Société Générale — Major Shareholding Notification 2021

Feb 15, 2021

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 0970P

Societe Generale SA

15 February 2021

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	12/02/2021
(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:	53,647,366	3.46	399,496	0.03
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	56,542	0.00	52,380,992	3.38
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	53,703,908	3.46	52,780,488	3.40

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	22,475	2.67
Ordinary	Purchase	13,886	2.67
Ordinary	Purchase	452	2.672
Ordinary	Purchase	372	2.672
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	2.673
Ordinary	Purchase	961	2.673
Ordinary	Purchase	1,453	2.67
Ordinary	Purchase	27	2.673
Ordinary	Purchase	463	2.673
Ordinary	Purchase	1,143	2.67
Ordinary	Purchase	5,944	2.67
Ordinary	Purchase	456	2.673
Ordinary	Purchase	1,639	2.669
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	2.676
Ordinary	Purchase	5,710	2.67
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	2.67
Ordinary	Purchase	5,944	2.67
Ordinary	Purchase	1,123	2.67
Ordinary	Purchase	563	2.668
Ordinary	Purchase	645	2.669
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	2.669
Ordinary	Purchase	265	2.669
Ordinary	Purchase	1,010	2.669
Ordinary	Purchase	4,801	2.67
Ordinary	Purchase	1,725	2.671
Ordinary	Purchase	983	2.67
Ordinary	Purchase	2,042	2.671
Ordinary	Purchase	947	2.673
Ordinary	Purchase	3,815	2.677
Ordinary	Purchase	1,200	2.671
Ordinary	Purchase	457	2.671
Ordinary	Purchase	1,455	2.67
Ordinary	Purchase	184	2.67
Ordinary	Purchase	2,265	2.67
Ordinary	Purchase	3,000	2.67
Ordinary	Purchase	5,633	2.674
Ordinary	Purchase	2,438	2.671
Ordinary	Purchase	2,232	2.675
Ordinary	Purchase	1,639	2.67
Ordinary	Purchase	1,200	2.663
Ordinary	Purchase	88	2.663
Ordinary	Purchase	399	2.663
Ordinary	Purchase	1,517	2.663
Ordinary	Purchase	851	2.663
Ordinary	Purchase	141	2.66
Ordinary	Purchase	681	2.66
Ordinary	Purchase	170	2.66
Ordinary	Purchase	706	2.671
Ordinary	Purchase	160	2.671
Ordinary	Purchase	1,484	2.668
Ordinary	Purchase	3,676	2.668
Ordinary	Purchase	1,250	2.666
Ordinary	Purchase	850	2.672
Ordinary	Purchase	1,019	2.671
Ordinary	Purchase	3,371	2.669
Ordinary	Purchase	1,778	2.667
Ordinary	Purchase	1,100	2.67
Ordinary	Purchase	896	2.669
Ordinary	Purchase	949	2.674
Ordinary	Purchase	1,435	2.669
Ordinary	Purchase	11,654	2.67
Ordinary	Purchase	504	2.642
Ordinary	Purchase	283	2.646
Ordinary	Purchase	362	2.642
Ordinary	Purchase	343	2.645
Ordinary	Purchase	213	2.646
Ordinary	Purchase	343	2.645
Ordinary	Purchase	259	2.646
Ordinary	Purchase	720	2.642
Ordinary	Purchase	1,190	2.645
Ordinary	Purchase	234	2.646
Ordinary	Purchase	259	2.646
Ordinary	Purchase	242	2.645
Ordinary	Purchase	343	2.645
Ordinary	Purchase	343	2.643
Ordinary	Purchase	235	2.646
Ordinary	Purchase	344	2.646
Ordinary	Sale	77	2.672
Ordinary	Sale	3,483	2.6739994
Ordinary	Sale	7,501	2.67
Ordinary	Sale	2,050	2.677
Ordinary	Sale	1,639	2.675
Ordinary	Sale	674	2.644
Ordinary	Sale	665	2.644
Ordinary	Sale	609	2.644
Ordinary	Sale	4,775	2.674
Ordinary	Sale	609	2.642
Ordinary	Sale	1,454	2.674
Ordinary	Sale	1,888	2.652
Ordinary	Sale	1,799	2.651
Ordinary	Sale	1,908	2.653
Ordinary	Sale	245	2.65
Ordinary	Sale	1,249	2.649
Ordinary	Sale	1,850	2.65
Ordinary	Sale	288	2.674
Ordinary	Sale	264	2.674
Ordinary	Sale	1,250	2.662
Ordinary	Sale	1,857	2.675
Ordinary	Sale	1,909	2.645
Ordinary	Sale	1,794	2.674
Ordinary	Sale	1,250	2.673
Ordinary	Sale	1,400	2.673
Ordinary	Sale	1,991	2.673
Ordinary	Sale	1,255	2.675
Ordinary	Sale	2,199	2.67
Ordinary	Sale	1,250	2.673
Ordinary	Sale	17,281	2.674
Ordinary	Sale	257	2.642
Ordinary	Sale	878	2.673
Ordinary	Sale	1,640	2.673
Ordinary	Sale	1,624	2.677
Ordinary	Sale	1,889	2.668
Ordinary	Sale	2,008	2.669
Ordinary	Sale	42	2.67
Ordinary	Sale	43	2.67
Ordinary	Sale	20	2.67
Ordinary	Sale	42	2.67
Ordinary	Sale	42	2.67
Ordinary	Sale	43	2.67
Ordinary	Sale	3,117	2.672
Ordinary	Sale	1,349	2.675
Ordinary	Sale	761	2.673
Ordinary	Sale	249	2.673
Ordinary	Sale	938	2.674
Ordinary	Sale	1,200	2.674
Ordinary	Sale	1,779	2.669
Ordinary	Sale	354	2.672
Ordinary	Sale	607	2.67
Ordinary	Sale	409	2.67
Ordinary	Sale	975	2.671
Ordinary	Sale	398	2.67
Ordinary	Sale	443	2.67
Ordinary	Sale	444	2.67
Ordinary	Sale	514	2.67
Ordinary	Sale	679	2.67
Ordinary	Sale	585	2.673
Ordinary	Sale	343	2.674
Ordinary	Sale	536	2.674
Ordinary	Sale	957	2.67
Ordinary	Sale	2,369	2.672
Ordinary	Sale	3,291	2.673
Ordinary	Sale	6	2.667
Ordinary	Sale	37	2.667
Ordinary	Sale	190	2.667
Ordinary	Sale	669	2.67
Ordinary	Sale	877	2.671
Ordinary	Sale	909	2.671
Ordinary	Sale	816	2.671
Ordinary	Sale	970	2.67
Ordinary	Sale	441	2.675
Ordinary	Sale	511	2.675
Ordinary	Sale	557	2.672
Ordinary	Sale	1,950	2.673
Ordinary	Sale	1,363	2.665
Ordinary	Sale	2,000	2.668
Ordinary	Sale	917	2.667
Ordinary	Sale	1,441	2.674
Ordinary	Sale	610	2.675
Ordinary	Sale	631	2.675
Ordinary	Sale	199	2.669
	Total Purchases	145,939
	Total Sales	112,382

(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

(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"

(b)        Attachments

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

###### Date of disclosure:	15/02/2021
###### 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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