BRD - Groupe Societe Generale S.A.

Transaction in Own Shares • Jan 21, 2025

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 1618U

Societe Generale SA

21 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	20/01/2025
(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:	8,710,250	0.33	14,393,486	0.54
(2)  Cash-settled derivatives:	15,421,569	0.58	1,827,363	0.07
(3)  Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	24,131,819	0.90	16,220,849	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	6,796	4.94274
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	382	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,738	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	341	4.943
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	33	4.934
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	141	4.933
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	174	4.955
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	316	4.945
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	370	4.933
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	497	4.93
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	498	4.945
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	513	4.955
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	524	4.945
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	620	4.946
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	622	4.949
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	696	4.945
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	706	4.955
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,007	4.944
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	28	4.937
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	60	4.949
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	550	4.929
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	981	4.945
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	4.944
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	40	4.9335
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	427	4.9335
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	522	4.9405
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	14	4.947
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	19	4.945
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	19	4.945
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	20	4.944
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	21	4.947
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	22	4.935
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	22	4.949
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	23	4.944
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	34	4.949
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	38	4.944
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	97	4.957
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	109	4.958
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	112	4.936
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	113	4.945
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	163	4.95
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	352	4.936
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	352	4.944
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	380	4.95
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	382	4.958
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	436	4.948
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	464	4.937
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	488	4.944
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	515	4.961
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	517	4.945
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	595	4.935
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	603	4.938
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	666	4.96
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	686	4.951
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	691	4.949
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	703	4.946
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	735	4.95
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	741	4.93
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	755	4.938
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	783	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	819	4.937
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	900	4.957
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	927	4.959
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	932	4.928
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,010	4.931
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,083	4.955
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,203	4.933
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,299	4.929
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,339	4.933
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,546	4.943
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	4.928
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	4.933
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	4.937
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	4.944
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	4.947
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,684	4.955
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	200	4.93
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	423	4.93
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	483	4.948
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	623	4.931
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	19	4.937
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	38	4.948
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	42	4.943
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	50	4.956
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	57	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	68	4.957
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	100	4.939
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	112	4.946
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	139	4.936
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	176	4.956
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	191	4.943
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	194	4.948
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	208	4.941
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	213	4.946
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	368	4.948
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	606	4.936
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	650	4.943
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	668	4.956
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	686	4.943
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	716	4.946
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	741	4.941
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	812	4.958
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	888	4.948
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	897	4.943
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	928	4.939
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	952	4.952
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,028	4.936
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,029	4.932
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,030	4.928
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,030	4.929
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,030	4.93
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,059	4.948
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,094	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,136	4.948
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,152	4.952
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,176	4.934
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,200	4.941
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,205	4.945
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,235	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,301	4.955
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,409	4.944
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,537	4.936
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,567	4.952
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,712	4.931
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,488	4.945
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,500	4.93
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,500	4.93
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,003	4.937
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,008	4.954
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,043	4.941
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6,111	4.948
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	25,000	4.944
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	30,000	4.954
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	132	4.94516
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	340	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	543	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	830	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	855	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,355	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,461	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,461	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,538	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,706	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,722	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	1,829	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	2,199	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,113	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,567	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	4,481	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	4,843	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	4,974	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5,085	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5,104	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5,303	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	5,965	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	6,566	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	7,503	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	7,503	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	7,503	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	7,503	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	73,616	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	53,713	4.942
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit EUR
32 17/19p ordinary	Purchase	3,171	5.8481
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	218	4.95259
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	537	4.94793
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	33	4.93788
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	36	4.93389
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	313	4.94192
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	1,524	4.95613
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	416	4.94053
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	2	4.9361
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	284	4.937
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6	4.951
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.951
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.953
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.959
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	20	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	155	4.956
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	10	4.932
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	11	4.944
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	119	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.954
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	175	4.935
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.939
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.951
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	18	4.944
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.961
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	40	4.95
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.952
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.938
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	192	4.954
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	134	4.941
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.955
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	62	4.959
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	45	4.949
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	68	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	19	4.956
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	178	4.953
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.943
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	332	4.951
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.952
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	14	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	208	4.949
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	40	4.941
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	285	4.933
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	313	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	134	4.95
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	112	4.959
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.947
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	26	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.943
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	347	4.936
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	117	4.941
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	235	4.951
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	235	4.951
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	70	4.96
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.939
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.953
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	175	4.936
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	49	4.953
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	212	4.957
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.948
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.951
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	244	4.934
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	206	4.952
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	175	4.937
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	70	4.96
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	235	4.951
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	6	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.943
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	57	4.941
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	192	4.953
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.953
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.939
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	175	4.933
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.959
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	226	4.949
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	124	4.945
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.939
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.957
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	314	4.939
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	315	4.947
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	16	4.947
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.959
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	317	4.941
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	213	4.957
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.949
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	37	4.9425
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	144	4.945
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	124	4.945
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	21	4.947
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.954
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	5	4.944
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	192	4.945
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	175	4.935
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.952
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.958
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.96
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	175	4.929
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	316	4.945
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.948
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	175	4.938
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	169	4.944
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	51	4.95
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	247	4.948
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.945
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	117	4.947
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.953
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.95
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.941
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.949
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.943
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	314	4.95
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.945
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	144	4.945
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.959
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	87	4.952
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.958
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.95
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	192	4.953
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.958
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	318	4.939
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	175	4.935
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	76	4.945
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	192	4.957
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	313	4.934
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	123	4.95
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	40	4.945
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	498	4.932
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	317	4.948
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.938
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	175	4.937
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.957
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	175	4.938
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.938
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	319	4.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	87	4.952
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.949
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	12,695	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.953
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	174	4.946
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	3,171	4.9437
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	341	4.943
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	73,616	4.942
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	53,713	4.942
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit EUR
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	517	5.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	900	5.9
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	900	5.94
32 17/19p ordinary	Sale	850	5.9

(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	Reducing a short position	34,917	4.9441568172
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1,524	4.956129
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	537	4.947942
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	416	4.94053
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	313	4.94053
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	218	4.952604
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	166	4.9481913948
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	36	4.933997
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	33	4.937973
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	2	4.936101
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	382	4.9427413
32 17/19p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	6,796	4.94274132

(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:	21/01/2025
###### Contact name:	Paul Jenkins
###### Telephone number:	+44 20 7676 6969

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