BRD - Groupe Societe Generale S.A.

Major Shareholding Notification • Oct 31, 2024

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Societe Generale SA

31 October 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	Hargreaves Lansdown 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	30/10/2024
(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"	N/A

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:	0.4p ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
Number	%	Number	%
(1)  Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	19,440,878	4.10	5,625	0.00
(2)  Cash-settled derivatives:	30	0.00	9,315,812	1.96
(3)  Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	19,440,908	4.10	9,321,437	1.97

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
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	101	10.86
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	74	10.87
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	88	10.87
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	139	10.875
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	151	10.87
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	161	10.88
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	179	10.87
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	196	10.88
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	334	10.88
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	516	10.88
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	537	10.88
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	555	10.87
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	579	10.875
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	597	10.87
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	606	10.88
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	615	10.88
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	615	10.88
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	780	10.875
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	1,000	10.875
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	3,987	10.87
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	23,014	10.875
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	23,047	10.87
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	183	10.86
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	245	10.86
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	414	10.86
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	2,161	10.86
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	4,682	10.86
0.4p ordinary	Purchase	1,354	10.86
0.4p ordinary	Sale	255,224	10.86
0.4p ordinary	Sale	107	10.865
0.4p ordinary	Sale	117	10.865
0.4p ordinary	Sale	136	10.865
0.4p ordinary	Sale	157	10.865
0.4p ordinary	Sale	195	10.865
0.4p ordinary	Sale	207	10.865
0.4p ordinary	Sale	226	10.865
0.4p ordinary	Sale	241	10.865
0.4p ordinary	Sale	302	10.865
0.4p ordinary	Sale	386	10.865
0.4p ordinary	Sale	1,017	10.865
0.4p ordinary	Sale	1,021	10.885
0.4p ordinary	Sale	3,153	10.865
0.4p ordinary	Sale	1	10.87
0.4p ordinary	Sale	3,145	10.885
0.4p ordinary	Sale	6,870	10.87
0.4p ordinary	Sale	142	10.88
0.4p ordinary	Sale	737	10.885
0.4p ordinary	Sale	1,002	10.885
0.4p ordinary	Sale	117	10.87
0.4p ordinary	Sale	461	10.88
0.4p ordinary	Sale	566	10.87
0.4p ordinary	Sale	2,086	10.87
0.4p ordinary	Sale	3,873	10.86
0.4p ordinary	Sale	10,578	10.86
0.4p ordinary	Sale	16,841	10.87
0.4p ordinary	Sale	22,969	10.865
0.4p ordinary	Sale	12	10.905
0.4p ordinary	Sale	155	10.905
0.4p ordinary	Sale	35	10.905
0.4p ordinary	Sale	111	10.905
0.4p ordinary	Sale	91	10.905
0.4p ordinary	Sale	1,354	10.86
0.4p ordinary	Sale	374	10.865
0.4p ordinary	Sale	249	10.865
0.4p ordinary	Sale	655	10.865

(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
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	101	10.86
0.4p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	255,224	10.86

(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:	31/10/2024
###### 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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