RNS Number : 7774T
Societe Generale SA
25 June 2024
 

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:

SOCIETE GENERALE SA

(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

Smith (DS) 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

24/06/2024

(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"

Yes: International Paper Company

 

 

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:

10p ordinary

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1)  Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

26,775,976

1.94

410,340

0.03

(2)  Cash-settled derivatives:

 

84,334

0.01

2,065,791

0.15

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

0

0.00

0

0.00

TOTAL:

26,860,310

1.95

2,476,131

0.18

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

10p ordinary

Purchase

1

3.648

10p ordinary

Purchase

2

3.66

10p ordinary

Purchase

3

3.66

10p ordinary

Purchase

6

3.64

10p ordinary

Purchase

19

3.66

10p ordinary

Purchase

58

3.63

10p ordinary

Purchase

79

3.636

10p ordinary

Purchase

99

3.662

10p ordinary

Purchase

177

3.664

10p ordinary

Purchase

211

3.664

10p ordinary

Purchase

214

3.648

10p ordinary

Purchase

214

3.656

10p ordinary

Purchase

229

3.664

10p ordinary

Purchase

258

3.656

10p ordinary

Purchase

388

3.662

10p ordinary

Purchase

388

3.662

10p ordinary

Purchase

433

3.664

10p ordinary

Purchase

434

3.634

10p ordinary

Purchase

521

3.64

10p ordinary

Purchase

554

3.648

10p ordinary

Purchase

555

3.632

10p ordinary

Purchase

565

3.664

10p ordinary

Purchase

567

3.664

10p ordinary

Purchase

583

3.606

10p ordinary

Purchase

592

3.662

10p ordinary

Purchase

676

3.648

10p ordinary

Purchase

817

3.648

10p ordinary

Purchase

823

3.664

10p ordinary

Purchase

833

3.64

10p ordinary

Purchase

950

3.664

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,000

3.662

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,000

3.662

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,000

3.664

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,052

3.648

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,110

3.64

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,270

3.662

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,388

3.656

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,388

3.656

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,388

3.658

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,776

3.656

10p ordinary

Purchase

5,293

3.656

10p ordinary

Purchase

5,337

3.656

10p ordinary

Purchase

5,551

3.656

10p ordinary

Purchase

5,551

3.656

10p ordinary

Purchase

5,551

3.656

10p ordinary

Purchase

5,551

3.656

10p ordinary

Purchase

5,551

3.656

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,776

3.656

10p ordinary

Purchase

21

3.622

10p ordinary

Purchase

390

3.622

10p ordinary

Purchase

584

3.622

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,356

3.61

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,356

3.63

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,356

3.63

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,356

3.656

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,016

3.622

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,056

3.622

10p ordinary

Purchase

9,457

3.626

10p ordinary

Purchase

7

3.622

10p ordinary

Purchase

229

3.622

10p ordinary

Purchase

229

3.622

10p ordinary

Purchase

590

3.622

10p ordinary

Purchase

598

3.622

10p ordinary

Purchase

4

3.622

10p ordinary

Purchase

12

3.622

10p ordinary

Purchase

412

3.602

10p ordinary

Purchase

612

3.602

10p ordinary

Purchase

4

3.626

10p ordinary

Purchase

12

3.59

10p ordinary

Purchase

72

3.598

10p ordinary

Purchase

77

3.614

10p ordinary

Purchase

109

3.624

10p ordinary

Purchase

143

3.612

10p ordinary

Purchase

182

3.612

10p ordinary

Purchase

198

3.596

10p ordinary

Purchase

201

3.596

10p ordinary

Purchase

210

3.596

10p ordinary

Purchase

215

3.596

10p ordinary

Purchase

218

3.612

10p ordinary

Purchase

225

3.626

10p ordinary

Purchase

283

3.596

10p ordinary

Purchase

402

3.614

10p ordinary

Purchase

486

3.61

10p ordinary

Purchase

494

3.596

10p ordinary

Purchase

496

3.662

10p ordinary

Purchase

516

3.612

10p ordinary

Purchase

526

3.59

10p ordinary

Purchase

550

3.624

10p ordinary

Purchase

618

3.624

10p ordinary

Purchase

630

3.612

10p ordinary

Purchase

642

3.59

10p ordinary

Purchase

656

3.612

10p ordinary

Purchase

659

3.662

10p ordinary

Purchase

688

3.61

10p ordinary

Purchase

752

3.596

10p ordinary

Purchase

770

3.614

10p ordinary

Purchase

921

3.626

10p ordinary

Purchase

934

3.596

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,154

3.662

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,154

3.666

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,156

3.658

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,166

