Société Générale — Major Shareholding Notification 2020

Dec 4, 2020

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 6479H

Societe Generale SA

04 December 2020

** Resubmitting as of 04/12/2020 - Replacing RNS 4862H - due to a trade cancellation of 15,000 DPS on 03/12/2020 - changes are highlighted in yellow **

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.
d(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	G4S 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	02/12/2020
(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:	17,840,392	1.15	236,417	0.02
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0.00	17,056,014	1.10
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	17,840,392	1.15	17,292,431	1.11

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	12,326	2.46
Ordinary	Purchase	2,244	2.46
Ordinary	Purchase	3,360	2.465
Ordinary	Purchase	4,866	2.463
Ordinary	Purchase	5,451	2.458
Ordinary	Purchase	501	2.467
Ordinary	Purchase	519	2.467
Ordinary	Purchase	669	2.465
Ordinary	Purchase	653	2.465
Ordinary	Purchase	5,448	2.459
Ordinary	Purchase	4,831	2.465
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	2.464
Ordinary	Purchase	4,949	2.464
Ordinary	Purchase	4,771	2.465
Ordinary	Purchase	4,923	2.464
Ordinary	Purchase	1,679	2.468
Ordinary	Purchase	1,822	2.475
Ordinary	Purchase	4,911	2.465
Ordinary	Purchase	2,126	2.466
Ordinary	Purchase	1,817	2.481
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	2.465
Ordinary	Purchase	1,000	2.462
Ordinary	Purchase	200	2.461
Ordinary	Purchase	200	2.461
Ordinary	Purchase	178	2.461
Ordinary	Purchase	500	2.461
Ordinary	Purchase	1,821	2.48
Ordinary	Purchase	35	2.462
Ordinary	Purchase	840	2.462
Ordinary	Purchase	3,200	2.465
Ordinary	Purchase	3,008	2.465
Ordinary	Purchase	1,226	2.482
Ordinary	Purchase	258	2.482
Ordinary	Purchase	672	2.467
Ordinary	Purchase	292	2.482
Ordinary	Purchase	733	2.482
Ordinary	Purchase	1,078	2.467
Ordinary	Purchase	405	2.467
Ordinary	Purchase	1,054	2.463
Ordinary	Purchase	3,483	2.467
Ordinary	Purchase	3,517	2.466
Ordinary	Purchase	3,511	2.465
Ordinary	Purchase	3,663	2.464
Ordinary	Purchase	1,513	2.466
Ordinary	Purchase	279	2.476
Ordinary	Purchase	1,549	2.476
Ordinary	Purchase	1,257	2.464
Ordinary	Purchase	1,114	2.481
Ordinary	Purchase	879	2.481
Ordinary	Purchase	1,389	2.465
Ordinary	Purchase	138	2.465
Ordinary	Purchase	727	2.481
Ordinary	Purchase	257	2.481
Ordinary	Purchase	633	2.466
Ordinary	Purchase	563	2.466
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	2.467
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	2.469
Ordinary	Purchase	58	2.469
Ordinary	Purchase	4,701	2.467
Ordinary	Purchase	4,732	2.468
Ordinary	Purchase	4,614	2.466
Ordinary	Purchase	2,193	2.466
Ordinary	Purchase	1,155	2.466
Ordinary	Purchase	4,081	2.466
Ordinary	Purchase	4,944	2.465
Ordinary	Purchase	5,282	2.464
Ordinary	Purchase	932	2.479
Ordinary	Purchase	1,804	2.478
Ordinary	Purchase	563	2.478
Ordinary	Purchase	1,998	2.471
Ordinary	Purchase	4,271	2.457
Ordinary	Purchase	1,369	2.455
Ordinary	Purchase	1,008	2.465
Ordinary	Purchase	4,666	2.465
Ordinary	Purchase	1,822	2.484
Ordinary	Purchase	523	2.464
Ordinary	Purchase	512	2.464
Ordinary	Purchase	532	2.463
Ordinary	Purchase	1,299	2.463
Ordinary	Purchase	4,954	2.465
Ordinary	Purchase	2,286	2.461
Ordinary	Purchase	1,088	2.4620037
Ordinary	Purchase	332	2.466
Ordinary	Purchase	275	2.466
Ordinary	Purchase	750	2.466
Ordinary	Purchase	2,033	2.46
Ordinary	Purchase	1,228	2.464
Ordinary	Purchase	325	2.468
Ordinary	Purchase	818	2.468
Ordinary	Purchase	951	2.468
Ordinary	Purchase	839	2.478
Ordinary	Purchase	791	2.478
Ordinary	Purchase	30,000	2.4522207
Ordinary	Purchase	3,686	2.46
Ordinary	Purchase	1,831	2.464
Ordinary	Purchase	3,680	2.464
Ordinary	Purchase	3,684	2.462
Ordinary	Purchase	19,344	2.226114
Ordinary	Purchase	19,642	2.226114
Ordinary	Purchase	135,459	2.226114
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit EUR
Ordinary	Purchase	6,000	2.7195
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	Sale	3,753	2.46
Ordinary	Sale	59	2.46
Ordinary	Sale	59	2.46
Ordinary	Sale	59	2.46
Ordinary	Sale	44	2.46
Ordinary	Sale	59	2.46
Ordinary	Sale	45	2.46
Ordinary	Sale	60	2.46
Ordinary	Sale	59	2.46
Ordinary	Sale	59	2.46
Ordinary	Sale	44	2.46
Ordinary	Sale	45	2.46
Ordinary	Sale	59	2.46
Ordinary	Sale	45	2.46
Ordinary	Sale	59	2.46
Ordinary	Sale	59	2.46
Ordinary	Sale	59	2.46
Ordinary	Sale	60	2.46
Ordinary	Sale	44	2.46
Ordinary	Sale	59	2.46
Ordinary	Sale	1,581	2.464
Ordinary	Sale	1,245	2.464
Ordinary	Sale	40	2.464
Ordinary	Sale	774	2.464
Ordinary	Sale	2,571	2.464
Ordinary	Sale	1,100	2.464
Ordinary	Sale	1,831	2.466
Ordinary	Sale	1,828	2.47
Ordinary	Sale	1,033	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	1,212	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	1,125	2.47
Ordinary	Sale	4,409	2.47
Ordinary	Sale	2,129	2.471
Ordinary	Sale	990	2.467
Ordinary	Sale	1,174	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	433	2.471
Ordinary	Sale	1,399	2.471
Ordinary	Sale	1,101	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	2,335	2.466
Ordinary	Sale	364	2.467
Ordinary	Sale	553	2.467
Ordinary	Sale	1,727	2.467
