Société Générale — Major Shareholding Notification 2020

Nov 20, 2020

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 0262G

Societe Generale SA

20 November 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	19/11/2020
(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:	45,679,294	4.35	86,446	0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0.00	32,403,945	3.09
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	45,679,294	4.35	32,490,391	3.10

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	1,322	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	2,000	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	2,000	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	2,000	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	2,000	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	2,000	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	2,000	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	2,000	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	2,000	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	452	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	2,928	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	1,045	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	846	2.683
Ordinary	Purchase	8	2.683
Ordinary	Purchase	15,285	2.681
Ordinary	Purchase	900	2.685
Ordinary	Purchase	4,981	2.681
Ordinary	Purchase	391	2.681
Ordinary	Purchase	1,670	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	1,278	2.681
Ordinary	Purchase	2,539	2.669
Ordinary	Purchase	2,700	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	1,418	2.669
Ordinary	Purchase	1,670	2.681
Ordinary	Purchase	1,669	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	1,670	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	2,080	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	900	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	2,670	2.669
Ordinary	Purchase	6,182	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	1,669	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	1,669	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	1,917	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	1,226	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	120	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	1,803	2.684
Ordinary	Purchase	233	2.684
Ordinary	Purchase	102	2.684
Ordinary	Purchase	2,611	2.684
Ordinary	Purchase	2,438	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	1,647	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	1,413	2.683
Ordinary	Purchase	2,782	2.683
Ordinary	Purchase	1,002	2.683
Ordinary	Purchase	13,564	2.681
Ordinary	Purchase	39,222	2.681
Ordinary	Purchase	3,364	2.668
Ordinary	Purchase	3,355	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	3,354	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	3,356	2.681
Ordinary	Purchase	2,653	2.681
Ordinary	Purchase	3,354	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	3,354	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	3,354	2.682
Ordinary	Purchase	3,371	2.668
Ordinary	Purchase	3,364	2.674
Ordinary	Purchase	3,360	2.674
Ordinary	Purchase	3,357	2.681
Ordinary	Purchase	3,365	2.668
Ordinary	Purchase	3,355	2.681
Ordinary	Purchase	1,670	2.681
Ordinary	Purchase	2,479	2.681
Ordinary	Purchase	3,363	2.673
Ordinary	Purchase	3,361	2.673
Ordinary	Purchase	3,366	2.672
Ordinary	Purchase	3,356	2.681
Ordinary	Purchase	3,354	2.681
Ordinary	Purchase	3,354	2.681
Ordinary	Purchase	3,354	2.681
Ordinary	Purchase	2,760	2.681
Ordinary	Purchase	1,669	2.681
Ordinary	Purchase	3,375	2.667
