Société Générale — M&A Activity 2021

Mar 24, 2021

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 3028T

Societe Generale SA

24 March 2021

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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	23/03/2021

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	553,091	0.43	4,511	0.00
(2) Derivatives (other than options)	1,437	0.00	327,743	0.25
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell	0	0.00	0	0.00
Total	*1,478,492	*1.15	332,254	0.26

* Include the holding of shares 923,964 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	13	221.44
Purchase	5	221.72
Purchase	18	221.71
Purchase	21	222.2
Purchase	18	222.29
Purchase	18	222.31
Purchase	13	221.72
Purchase	5	221.83
Purchase	18	222.16
Purchase	18	222.02
Purchase	21	222.14
Purchase	21	222.39
Purchase	20	221.83
Purchase	15	222.03
Purchase	18	222.56
Purchase	25	221.93
Purchase	25	222.56
Purchase	18	221.82
Purchase	25	221.81
Purchase	3	222.03
Purchase	18	221.74
Purchase	18	222.5
Purchase	18	221.9
Purchase	18	222.3
Purchase	18	222.43
Purchase	18	222.43
Purchase	18	222.47
Purchase	18	221.74
Purchase	18	222.69
Purchase	18	221.67
Purchase	18	222.66
Purchase	18	222.61
Purchase	18	222.55
Purchase	18	222.54
Purchase	18	221.83
Purchase	18	221.79
Purchase	18	221.65
Purchase	570	221.49
Purchase	287	221.49
Purchase	836	221.49
Purchase	304	221.49
Purchase	464	221.49
Purchase	140,000	221.49
Sale	100	221.5
Sale	58	222.85
Sale	94	221.95
Sale	100	222.54
Sale	71	222.52
Sale	29	222.52
Sale	100	221.25
Sale	14	222.26
Sale	86	222.26
Sale	6	221.95
Sale	9	221.44
Sale	38	221.44
Sale	152	221.44
Sale	23	221.49
Sale	100	222.11
Sale	10	221.5
Sale	10	221.53
Total Purchases	143,105
Total Sales	1,000

(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)
CFD	Increased Short	140,000	221.49

(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)

(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)                                            No

Date of disclosure	24/03/2021
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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