RNS Number : 6956K
Societe Generale SA
20 April 2015



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) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being disclosed:

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


(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

CSR 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:

17/04/2015

(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?

NO

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(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 share

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

1,954,322

1.17

76,753

0.05

(2) Derivatives (other than options):

0

0.00

700,910

0.42

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00

0

0.00

TOTAL:

1,954,322

1.17

777,663

0.47

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, 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 executive options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:


Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:


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.

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

Ordinary share

Purchase

187

8.77

Ordinary share

Purchase

241

8.77

Ordinary share

Purchase

391

8.77

Ordinary share

Purchase

770

8.79

Ordinary share

Purchase

205

8.79

Ordinary share

Purchase

125

8.79

Ordinary share

Purchase

500

8.79

Ordinary share

Purchase

470

8.775

Ordinary share

Purchase

398

8.77

Ordinary share

Purchase

205

8.77

Ordinary share

Purchase

25

8.77

Ordinary share

Purchase

337

8.77

Ordinary share

Purchase

704

8.765

Ordinary share

Purchase

1,129

8.7755713

Ordinary share

Purchase

69

8.78

Ordinary share

Purchase

64

8.78

Ordinary share

Purchase

147

8.78

Ordinary share

Purchase

28

8.78

Ordinary share

Purchase

747

8.78

Ordinary share

Purchase

632

8.78

Ordinary share

Purchase

701

8.77

Ordinary share

Purchase

246

8.775

Ordinary share

Purchase

562

8.775

Ordinary share

Purchase

818

8.78

Ordinary share

Purchase

350

8.8

Ordinary share

Purchase

14

8.8

Ordinary share

Purchase

329

8.77

Ordinary share

Purchase

213

8.785

Ordinary share

Purchase

246

8.785

Ordinary share

Purchase

378

8.785

Ordinary share

Purchase

806

8.785

Ordinary share

Purchase

260

8.765

Ordinary share

Purchase

453

8.77

Ordinary share

Purchase

759

8.765

Ordinary share

Purchase

31

8.77

Ordinary share

Purchase

631

8.77

Ordinary share

Purchase

562

8.795

Ordinary share

Purchase

245

8.79

Ordinary share

Purchase

284

8.8

Ordinary share

Purchase

1,136

8.8

Ordinary share

Purchase

625

8.8

Ordinary share

Purchase

840

8.77

Ordinary share

Purchase

33

8.77

Ordinary share

Purchase

821

8.765

Ordinary share

Sale

18

8.77

Ordinary share

Sale

150

8.77

Ordinary share

Sale

447

8.77

Ordinary share

Sale

355

8.785

Ordinary share

Sale

850

8.785

Ordinary share

Sale

1,427

8.7650035

Ordinary share

Sale

147

8.78

Ordinary share

Sale

407

8.775

Ordinary share

Sale

547

8.78

Ordinary share

Sale

523

8.765

Ordinary share

Sale

353

8.765

Ordinary share

Sale

216

8.765

Ordinary share

Sale

378

8.785

Ordinary share

Sale

33

8.77

Ordinary share

Sale

492

8.765

Ordinary share

Sale

290

8.765

Ordinary share

Sale

53

8.795

Ordinary share

Sale

1,655

8.785

Ordinary share

Sale

181

8.765

Ordinary share

Sale

592

8.765

Ordinary share

Sale

1,020

8.765

Ordinary share

Sale

353

8.765

Ordinary share

Sale

1,035

8.795

Ordinary share

Sale

562

8.795

Ordinary share

Sale

394

8.795

Ordinary share

Sale

9

8.76

Ordinary share

Sale

18

8.765

Ordinary share

Sale

322

8.765

Ordinary share

Sale

24

8.765

Ordinary share

Sale

554

8.765

Ordinary share

Sale

1,129

8.765

Ordinary share

Sale

36

8.7725

Ordinary share

Sale

11

8.765

Ordinary share

Sale

4

8.775

Ordinary share

Sale

1,092

8.765

Ordinary share

Sale

403

8.775

Ordinary share

Sale

33

8.77


Total Purchases

18,717



Total Sales

16,113


(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

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






(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product descriptione.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) Exercising

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

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)




The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

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.

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:

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:

20/04/2015

Contact name:

Jean-Baptiste Gicquel

Telephone number:

+44 20 7676 6826

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel atmonitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.


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