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RNS Number : 1733B Societe Generale SA 20 April 2026
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 Beazley plc
form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(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: 17/04/2026
For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable
date prior to the disclosure
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making N/A
disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
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: 5p ordinary
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 27,058,588 4.50 12,359,994 2.06
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 12,319,478 2.05 25,013,364 4.16
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00 0 0.00
purchase/sell:
39,378,066 6.55 37,373,358 6.21
TOTAL:
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
5p ordinary Purchase 47 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 74 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 122 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 607 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 607 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 607 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 607 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 607 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 607 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 607 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 607 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 607 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 194 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 194 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 219 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 267 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 19 12.7425
5p ordinary Purchase 44 12.7375
5p ordinary Purchase 47 12.7375
5p ordinary Purchase 49 12.7375
5p ordinary Purchase 55 12.7375
5p ordinary Purchase 57 12.7375
5p ordinary Purchase 59 12.7375
5p ordinary Purchase 59 12.7375
5p ordinary Purchase 60 12.7375
5p ordinary Purchase 62 12.7375
5p ordinary Purchase 62 12.7375
5p ordinary Purchase 62 12.7375
5p ordinary Purchase 66 12.7375
5p ordinary Purchase 69 12.7375
5p ordinary Purchase 115 12.7375
5p ordinary Purchase 134 12.7375
5p ordinary Purchase 143 12.7375
5p ordinary Purchase 78 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 120 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 124 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 152 12.745
5p ordinary Purchase 172 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 183 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 184 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 185 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 189 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 191 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 199 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 206 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 234 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 276 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 287 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 302 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 357 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 481 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 538 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 544 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 839 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 1,053 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 1,117 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 2,017 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 2,777 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 409 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 582 12.735
5p ordinary Purchase 971 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 681 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 2,545 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 72 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 72 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 72 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 90 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 82 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 71 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 69 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 68 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 124 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 15 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 101 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 69 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 65 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 66 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 1 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 68 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 70 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 91 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 73 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 108 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 113 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 3 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 78 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 72 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 113 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 95 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 68 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 66 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 77 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 124 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 64 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 112 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 71 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 64 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 128 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 105 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 5 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 126 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 75 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 83 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 131 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 64 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 68 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 67 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 3 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 71 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 80 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 123 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 116 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 93 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 124 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 107 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 113 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 71 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 67 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 65 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 13 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 126 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 112 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 100 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 73 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 74 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 67 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 68 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 71 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 78 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 78 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 136 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 128 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 71 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 127 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 75 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 66 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 124 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 112 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 65 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 59 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 64 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 74 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 67 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 78 12.74
5p ordinary Purchase 67 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 3,364 12.735
5p ordinary Sale 2 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 4 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 12 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 14 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 119 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 134 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 246 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 347 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 607 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 628 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 749 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 1,067 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 1,095 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 1,214 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 1,214 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 1,789 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 2,295 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 2,429 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 2,429 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 2,429 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 2,429 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 2,429 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 2,429 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 2,429 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 2,429 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 2,429 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 107 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 299 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 304 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 314 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 501 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 582 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 632 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 666 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 670 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 794 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 797 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 799 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 1,014 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 1,024 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 1,405 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 1,709 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 1,797 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 2,322 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 2,429 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 681 12.74
5p ordinary Sale 2,545 12.74
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference securities Price per unit
e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short GBP
position
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 3,364 12.735
(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 Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
e.g. American, European etc.
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, conversion
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: 20/04/2026
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
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .
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