BRD - Groupe Societe Generale S.A.

Major Shareholding Notification • Mar 4, 2025

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RNS Number : 3188Z

Societe Generale SA

04 March 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	03/03/2025
(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:	23,483,273	0.88	23,168,686	0.87
(2)  Cash-settled derivatives:	18,486,604	0.69	2,972,782	0.11
(3)  Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	41,969,877	1.57	26,141,468	0.98

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	1,450	5.457
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,374	5.446
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,153	5.398
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,870	5.388
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,945	5.406
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	308	5.452
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	667	5.452
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	331	5.452
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,395	5.434
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	32	5.418
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,390	5.412
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	751	5.418
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	146	5.404
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,633	5.382
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	328	5.454
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	449	5.454
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,326	5.454
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	391	5.454
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,718	5.454
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,276	5.444
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	738	5.452
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1	5.43
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,073	5.406
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	285	5.43
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,001	5.43
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,278	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,776	5.39
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	90	5.45
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,051	5.45
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,460	5.384
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,574	5.394
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	102	5.44
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	710	5.46
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,667	5.446
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	569	5.446
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	330	5.46
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	831	5.46
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	5.446
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,793	5.39
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,042	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	447	5.402
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	421	5.402
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	739	5.402
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	123	5.402
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	263	5.402
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	65	5.402
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	805	5.444
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	234	5.458
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	330	5.452
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	59	5.452
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	236	5.452
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	243	5.452
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	229	5.388
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	207	5.388
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	382	5.458
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	701	5.458
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	475	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	207	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	739	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	680	5.43
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	109	5.45
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	440	5.45
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,119	5.46
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	121	5.46
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	86	5.45
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1	5.45
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	129	5.428
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	125	5.428
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	247	5.428
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	212	5.422
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	121	5.422
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	217	5.422
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	530	5.426
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	739	5.438
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	21	5.426
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	129	5.416
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	847	5.416
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	67	5.416
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	441	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,890	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	961	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5,377	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	244	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	645	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,287	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,704	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5,377	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	4,936	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	30,171	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,500	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,947	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5,017	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,239	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5,824	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,486	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,191	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	21,354	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,876	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5,133	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	824	5.458
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	384	5.458
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	566	5.43
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	421	5.46
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	575	5.436
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	47	5.388
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	544	5.448
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	28	5.403
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	116	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	52	5.402
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	263	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	4	5.396
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	20,647	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5,519,670	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	55	5.402
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	38	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	742	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	41	5.416
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	449	5.42
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	550	5.41
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	68	5.422
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	31	5.41
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,179,327	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	31	5.41
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	26	5.392
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	90	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	108	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	116	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	55	5.402
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	52	5.402
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,317	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2,426	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	742	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	41	5.416
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	160	5.426
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	250	5.402
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	76,107	5.422915
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	263	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	72	5.4
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	425	5.397
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	4	5.396
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	112	5.414
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	18,997	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	20,647	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	42	5.42

(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	Equity Linked Swap	Increasing a long position	1,179,327	5.424
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	76,107	5.42291524
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	2,443	5.4230565234
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	21,607	5.4230565234
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1,212	5.3977275555
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	289	5.4018412966

(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:	04/03/2025
###### 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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