Source - LSE Regulatory
RNS Number : 0447Q
Societe Generale SA
23 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.

(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

      RSA Insurance Group 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

22/02/2021

(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:

63,432,774

6.13

103,856

0.01

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 

0

0.00

17,127,710

1.65

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00

0

0.00

     TOTAL:

63,432,774

6.13

17,231,566

1.66

 

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

3,143

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

10

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

7

6.76

Ordinary

Purchase

38

6.76

Ordinary

Purchase

1,396

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

342

6.762

Ordinary

Purchase

907

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

2,318

6.76

Ordinary

Purchase

15,444

6.76

Ordinary

Purchase

1,250

6.76

Ordinary

Purchase

354

6.76

Ordinary

Purchase

1,250

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

2,814

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

6,000

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

1,250

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

155

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

694

6.764

Ordinary

Purchase

217

6.766

Ordinary

Purchase

1,250

6.766

Ordinary

Purchase

1,710

6.764

Ordinary

Purchase

1,250

6.764

Ordinary

Purchase

2,176

6.764

Ordinary

Purchase

2,924

6.76

Ordinary

Purchase

1,498

6.764

Ordinary

Purchase

1,250

6.766

Ordinary

Purchase

3,257

6.76

Ordinary

Purchase

13,026

6.766

Ordinary

Purchase

1,254

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

1,389

6.764

Ordinary

Purchase

761

6.764

Ordinary

Purchase

1,250

6.764

Ordinary

Purchase

532

6.764

Ordinary

Purchase

3,517

6.762

Ordinary

Purchase

1,302

6.766

Ordinary

Purchase

1,250

6.766

Ordinary

Purchase

954

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

211

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

1,969

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

1,838

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

1,816

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

1,896

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

355

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

1,948

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

163

6.762

Ordinary

Purchase

1,250

6.764

Ordinary

Purchase

13,309

6.754

Ordinary

Purchase

1,256

6.754

Ordinary

Purchase

7,079

6.754

Ordinary

Purchase

538

6.754

Ordinary

Purchase

6,862

6.754

Ordinary

Purchase

16

6.754

Ordinary

Purchase

32

6.754

Ordinary

Purchase

26

6.754

Ordinary

Purchase

4

6.764

Ordinary

Purchase

2,522

6.754

Ordinary

Purchase

1,363

6.754

Ordinary

Purchase

3,885

6.754

Ordinary

Purchase

2,460

6.76

Ordinary

Purchase

3,154

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

1,942

6.764

Ordinary

Purchase

4,000

6.76

Ordinary

Purchase

500

6.76

Ordinary

Purchase

374

6.76

Ordinary

Purchase

25

6.76

Ordinary

Purchase

1,835

6.76

Ordinary

Purchase

3,000

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

8,798

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

975

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

972

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

245

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

1,053

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

763

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

1,795

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

550

6.764

Ordinary

Purchase

9,754

6.766

Ordinary

Purchase

1,100

6.764

Ordinary

Purchase

445

6.76

Ordinary

Purchase

3,000

6.76

Ordinary

Purchase

4,700

6.76

Ordinary

Purchase

10,000

6.76

Ordinary

Purchase

10,000

6.76

Ordinary

Purchase

975

6.766

Ordinary

Purchase

1,531

6.764

Ordinary

Purchase

2,000

6.76

Ordinary

Purchase

40

6.76

Ordinary

Purchase

3,000

6.76

Ordinary

Purchase

3,000

6.76

Ordinary

Purchase

2,000

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

3,000

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

2,000

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

3,000

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

232

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

7,000

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

1,179

6.762

Ordinary

Purchase

465

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

829

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

3,000

6.758

Ordinary

Purchase

2,558

6.764

Ordinary

Purchase

2,558

6.764

Ordinary

Purchase

2,558

6.764

Ordinary

Purchase

2,556

6.762

Ordinary

Purchase

2,559

6.764

Ordinary

Purchase

2,558

6.762

Ordinary

Purchase

2,557

6.764

Ordinary

Purchase

163,221

6.75902935

Ordinary

Sale

184

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

324

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

2,816

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

473

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

72

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

939

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

491

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

5,861

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

587

6.756

Ordinary

Sale

5,234

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

435

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

2,371

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

376

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

1,063

6.756

Ordinary

Sale

1,094

6.756

Ordinary

Sale

637

6.756

Ordinary

Sale

343

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

1,737

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

273

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

533

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

957

6.764

Ordinary

Sale

1,250

6.764

Ordinary

Sale

1,663

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

1,713

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

1,664

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

4,498

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

1,662

6.764

Ordinary

Sale

26,291

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

12,120

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

33,865

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

33,177

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

25,518

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

1,250

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

1,664

6.764

Ordinary

Sale

1,942

6.754

Ordinary

Sale

971

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

389

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

389

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

389

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

6,835

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

110

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

1,912

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

125

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

255

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

939

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

596

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

350

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

698

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

840

6.764

Ordinary

Sale

698

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

622

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

624

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

2,304

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

939

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

610

6.764

Ordinary

Sale

1,930

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

436

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

135

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

698

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

1,224

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

618

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

365

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

2,493

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

939

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

369

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

3,246

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

634

6.764

Ordinary

Sale

529

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

505

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

1,465

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

380

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

638

6.764

Ordinary

Sale

492

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

34

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

477

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

323

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

440

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

800

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

618

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

1,612

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

440

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

1,583

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

1,368

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

81

6.764

Ordinary

Sale

501

6.764

Ordinary

Sale

1,235

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

1,151

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

3,676

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

445

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

452

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

900

6.764

Ordinary

Sale

483

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

2,236

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

794

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

2,167

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

472

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

161

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

1,503

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

427

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

881

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

22,502

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

14,761

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

104

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

552

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

1,237

6.756

Ordinary

Sale

4

6.756

Ordinary

Sale

968

6.756

Ordinary

Sale

1,224

6.76

Ordinary

Sale

8,156

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

19,423

6.764

Ordinary

Sale

2,558

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

390

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

2,558

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

2,558

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

2,559

6.758

Ordinary

Sale

925,000

6.762

Ordinary

Sale

366,578

6.76171317

Ordinary

Sale

2,673,330

6.762


Total Purchases

412,293



Total Sales

4,282,490


 

 

(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

163,221

6.75902935

Ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

366,578

6.76171317

 

(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:

23/02/2021

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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