BRD - Groupe Societe Generale S.A.

Major Shareholding Notification • Nov 6, 2024

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 1924L

Societe Generale SA

06 November 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	International Paper Company
(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	05/11/2024
(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: Smith (DS) 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:	common stock
	Interests		Short positions
Number	%	Number	%
(1)  Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	454,627	0.13	379,513	0.11
(2)  Cash-settled derivatives:	142,064	0.04	925	0.00
(3)  Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	17,200	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	613,891	0.18	380,438	0.11

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 USD
common stock	Purchase	900	57.56
common stock	Purchase	100	57.42
common stock	Purchase	100	57.43
common stock	Purchase	100	57.52
common stock	Purchase	100	57.54
common stock	Purchase	100	57.59
common stock	Purchase	100	57.59
common stock	Purchase	100	57.6
common stock	Purchase	100	57.72
common stock	Purchase	100	57.6
common stock	Purchase	100	57.58
common stock	Purchase	100	57.6
common stock	Purchase	1	57.52
common stock	Purchase	2	57.72
common stock	Purchase	5	57.53
common stock	Purchase	14	57.4
common stock	Purchase	37	57.52
common stock	Purchase	86	57.4
common stock	Purchase	95	57.53
common stock	Purchase	98	57.72
common stock	Purchase	99	57.52
common stock	Purchase	100	57.49
common stock	Purchase	100	57.52
common stock	Purchase	100	57.57
common stock	Purchase	100	57.58
common stock	Purchase	100	57.59
common stock	Purchase	100	57.62
common stock	Purchase	100	57.74
common stock	Purchase	100	57.74
common stock	Purchase	1,249	56.6748
common stock	Purchase	76	57.56
common stock	Purchase	2,647	57.56
common stock	Purchase	200	57.57
common stock	Purchase	100	56.9
common stock	Purchase	200	57.57
common stock	Purchase	51	57.56
common stock	Purchase	249	57.56
common stock	Purchase	129	57.56
common stock	Purchase	44	57.56
common stock	Purchase	1	57.22
common stock	Purchase	5	57.41
common stock	Purchase	6	57.39
common stock	Purchase	9	57.13
common stock	Purchase	10	57.39
common stock	Purchase	12	57.62
common stock	Purchase	18	57.22
common stock	Purchase	31	57.22
common stock	Purchase	41	57.41
common stock	Purchase	46	57.41
common stock	Purchase	46	57.53
common stock	Purchase	50	57.14
common stock	Purchase	50	57.14
common stock	Purchase	50	57.15
common stock	Purchase	50	57.22
common stock	Purchase	84	57.39
common stock	Purchase	86	57.1
common stock	Purchase	88	57.62
common stock	Purchase	100	57.13
common stock	Purchase	100	57.2
common stock	Purchase	100	57.2
common stock	Purchase	100	57.2
common stock	Purchase	100	57.21
common stock	Purchase	100	57.35
common stock	Purchase	100	57.42
common stock	Purchase	100	57.51
common stock	Purchase	100	57.51
common stock	Purchase	100	57.51
common stock	Purchase	100	57.51
common stock	Purchase	100	57.53
common stock	Purchase	100	57.53
common stock	Purchase	100	57.55
common stock	Purchase	100	57.55
common stock	Purchase	100	57.55
common stock	Purchase	100	57.55
common stock	Purchase	100	57.57
common stock	Purchase	141	57.14
common stock	Purchase	200	57.45
common stock	Purchase	200	57.58
common stock	Purchase	214	57.1
common stock	Purchase	300	57.21
common stock	Purchase	400	57.21
common stock	Purchase	100	57.21
common stock	Purchase	615	57.50422
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit EUR
common stock	Purchase	100	52.65
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
common stock	Sale	74	57.55
common stock	Sale	100	57.45
common stock	Sale	1	57.45
common stock	Sale	1	57.45
common stock	Sale	1	57.46
common stock	Sale	1	57.47
common stock	Sale	1	57.6
common stock	Sale	1	57.6
common stock	Sale	1	57.73
common stock	Sale	1	57.73
common stock	Sale	2	57.25
common stock	Sale	2	57.3
common stock	Sale	2	57.3
common stock	Sale	2	57.38
common stock	Sale	2	57.39
common stock	Sale	2	57.41
common stock	Sale	2	57.42
common stock	Sale	2	57.44
common stock	Sale	2	57.45
common stock	Sale	2	57.45
common stock	Sale	2	57.46
common stock	Sale	2	57.47
common stock	Sale	2	57.5
common stock	Sale	2	57.51
common stock	Sale	2	57.52
common stock	Sale	2	57.52
common stock	Sale	2	57.53
common stock	Sale	2	57.53
common stock	Sale	2	57.53
common stock	Sale	2	57.54
common stock	Sale	2	57.55
common stock	Sale	2	57.57
common stock	Sale	2	57.58
common stock	Sale	2	57.58
common stock	Sale	2	57.58
common stock	Sale	2	57.59
common stock	Sale	2	57.59
common stock	Sale	2	57.6
common stock	Sale	2	57.6
common stock	Sale	2	57.63
common stock	Sale	2	57.63
common stock	Sale	2	57.64
common stock	Sale	2	57.66
common stock	Sale	2	57.66
common stock	Sale	2	57.74
common stock	Sale	2	57.77
common stock	Sale	100	57.41
common stock	Sale	897	57.41
common stock	Sale	400	56.9
common stock	Sale	2,600	57.56
common stock	Sale	100	57.5
common stock	Sale	5	57.56
common stock	Sale	20	56.84
common stock	Sale	80	56.84
common stock	Sale	95	57.56
common stock	Sale	98	56.84
common stock	Sale	100	57.56
common stock	Sale	100	57.56
common stock	Sale	100	57.605
common stock	Sale	110	57.497
common stock	Sale	49	56.75
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit EUR
common stock	Sale	1,249	52.0913

(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 USD
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	267	57.55898876
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	278	57.55748201
common stock	CFD	Reducing a long position	76	57.562
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	80	57.50776524

(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?	YES

###### Date of disclosure:	06/11/2024
###### 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.

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk .

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

DETAILS OF OPEN STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVE (INCLUDING OPTION) POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.         KEY INFORMATION

Full name of person making disclosure:	SOCIETE GENERALE SA
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:	International Paper Company

2.         STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Written or purchased	Number of securities to which option or derivative relates	Exercise price per unit USD	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date
common stock	Listed Put Option	Written	17,200	25	American	17/01/2025

3.         AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:

It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to cash-settled derivatives.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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