Ordinary	Purchase	3,375	2.667
Ordinary	Purchase	3,367	2.668
Ordinary	Purchase	3,372	2.667
Ordinary	Purchase	877	2.681
Ordinary	Purchase	3,358	2.681
Ordinary	Purchase	706	2.681
Ordinary	Sale	549	2.665
Ordinary	Sale	2,404	2.684
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	2.666
Ordinary	Sale	412	2.666
Ordinary	Sale	2,000	2.665
Ordinary	Sale	878	2.665
Ordinary	Sale	1,281	2.665
Ordinary	Sale	1,191	2.665
Ordinary	Sale	1,367	2.681
Ordinary	Sale	300	2.665
Ordinary	Sale	30	2.68
Ordinary	Sale	438	2.665
Ordinary	Sale	1,095	2.668
Ordinary	Sale	30	2.668
Ordinary	Sale	30	2.685
Ordinary	Sale	640	2.685
Ordinary	Sale	637	2.685
Ordinary	Sale	28	2.668
Ordinary	Sale	738	2.665
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	2.665
Ordinary	Sale	11,422	2.68
Ordinary	Sale	523	2.665
Ordinary	Sale	644	2.666
Ordinary	Sale	1,325	2.674
Ordinary	Sale	10	2.665
Ordinary	Sale	2,000	2.666
Ordinary	Sale	13,408	2.68
Ordinary	Sale	325	2.665
Ordinary	Sale	716	2.681
Ordinary	Sale	267	2.681
Ordinary	Sale	112	2.665
Ordinary	Sale	856	2.665
Ordinary	Sale	425	2.665
Ordinary	Sale	2,031	2.665
Ordinary	Sale	716	2.665
Ordinary	Sale	287	2.665
Ordinary	Sale	4	2.668
Ordinary	Sale	1	2.668
Ordinary	Sale	1,061	2.666
Ordinary	Sale	1,342	2.666
Ordinary	Sale	1,679	2.666
Ordinary	Sale	3,496	2.665
Ordinary	Sale	476	2.668
Ordinary	Sale	1,204	2.668
Ordinary	Sale	5,944	2.685
Ordinary	Sale	589	2.667
Ordinary	Sale	690	2.667
Ordinary	Sale	895	2.666
Ordinary	Sale	2,767	2.668
Ordinary	Sale	6,177	2.666
Ordinary	Sale	1,631	2.669
Ordinary	Sale	5,872	2.666
Ordinary	Sale	531	2.668
Ordinary	Sale	5,944	2.685
Ordinary	Sale	317	2.685
Ordinary	Sale	688	2.685
Ordinary	Sale	1,025	2.685
Ordinary	Sale	40	2.668
Ordinary	Sale	700	2.668
Ordinary	Sale	96	2.668
Ordinary	Sale	900	2.668
Ordinary	Sale	959	2.684
Ordinary	Sale	900	2.672
Ordinary	Sale	10,375	2.665
Ordinary	Sale	1,830	2.669
Ordinary	Sale	900	2.666
Ordinary	Sale	854	2.666
Ordinary	Sale	7,439	2.68
Ordinary	Sale	2,395	2.68
Ordinary	Sale	2,436	2.68
Ordinary	Sale	44	2.68
Ordinary	Sale	317	2.685
Ordinary	Sale	900	2.681
Ordinary	Sale	548	2.681
Ordinary	Sale	2	2.685
Ordinary	Sale	2,052	2.685
Ordinary	Sale	4,497	2.68
Ordinary	Sale	1,832	2.666
Ordinary	Sale	85	2.666
Ordinary	Sale	515	2.666
Ordinary	Sale	207	2.666
Ordinary	Sale	4,125	2.691
Ordinary	Sale	3,398	2.666
Ordinary	Sale	1,074	2.683
Ordinary	Sale	298	2.665
Ordinary	Sale	3,735	2.665
Ordinary	Sale	1,325	2.674
Ordinary	Sale	947	2.671
Ordinary	Sale	1,375	2.666
Ordinary	Sale	2,799	2.668
Ordinary	Sale	263	2.667984791
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	2.667
Ordinary	Sale	3,364	2.668
Ordinary	Sale	3,126	2.684
Ordinary	Sale	3,353	2.684
Ordinary	Sale	3,353	2.684
Ordinary	Sale	227	2.684
Ordinary	Sale	50	2.682
Ordinary	Sale	3,304	2.682
Ordinary	Sale	3,150	2.682
Ordinary	Sale	3,352	2.683
Ordinary	Sale	3,352	2.683
Ordinary	Sale	1,336	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	3,343	2.689
Ordinary	Sale	3,347	2.689
Ordinary	Sale	3,345	2.689
Ordinary	Sale	1,555	2.682
Ordinary	Sale	1,796	2.682
Ordinary	Sale	3,354	2.682
Ordinary	Sale	3,354	2.682
Ordinary	Sale	3,354	2.682
Ordinary	Sale	3,009	2.682
Ordinary	Sale	1,833	2.682
Ordinary	Sale	2,867	2.685
Ordinary	Sale	3,357	2.683
Ordinary	Sale	1,527,732	2.6760902
	Total Purchases	240,854
	Total Sales	1,744,823

(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	Reducing a short position	1,527,732	2.6760902

(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:	20/11/2020
###### 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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