Société Générale — Major Shareholding Notification 2021

Mar 10, 2021

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RNS Number : 7888R

Societe Generale SA

10 March 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	09/03/2021
(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:	69,860,613	4.50	294,539	0.02
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	56,542	0.00	68,649,889	4.42
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	69,917,155	4.51	68,944,428	4.44

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	257	2.421
Ordinary	Purchase	639	2.421
Ordinary	Purchase	3,338	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	623	2.421
Ordinary	Purchase	750	2.421
Ordinary	Purchase	2,770	2.428
Ordinary	Purchase	900	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	88	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	1,295	2.422
Ordinary	Purchase	1,226	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	1,100	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	1,275	2.425
Ordinary	Purchase	916	2.421
Ordinary	Purchase	93	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	806	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	4,630	2.43
Ordinary	Purchase	388	2.43
Ordinary	Purchase	996	2.43
Ordinary	Purchase	1,857	2.428
Ordinary	Purchase	1,370	2.424
Ordinary	Purchase	1,995	2.424
Ordinary	Purchase	2,875	2.428
Ordinary	Purchase	634	2.428
Ordinary	Purchase	1,738	2.428
Ordinary	Purchase	789	2.43
Ordinary	Purchase	267	2.43
Ordinary	Purchase	2,000	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	516	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	1,644	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	1,722	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	2,503	2.425
Ordinary	Purchase	2,558	2.42
Ordinary	Purchase	1,179	2.422
Ordinary	Purchase	1,283	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	1,100	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	1,049	2.424
Ordinary	Purchase	894	2.423
Ordinary	Purchase	11	2.43
Ordinary	Purchase	212	2.43
Ordinary	Purchase	1,310	2.43
Ordinary	Purchase	2,000	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	1,484	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	2,395	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	3,212	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	3,054	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	4,729	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	702	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	1,302	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	1,766	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	986	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	1,766	2.428
Ordinary	Purchase	2,666	2.421
Ordinary	Purchase	4,631	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	323	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	4,105	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	1,200	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	5,210	2.428
Ordinary	Purchase	2,730	2.428
Ordinary	Purchase	509	2.428
Ordinary	Purchase	4,228	2.428
Ordinary	Purchase	918	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	2,665	2.421
Ordinary	Purchase	1,500	2.421
Ordinary	Purchase	1,764	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	1,500	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	2,126	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	1,227	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	44,821	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	1,500	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	1,766	2.428
Ordinary	Purchase	1,491	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	911	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	2,240	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	3,155	2.428
Ordinary	Purchase	1,014	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	859	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	898	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	896	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	1,284	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	1,883	2.428
Ordinary	Purchase	1,840	2.428
Ordinary	Purchase	2,094	2.428
Ordinary	Purchase	1,406	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	2,354	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	4,992	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	1,937	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	45,903	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	800	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	87	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	1,220	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	999	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	1,785	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	588	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	666	2.428
Ordinary	Purchase	730	2.428
Ordinary	Purchase	136	2.428
Ordinary	Purchase	1,856	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	1,872	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	1,357	2.428
Ordinary	Purchase	1,765	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	1,500	2.43
Ordinary	Purchase	3,162	2.43
Ordinary	Purchase	2,621	2.43
Ordinary	Purchase	1,835	2.43
Ordinary	Purchase	683	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	679	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	3,932	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	1,027	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	921	2.426
Ordinary	Purchase	4,583	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	4,043	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	1,500	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	1,500	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	217	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	1,337	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	5,132	2.429
Ordinary	Purchase	991	2.421
Ordinary	Purchase	6,518	2.421
Ordinary	Purchase	1,500	2.425
Ordinary	Purchase	775	2.425
Ordinary	Purchase	2,896	2.425
Ordinary	Purchase	2,385	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	2,211	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	3,432	2.428
Ordinary	Purchase	5,667	2.421
Ordinary	Purchase	26,484	2.421
Ordinary	Purchase	968	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	988	2.426
Ordinary	Purchase	4,160	2.428
Ordinary	Purchase	1,664	2.428
Ordinary	Purchase	3,328	2.428
Ordinary	Purchase	3,250	2.428
Ordinary	Purchase	1,715	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	542	2.426
Ordinary	Purchase	832	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	729	2.426
Ordinary	Purchase	448	2.426
Ordinary	Purchase	44	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	2,561	2.427
Ordinary	Purchase	1,328,062	2.42264907
Ordinary	Purchase	413,223	2.42242
Ordinary	Sale	48	2.421
Ordinary	Sale	64	2.421
Ordinary	Sale	57	2.421
Ordinary	Sale	1,292	2.425
Ordinary	Sale	1,296	2.425
Ordinary	Sale	1,289	2.422
Ordinary	Sale	3,551	2.421
Ordinary	Sale	1,327	2.422
Ordinary	Sale	3,552	2.421
Ordinary	Sale	3,552	2.421
Ordinary	Sale	3,552	2.421
Ordinary	Sale	1,467	2.427
Ordinary	Sale	959	2.422
Ordinary	Sale	1,284	2.427
Ordinary	Sale	947	2.422
Ordinary	Sale	1,925	2.429
Ordinary	Sale	1,625	2.429
Ordinary	Sale	1,295	2.422
Ordinary	Sale	1,283	2.429
Ordinary	Sale	1,282	2.428
Ordinary	Sale	1,280	2.428
Ordinary	Sale	1,277	2.425
Ordinary	Sale	1,316	2.425
Ordinary	Sale	1,285	2.425
Ordinary	Sale	922	2.422
Ordinary	Sale	1,272	2.429
Ordinary	Sale	1,280	2.42
Ordinary	Sale	1,278	2.42
Ordinary	Sale	1,309	2.422
Ordinary	Sale	1,301	2.422
Ordinary	Sale	1,340	2.422
Ordinary	Sale	3,546	2.427
Ordinary	Sale	1,294	2.428
Ordinary	Sale	1,302	2.422
Ordinary	Sale	1,314	2.422
Ordinary	Sale	1,323	2.422
Ordinary	Sale	1,286	2.427
Ordinary	Sale	1,293	2.425
Ordinary	Sale	1,275	2.425
Ordinary	Sale	1,308	2.422
Ordinary	Sale	889	2.422
Ordinary	Sale	1,285	2.422
Ordinary	Sale	1,302	2.427
Ordinary	Sale	1,285	2.425
Ordinary	Sale	1,278	2.422
Ordinary	Sale	1,286	2.428
	Total Purchases	2,099,444
-	Total Sales	66,773

(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	1,328,062	2.42264907
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	413,223	2.42242

(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:	10/03/2021
###### 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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