Société Générale — Major Shareholding Notification 2020

Sep 28, 2020

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RNS Number : 3048A

Societe Generale SA

28 September 2020

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:	Société Générale S.A.
(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	William Hill 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	25/09/2020
(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"	NO

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:	Ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	23,158,228	2.21	43,437	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	401,094	0.04	20,857,878	1.99
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	23,559,322	2.24	20,901,315	1.99

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
Ordinary	Purchase	1,483	2.868
Ordinary	Purchase	275	2.815
Ordinary	Purchase	1,330	2.815
Ordinary	Purchase	11	2.899
Ordinary	Purchase	11	2.925
Ordinary	Purchase	13	2.954
Ordinary	Purchase	11	2.953
Ordinary	Purchase	3	2.894
Ordinary	Purchase	71	3.064
Ordinary	Purchase	296	2.82
Ordinary	Purchase	133	2.857
Ordinary	Purchase	311	2.895
Ordinary	Purchase	2	2.915
Ordinary	Purchase	19	3.019
Ordinary	Purchase	73	3.045
Ordinary	Purchase	3,118	2.91
Ordinary	Purchase	67	3.075
Ordinary	Purchase	5	3.085
Ordinary	Purchase	9	2.907
Ordinary	Purchase	4	3.103
Ordinary	Purchase	9	2.893
Ordinary	Purchase	9	2.867
Ordinary	Purchase	630	2.901
Ordinary	Purchase	132	2.89
Ordinary	Purchase	615	2.973
Ordinary	Purchase	244	2.909
Ordinary	Purchase	145	2.895
Ordinary	Purchase	239	2.9
Ordinary	Purchase	10	2.922
Ordinary	Purchase	282	2.872
Ordinary	Purchase	10	2.95
Ordinary	Purchase	135	2.852
Ordinary	Purchase	297	2.877
Ordinary	Purchase	280	2.887
Ordinary	Purchase	302	2.9
Ordinary	Purchase	10	2.954
Ordinary	Purchase	145	2.859
Ordinary	Purchase	145	2.889
Ordinary	Purchase	101	2.954
Ordinary	Purchase	330	2.9
Ordinary	Purchase	278	2.894
Ordinary	Purchase	285	2.89
Ordinary	Purchase	225	2.89
Ordinary	Purchase	633	2.89
Ordinary	Purchase	286	2.884
Ordinary	Purchase	176	3.094
Ordinary	Purchase	140	2.891
Ordinary	Purchase	69	3.039
Ordinary	Purchase	436	2.9
Ordinary	Purchase	133	2.896
Ordinary	Purchase	300	2.891
Ordinary	Purchase	145	2.897
Ordinary	Purchase	74	2.895
Ordinary	Purchase	291	2.891
Ordinary	Purchase	554	2.9
Ordinary	Purchase	284	2.891
Ordinary	Purchase	210	2.889
Ordinary	Purchase	135	2.896
Ordinary	Purchase	2	2.905
Ordinary	Purchase	50	2.896
Ordinary	Purchase	140	2.889
Ordinary	Purchase	145	2.909
Ordinary	Purchase	292	2.888
Ordinary	Purchase	70	3.064
Ordinary	Purchase	338	2.9
Ordinary	Purchase	153	2.881
Ordinary	Purchase	135	2.881
Ordinary	Purchase	69	3.08
Ordinary	Purchase	633	2.887
Ordinary	Purchase	155	2.915
Ordinary	Purchase	151	2.915
Ordinary	Purchase	145	2.915
Ordinary	Purchase	63	2.909
Ordinary	Purchase	79	3.103
Ordinary	Purchase	71	3.083
Ordinary	Purchase	74	3.022
Ordinary	Purchase	181	2.814
Ordinary	Purchase	135	2.893
Ordinary	Purchase	150	2.904
Ordinary	Purchase	71	2.902
Ordinary	Purchase	182	3.1
