sale	2,115	6
10p ordinary	Sale	2,117	5.995
10p ordinary	Sale	2,118	5.985
10p ordinary	Sale	2,118	5.985
10p ordinary	Sale	304	6.01183
10p ordinary	Sale	2,254	5.99
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit EUR
10p ordinary	Sale	2,178	7.103

(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	Increasing a long position	12,658	5.98880234
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	28,500	5.99859965
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	308	6.0058197711
10p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3,050	6.0071065095

(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:	23/01/2025
###### Contact name:	Paul Jenkins
###### Telephone number:	+44 20 7676 6969

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