Societe Generale SA Form 8.3 - International Paper Company

RNS Number : 5652U

Societe Generale SA

01 July 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	International Paper Company
(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	28/06/2024
(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: Smith (DS) plc

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:	common stock
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	357,703	0.10	58,210	0.02
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	36,082	0.01	813	0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	17,200	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	410,985	0.12	59,023	0.02

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 EUR
common stock	Purchase	31	39.79
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
common stock	Purchase	9	42.86
common stock	Purchase	29	42.86
common stock	Purchase	33	42.86
common stock	Purchase	44	42.79
common stock	Purchase	3	43.18
common stock	Purchase	18	43.18
common stock	Purchase	32	42.83
common stock	Purchase	33	43.08
common stock	Purchase	42	43.15
common stock	Purchase	46	42.77
common stock	Purchase	51	43.18
common stock	Purchase	54	42.77
common stock	Purchase	58	43.15
common stock	Purchase	67	43.08
common stock	Purchase	93	42.75
common stock	Purchase	100	42.95
common stock	Purchase	100	42.95
common stock	Purchase	100	42.95
common stock	Purchase	100	42.98
common stock	Purchase	100	43.06
common stock	Purchase	100	43.16
common stock	Purchase	100	43.17
common stock	Purchase	168	42.83
common stock	Purchase	1	42.79
common stock	Purchase	1	42.82
common stock	Purchase	1	42.83
common stock	Purchase	1	42.83
common stock	Purchase	1	42.83
common stock	Purchase	1	42.83
common stock	Purchase	1	42.84
common stock	Purchase	1	42.85
common stock	Purchase	1	42.87
common stock	Purchase	2	42.81
common stock	Purchase	2	42.83
common stock	Purchase	4	42.9
common stock	Purchase	5	42.72
common stock	Purchase	7	42.81
common stock	Purchase	207	43.15
common stock	Purchase	281	43.15
common stock	Purchase	283	43.15
common stock	Purchase	689	43.15
common stock	Purchase	1,138	43.15
common stock	Purchase	1,160	43.15
common stock	Purchase	27,284	43.15
common stock	Purchase	74	43.15
common stock	Purchase	200	43.15
common stock	Purchase	2,000	43.15
common stock	Purchase	49	43.07
common stock	Purchase	52	42.97
common stock	Purchase	72	43
common stock	Purchase	100	42.91
common stock	Purchase	100	42.93
common stock	Purchase	100	42.95
common stock	Purchase	100	43
common stock	Purchase	100	43
common stock	Purchase	100	43.08
common stock	Purchase	102	42.93
common stock	Purchase	1,531	43.15
common stock	Purchase	2,060	43.15
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit EUR
common stock	Sale	89	40.28
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit USD
common stock	Sale	1	42.98
common stock	Sale	1	43.13
common stock	Sale	1	43.14
common stock	Sale	1	43.15
common stock	Sale	1	43.15
common stock	Sale	1	43.15
common stock	Sale	1	43.15
common stock	Sale	1	43.16
common stock	Sale	1	43.16
common stock	Sale	1	43.17
common stock	Sale	1	43.17
common stock	Sale	1	43.17
common stock	Sale	1	43.17
common stock	Sale	1	43.17
common stock	Sale	2	43.18
common stock	Sale	2	43.25
common stock	Sale	3	42.78
common stock	Sale	3	42.85
common stock	Sale	3	42.98
common stock	Sale	3	43.15
common stock	Sale	3	43.17
common stock	Sale	4	42.68
common stock	Sale	4	42.89
common stock	Sale	4	43
common stock	Sale	4	43.06
common stock	Sale	4	43.12
common stock	Sale	5	42.7
common stock	Sale	5	43.01
common stock	Sale	5	43.07
common stock	Sale	5	43.13
common stock	Sale	5	43.16
common stock	Sale	5	43.19
common stock	Sale	6	43.06
common stock	Sale	6	43.08
common stock	Sale	6	43.14
common stock	Sale	7	43.03
common stock	Sale	7	43.1
common stock	Sale	7	43.21
common stock	Sale	9	42.9
common stock	Sale	10	43.15
common stock	Sale	1,648	43.15
common stock	Sale	1,100	43.16
common stock	Sale	200	43.17
common stock	Sale	200	43.16
common stock	Sale	200	43.15
common stock	Sale	39	43.15
common stock	Sale	54	43.15
common stock	Sale	129	43.15
common stock	Sale	25	42.87
common stock	Sale	75	42.87
common stock	Sale	100	42.87
common stock	Sale	100	42.87
common stock	Sale	100	42.88
common stock	Sale	100	43.15
common stock	Sale	100	43.22
common stock	Sale	100	43.24
common stock	Sale	400	42.97
common stock	Sale	4	42.9
common stock	Sale	8	42.96
common stock	Sale	12	43.07
common stock	Sale	21	42.96
common stock	Sale	88	43.07
common stock	Sale	96	42.9
common stock	Sale	100	42.84
common stock	Sale	100	42.86
common stock	Sale	100	42.86
common stock	Sale	100	42.86
common stock	Sale	100	42.92
common stock	Sale	100	42.93
common stock	Sale	100	42.97
common stock	Sale	100	43.04
common stock	Sale	100	43.07
common stock	Sale	100	43.07
common stock	Sale	100	43.07
common stock	Sale	100	43.08
common stock	Sale	100	43.1
common stock	Sale	100	43.12
common stock	Sale	100	43.12
common stock	Sale	100	43.225
common stock	Sale	200	43.04
common stock	Sale	271	42.96
common stock	Sale	500	43.07
common stock	Sale	578	42.95
common stock	Sale	100	43.07
common stock	Sale	100	43.1

(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 USD
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	1	42.978
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	1	43.138
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	2	43.178
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	2	43.248
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	3	43.148
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	3	42.978
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	3	43.168
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	3	42.848
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	3	42.778
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	4	43.058
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	4	42.998
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	4	42.888
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	4	43.118
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	4	42.678
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	5	43.008
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	5	43.068
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	5	43.188
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	5	43.158
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	5	42.698
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	6	43.058
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	6	43.078
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	6	43.128
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	7	43.028
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	7	43.098
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	7	43.208
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	9	42.898
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	17	43.15152941
common stock	CFD	Increasing a long position	192	43.14901042
common stock	CFD	Reducing a long position	16	42.8245
common stock	CFD	Reducing a long position	5	42.722
common stock	CFD	Reducing a long position	4	42.902
common stock	CFD	Reducing a long position	2	42.812
common stock	CFD	Reducing a long position	2	42.832

(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

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

YES

Date of disclosure:	01/07/2024
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.

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

DETAILS OF OPEN STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVE (INCLUDING OPTION) POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1. KEY INFORMATION

Full name of person making disclosure:	SOCIETE GENERALE SA
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:	International Paper Company

2. STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Written or purchased

Number of securities to which option or derivative relates

Exercise price per unit USD

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

common stock

Listed Put Option

Written

17,200

American

17/01/2025

3. AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:

It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to cash-settled derivatives.

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

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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