3.628

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,167

3.624

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,168

3.626

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,169

3.622

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,172

3.614

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,173

3.606

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,173

3.612

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,174

3.604

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,174

3.608

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,174

3.61

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,175

3.602

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,175

3.604

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,176

3.598

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,176

3.598

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,176

3.6

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,176

3.6

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,176

3.6

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,176

3.602

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,176

3.602

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,177

3.598

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,177

3.6

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,177

3.6

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,178

3.592

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,504

3.614

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,574

3.63

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,574

3.632

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,577

3.622

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,583

3.608

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,087

3.624

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,139

3.626

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,167

3.662

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,561

3.626

10p ordinary

Purchase

4,123

3.626

10p ordinary

Purchase

4,630

3.626

10p ordinary

Purchase

5,066

3.626

10p ordinary

Purchase

58,000

3.626

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,546

3.656

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,936

3.656

10p ordinary

Purchase

50,844

3.656

10p ordinary

Sale

26

3.658

10p ordinary

Sale

2,026

3.656

10p ordinary

Sale

95

3.658

10p ordinary

Sale

238

3.664

10p ordinary

Sale

2,607

3.628

10p ordinary

Sale

607

3.6

10p ordinary

Sale

593

3.638

10p ordinary

Sale

1,166

3.614

10p ordinary

Sale

348

3.646

10p ordinary

Sale

520

3.642

10p ordinary

Sale

640

3.636

10p ordinary

Sale

881

3.606

10p ordinary

Sale

933

3.636

10p ordinary

Sale

1,049

3.642

10p ordinary

Sale

1,157

3.662

10p ordinary

Sale

1,165

3.636

10p ordinary

Sale

1,171

3.62

10p ordinary

Sale

1,175

3.612

10p ordinary

Sale

1,176

3.6

10p ordinary

Sale

1,176

3.608

10p ordinary

Sale

1,176

3.61

10p ordinary

Sale

1,177

3.602

10p ordinary

Sale

1,178

3.598

10p ordinary

Sale

1,178

3.6

10p ordinary

Sale

1,179

3.602

10p ordinary

Sale

1,179

3.604

10p ordinary

Sale

1,180

3.598

10p ordinary

Sale

1,180

3.598

10p ordinary

Sale

1,424

3.64

10p ordinary

Sale

1,573

3.634

10p ordinary

Sale

1,590

3.642

10p ordinary

Sale

1,591

3.608

10p ordinary

Sale

1,777

3.662

10p ordinary

Sale

1,895

3.64

10p ordinary

Sale

1,899

3.664

10p ordinary

Sale

1,941

3.67

10p ordinary

Sale

2,086

3.652

10p ordinary

Sale

2,092

3.64

10p ordinary

Sale

2,101

3.662

10p ordinary

Sale

2,102

3.646

10p ordinary

Sale

2,107

3.636

10p ordinary

Sale

2,110

3.66

10p ordinary

Sale

2,124

3.648

10p ordinary

Sale

2,128

3.634

10p ordinary

Sale

2,699

3.6

10p ordinary

Sale

3,270

3.62

10p ordinary

Sale

3,538

3.62

10p ordinary

Sale

3,658

3.634

10p ordinary

Sale

53,362

3.656

10p ordinary

Sale

61,311

3.65606

10p ordinary

Sale

50,844

3.656

                                                                                           

 

(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

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

26

3.658

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

2,026

3.656

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

95

3.658

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

238

3.664

 

(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

 

(ii)        Exercise

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

 

(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)

 

 

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"

 

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"

None

 

 

(c)        Attachments

 

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

 

 

Date of disclosure:

25/06/2024

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.

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