Société Générale — Major Shareholding Notification 2020

Dec 11, 2020

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 4190I

Societe Generale SA

11 December 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	10/12/2020
(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:	64,578,141	6.15	23,305	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0.00	51,397,853	4.89
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	64,578,141	6.15	51,421,158	4.90

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	7,704	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	997	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	9,516	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	28,724	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	3,913	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	2,428	2.689
Ordinary	Purchase	880	2.69
Ordinary	Purchase	3,000	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	5,025	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	1,675	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	977	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	1,675	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	1,226	2.689
Ordinary	Purchase	7,244	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	1,675	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	1,675	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	1,698	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	2,761	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	8,969	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	8,375	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	8,375	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	1,695	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	1,698	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	1,620	2.69
Ordinary	Purchase	2,393	2.689
Ordinary	Purchase	4,766	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	3,000	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	5,147	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	3,418	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	945	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	1,285	2.689
Ordinary	Purchase	3,681	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	7,647	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	1,699	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	449,381	2.6874676
Ordinary	Purchase	1,687	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	1,368	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	1,548	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	332	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	3,079	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	1,344	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	371	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	953	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	1,301	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	1,235	2.689
Ordinary	Purchase	1,909	2.689
Ordinary	Purchase	260	2.689
Ordinary	Purchase	1,247	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	2,136	2.689
Ordinary	Purchase	844	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	1,297	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	467	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	1,527	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	1,994	2.689
Ordinary	Purchase	1,303	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	1,407	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	585	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	2,509	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	1,340	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	1,234	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	624	2.689
Ordinary	Purchase	923	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	513	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	2,320	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	1,376	2.689
Ordinary	Purchase	2,021	2.689
Ordinary	Purchase	69	2.689
Ordinary	Purchase	1,727	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	1,319	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	1,594	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	1,439	2.689
Ordinary	Purchase	1,844	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	1,827	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	352	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	25	2.689
Ordinary	Purchase	33	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	2,277	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	1,134	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	1,807	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	163	2.689
Ordinary	Purchase	1,765	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	1,960	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	768	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	338	2.689
Ordinary	Purchase	2,522	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	2,826	2.689
Ordinary	Purchase	1,381	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	2,030	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	2,408	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	823	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	1,587	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	1,828	2.689
Ordinary	Purchase	1,423	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	1,238	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	74	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	1,233	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	2,090	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	1,332	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	3,416	2.685
Ordinary	Purchase	2,750	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	749	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	1,335	2.689
Ordinary	Purchase	1,414	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	1,355	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	1,343	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	3,412	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	1,292	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	1,496	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	1,336	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	1,784	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	1,276	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	799	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	1,990	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	1,396	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	135	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	1,865	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	153	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	655	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	1,491	2.689
Ordinary	Purchase	1,739	2.689
Ordinary	Purchase	1,624	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	583	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	1,732	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	1,395	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	1,369	2.689
Ordinary	Purchase	1,537	2.689
Ordinary	Purchase	3,404	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	2,126	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	348	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	2,572	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	1,552	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	1,787	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	1,234	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	1,718	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	516	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	1,345	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	1,324	2.687
Ordinary	Purchase	186	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	1,353	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	2,163	2.686
Ordinary	Purchase	2,418	2.688
Ordinary	Purchase	168	2.689
Ordinary	Purchase	1,697,000	2.687
Ordinary	Sale	1,235	2.689
Ordinary	Sale	1,909	2.689
Ordinary	Sale	1,247	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	1,297	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	1,655	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	1,807	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	953	2.687
Ordinary	Sale	4,233	2.689
Ordinary	Sale	2,071	2.689
Ordinary	Sale	321	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	2,059	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	3,932	2.685
Ordinary	Sale	1,235	2.689
Ordinary	Sale	2,059	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	5,483	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	5,000	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	1,235	2.689
Ordinary	Sale	953	2.689
Ordinary	Sale	1,990	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	1,917	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	272	2.687
Ordinary	Sale	2,136	2.687
Ordinary	Sale	4,116	2.687
Ordinary	Sale	1,489	2.6889993
Ordinary	Sale	1,502	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	185	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	627	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	717	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	902	2.689
Ordinary	Sale	1,700	2.689
Ordinary	Sale	500	2.689
Ordinary	Sale	1,222	2.689
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	2.689
Ordinary	Sale	731	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	570	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	1,000	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	340	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	322	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	443	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	1,445	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	375	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	570	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	67	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	1,727	2.687
Ordinary	Sale	2,629	2.687
Ordinary	Sale	533	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	1,074	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	220	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	1,191	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	570	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	1,592	2.687
Ordinary	Sale	4,570	2.687
Ordinary	Sale	570	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	798	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	570	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	461	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	1,066	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	853	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	570	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	2,351	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	1,238	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	712	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	98	2.687
Ordinary	Sale	1,876	2.687
Ordinary	Sale	4,298	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	363	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	1,100	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	860	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	1,502	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	570	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	722	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	200	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	4,000	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	1,077	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	1,502	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	1,058	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	452	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	307	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	1,333	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	1,496	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	1,052	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	435	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	570	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	1,178	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	606	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	1,502	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	3,164	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	500	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	1,046	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	1,502	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	5	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	913	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	1,144	2.687
Ordinary	Sale	1,289	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	263	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	2,000	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	2,000	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	1,502	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	1,494	2.687
Ordinary	Sale	1,928	2.687
Ordinary	Sale	2,681	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	822	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	1,857	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	5,713	2.687
Ordinary	Sale	4,301	2.689
Ordinary	Sale	1,500	2.689
Ordinary	Sale	4,325	2.689
Ordinary	Sale	1,500	2.689
Ordinary	Sale	6,345	2.689
Ordinary	Sale	884	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	228	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	1,295	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	1,014	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	1,695	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	17,867	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	464	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	23,597	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	2,416	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	1,422	2.689
Ordinary	Sale	4,345	2.687
Ordinary	Sale	2,090	2.689
Ordinary	Sale	1,134	2.687
Ordinary	Sale	1,697	2.687
Ordinary	Sale	2,655	2.687
Ordinary	Sale	2,750	2.687
Ordinary	Sale	587	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	961	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	146	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	1,685	2.687
Ordinary	Sale	2,916	2.687
Ordinary	Sale	3,317	2.686
Ordinary	Sale	1,695	2.688
Ordinary	Sale	614,852	2.6886963
	Total Purchases	2,443,812
	Total Sales	855,780

(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	449,381	2.68746762
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	614,852	2.68869633

(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:	11/12/2020
###### 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.

*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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