Société Générale — M&A Activity 2020

Jun 24, 2020

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RNS Number : 9331Q

Societe Generale SA

24 June 2020

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FORM 8.3

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2013

DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

1.       KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing (Note 1)	Société Générale S.A.
Company dealt in	Willis Towers Watson plc
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)	US$0.000304635 ordinary shares
Date of dealing	23/06/2020

2.         INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS

(a)        Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3)

	Long		Short
Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1) Relevant securities	256,976	0.20	9,784	0.01
(2) Derivatives (other than options)	88	0.00	13,066	0.01
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell	20,900	0.02	0	0.00
Total	*1,121,252	*0.87	22,850	0.02

* Include the holding of 843,288 shares on borrow products

(b)        Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:	Long		Short
	Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1) Relevant securities
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total

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1.       DEALINGS (Note 4)

(a)      Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale	Number of relevant securities	Price per unit USD (Note 5)
Purchase	14	194.88
Purchase	6	194.88
Purchase	80	194.88
Purchase	18	194.95
Purchase	5	194.95
Purchase	17	194.95
Purchase	60	194.95
Purchase	1,300	193.98
Purchase	117	195.42
Purchase	100	193.98
Purchase	86	193.98
Sale	100	194.83
Sale	100	194.56
Sale	80	194.33
Sale	20	194.33
Sale	100	194.9
Sale	2	195.42
Sale	100	194.02
Sale	14	193.98
Sale	100	193.98
Sale	406	193.98
Sale	702	193.98
Sale	100	193.98
Sale	86	193.98
Total Purchases	1,803
Total Sales	1,910

(b)      Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)

Product name, e.g. CFD	Nature of transaction (Note 6)	Number of relevant securities (Note 7)	Price per unit USD (Note 5)

(c)      Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities

(i)       Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name, e.g. call option	Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc.	Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 7)	Exercise price	Type, e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/received per unit (Note 5)
Listed Call Option	Purchasing	10,500	200	American	17/07/2020	2.96
Listed Call Option	Purchasing	10,400	210	American	21/08/2020	2.50

(ii)      Exercising

Product name, e.g. call option	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit (Note 5)

(d)      Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 4)

Nature of transaction (Note 8)	Details	Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5)

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2.       OTHER INFORMATION

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the 

voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition 

or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.

Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9)                                            Yes

Date of disclosure	24/06/2020
Contact name	Société Générale - Disclosure team
Telephone number	+33 1 42 14 92 74
If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10)

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SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.1 AND RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL 

ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2013

DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS

(This form should be attached to Form 8.1(a) & (b)(i), Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate)

OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1)

Product name, e.g. call option	Written, or purchased	Number of relevant securities to which the option or derivative relates	Exercise price (Note 2)	Type, e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date
Listed Call Option	Purchased	10,500	200	American options	17/07/2020
Listed Call Option	Purchased	10,400	210	American options	21/08/2020

Notes

1.          Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFDs), full details should be given. 

Full details of any existing agreements to purchase or to sell must also be given on this form.

2.          For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated.

For full details of disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 of the 

Rules. If in doubt, consult the Panel.

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