Ordinary	Purchase	638	2.865
Ordinary	Purchase	135	2.873
Ordinary	Purchase	46	2.97
Ordinary	Purchase	1	2.97
Ordinary	Purchase	415	2.884
Ordinary	Purchase	166	3.101
Ordinary	Purchase	634	2.882
Ordinary	Purchase	169	3.103
Ordinary	Purchase	28	2.82
Ordinary	Purchase	281	2.849
Ordinary	Purchase	99	2.961
Ordinary	Purchase	160	3.102
Ordinary	Purchase	136	2.885
Ordinary	Purchase	136	2.871
Ordinary	Purchase	436	2.86
Ordinary	Purchase	173	3.091
Ordinary	Purchase	425	2.854
Ordinary	Purchase	190	2.858
Ordinary	Purchase	152	3.098
Ordinary	Purchase	20	3.092
Ordinary	Purchase	312	2.89
Ordinary	Purchase	666	2.895
Ordinary	Purchase	155	3.091
Ordinary	Purchase	231	3.092
Ordinary	Purchase	47	2.994
Ordinary	Purchase	582	2.882
Ordinary	Purchase	328	2.855
Ordinary	Purchase	179	3
Ordinary	Purchase	104	3
Ordinary	Purchase	206	2.831
Ordinary	Purchase	96	3.004
Ordinary	Purchase	282	2.891
Ordinary	Purchase	287	2.821
Ordinary	Purchase	19	2.823
Ordinary	Purchase	3	2.845
Ordinary	Purchase	20	2.909
Ordinary	Purchase	20	3.025
Ordinary	Purchase	10	2.852
Ordinary	Purchase	241	2.906
Ordinary	Purchase	14	2.893
Ordinary	Purchase	3	2.871
Ordinary	Purchase	5	2.871
Ordinary	Purchase	75	2.921
Ordinary	Purchase	51	2.985
Ordinary	Purchase	38	2.889
Ordinary	Purchase	4	2.89
Ordinary	Purchase	76	3.06
Ordinary	Purchase	36	2.883
Ordinary	Purchase	2	3.056
Ordinary	Purchase	11	2.919
Ordinary	Purchase	78	3.051
Ordinary	Purchase	161	2.872
Ordinary	Purchase	28	2.893
Ordinary	Purchase	104	2.975
Ordinary	Purchase	11	2.946
Ordinary	Purchase	12	2.913
Ordinary	Purchase	280	2.828
Ordinary	Purchase	47	3.005
Ordinary	Purchase	2	2.994
Ordinary	Purchase	3	2.823
Ordinary	Purchase	1,000	2.92
Ordinary	Purchase	140	2.972
Ordinary	Purchase	903	2.972
Ordinary	Purchase	796	2.972
Ordinary	Purchase	1,098	2.546
Ordinary	Purchase	8,398	2.9
Ordinary	Purchase	1,000	2.888
Ordinary	Purchase	3,114	2.89
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	2.898
Ordinary	Purchase	16,465	2.905
Ordinary	Purchase	7,269	2.927
Ordinary	Purchase	10,000	2.9
Ordinary	Purchase	2,298	2.91
Ordinary	Purchase	2,649	2.9
Ordinary	Purchase	9,665	2.815
Ordinary	Purchase	772	2.921
Ordinary	Purchase	1,856	2.941
Ordinary	Purchase	63,434	2.90262266
Ordinary	Purchase	25,000	2.600234
Ordinary	Purchase	20,000	3.030754
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit EUR
Ordinary	Purchase	5,700	2.4114
Ordinary	Purchase	4,912	3.3132
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	Sale	16,031	3.122
Ordinary	Sale	4,040	3.122
Ordinary	Sale	1	2.193
Ordinary	Sale	1	2.213
Ordinary	Sale	2,726	2.216
Ordinary	Sale	1,936	2.203
Ordinary	Sale	2,720	2.229
Ordinary	Sale	1,734	2.254
Ordinary	Sale	1,953	2.203
Ordinary	Sale	11	2.228
Ordinary	Sale	26	2.222
Ordinary	Sale	273	2.222
Ordinary	Sale	70	2.217
Ordinary	Sale	131	2.194
Ordinary	Sale	249	2.194
Ordinary	Sale	1,172	2.194
Ordinary	Sale	1,734	2.197
Ordinary	Sale	135	2.232
Ordinary	Sale	849	2.204
Ordinary	Sale	86	2.193
Ordinary	Sale	825	2.213
Ordinary	Sale	624	2.193
Ordinary	Sale	879	2.196
Ordinary	Sale	309	2.196