Ordinary	Sale	1,185	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	1,173	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	1,125	2.47
Ordinary	Sale	2,237	2.467
Ordinary	Sale	1,125	2.47
Ordinary	Sale	5,984	2.463
Ordinary	Sale	1,250	2.461
Ordinary	Sale	1,250	2.463
Ordinary	Sale	17	2.47
Ordinary	Sale	1,125	2.47
Ordinary	Sale	1,833	2.47
Ordinary	Sale	1,408	2.47
Ordinary	Sale	4,605	2.47
Ordinary	Sale	266	2.462
Ordinary	Sale	1,832	2.466
Ordinary	Sale	946	2.462
Ordinary	Sale	1,132	2.462
Ordinary	Sale	1,621	2.463
Ordinary	Sale	978	2.463
Ordinary	Sale	1,217	2.463
Ordinary	Sale	958	2.462
Ordinary	Sale	1,828	2.471
Ordinary	Sale	1,841	2.463
Ordinary	Sale	2,225	2.467
Ordinary	Sale	5,766	2.47
Ordinary	Sale	1,125	2.47
Ordinary	Sale	1,052	2.466
Ordinary	Sale	342	2.466
Ordinary	Sale	1,598	2.466
Ordinary	Sale	1,073	2.4630009
Ordinary	Sale	6,000	2.46
Ordinary	Sale	1,358	2.46
Ordinary	Sale	30,000	2.4497795
Ordinary	Sale	182	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	172	2.464
Ordinary	Sale	175	2.464
Ordinary	Sale	185	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	180	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	178	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	173	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	166	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	174	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	180	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	169	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	183	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	167	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	178	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	175	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	822	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	187	2.461
Ordinary	Sale	171	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	229	2.463
Ordinary	Sale	170	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	179	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	177	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	178	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	172	2.463
Ordinary	Sale	180	2.463
Ordinary	Sale	3,677	2.468
Ordinary	Sale	184	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	173	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	178	2.463
Ordinary	Sale	186	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	190	2.464
Ordinary	Sale	167	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	177	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	173	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	172	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	181	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	178	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	173	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	171	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	193	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	170	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	179	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	168	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	177	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	175	2.463
Ordinary	Sale	166	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	168	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	179	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	187	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	169	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	169	2.463
Ordinary	Sale	181	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	178	2.463
Ordinary	Sale	229	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	92	2.463
Ordinary	Sale	176	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	177	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	186	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	165	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	183	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	170	2.463
Ordinary	Sale	184	2.463
Ordinary	Sale	1,443	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	172	2.462
Ordinary	Sale	181	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	165	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	164	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	176	2.462
Ordinary	Sale	169	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	185	2.462
Ordinary	Sale	182	2.462
Ordinary	Sale	175	2.462
Ordinary	Sale	179	2.463
Ordinary	Sale	499	2.464
Ordinary	Sale	947	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	175	2.465
Ordinary	Sale	15,000	2.4625463
	Total Purchases	407,093
	Total Sales	143,133

(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 short position	30,000	2.4522207
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	19,344	2.226114
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	19,642	2.226114
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	135,459	2.226114
Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	30,000	2.4497795
Ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	15,000	2.4625463

(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:	04/12/2020
###### 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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