Ordinary	Sale	643	2.227
Ordinary	Sale	123	2.193
Ordinary	Sale	192	2.227
Ordinary	Sale	462	2.232
Ordinary	Sale	859	2.217
Ordinary	Sale	1	2.18
Ordinary	Sale	838	2.18
Ordinary	Sale	647	3.122
Ordinary	Sale	76	2.232
Ordinary	Sale	95	2.195
Ordinary	Sale	1,709	2.254002341
Ordinary	Sale	146	2.23
Ordinary	Sale	375	2.225
Ordinary	Sale	240	2.234
Ordinary	Sale	2,037	2.243
Ordinary	Sale	200	3.095
Ordinary	Sale	4,800	3.095
Ordinary	Sale	1,170	2.231
Ordinary	Sale	2,929	2.243
Ordinary	Sale	811	2.243
Ordinary	Sale	536	2.594
Ordinary	Sale	904	2.212
Ordinary	Sale	406	2.212
Ordinary	Sale	821	2.231
Ordinary	Sale	119	2.23
Ordinary	Sale	111	2.23
Ordinary	Sale	1,038	2.242
Ordinary	Sale	904	2.879
Ordinary	Sale	524	2.879
Ordinary	Sale	1,800	2.227
Ordinary	Sale	1,154	2.2
Ordinary	Sale	3,351	2.233
Ordinary	Sale	1,041	2.219
Ordinary	Sale	1,940	2.203
Ordinary	Sale	585	2.233
Ordinary	Sale	303	2.203
Ordinary	Sale	1,263	2.227
Ordinary	Sale	3,524	2.229
Ordinary	Sale	1,274	2.195
Ordinary	Sale	1,224	2.228
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	2.233
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	2.215
Ordinary	Sale	1,062	2.705
Ordinary	Sale	853	2.775
Ordinary	Sale	945	2.921
Ordinary	Sale	1,156	2.216
Ordinary	Sale	516	2.227
Ordinary	Sale	701	2.215
Ordinary	Sale	1,160	2.2
Ordinary	Sale	970	2.89
Ordinary	Sale	538	2.233
Ordinary	Sale	3,221	2.236
Ordinary	Sale	1,031	2.241
Ordinary	Sale	1,231	2.242
Ordinary	Sale	1,574	3.095
Ordinary	Sale	928	3.022
Ordinary	Sale	959	2.837
Ordinary	Sale	1,126	2.211
Ordinary	Sale	1,878	2.211
Ordinary	Sale	919	2.972
Ordinary	Sale	1,140	2.219
Ordinary	Sale	824	2.219
Ordinary	Sale	1,004	2.219
Ordinary	Sale	1,221	2.219
Ordinary	Sale	272	2.216
Ordinary	Sale	6,621	2.349
Ordinary	Sale	1,242	2.253
Ordinary	Sale	1,817	2.276
Ordinary	Sale	967	2.95
Ordinary	Sale	4,213	3.092
Ordinary	Sale	25,000	2.91173792
Ordinary	Sale	2,029	2.244
Ordinary	Sale	1,670	2.254
Ordinary	Sale	1,800	2.276
Ordinary	Sale	94	2.276
Ordinary	Sale	1,515	2.276
	Total Purchases	216,441
	Total Sales	153,887

(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
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	11,079	2.20473481
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	25,000	2.911738
Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	63,434	2.90262266
Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	25,000	2.60023400
Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	22,441	2.910761
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	20,000	3.03075454

(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 GBP

(ii)        Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit GBP

(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) GBP

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"

(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"

(c)        Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?	NO

###### Date of disclosure:	28/09/2020
###### 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.sss

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