BTG : Form 8.3 - BTG PLC

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	BTG 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	15/02/2019
(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:	3,911,125	1.01	73,491	0.02
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0.00	2,414,410	0.62
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	3,911,125	1.01	2,487,901	0.64

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	351	8.3
Ordinary	Purchase	210	8.3
Ordinary	Purchase	354	8.3
Ordinary	Purchase	400	8.315
Ordinary	Purchase	1,554	8.295
Ordinary	Purchase	900	8.295
Ordinary	Purchase	621	8.295
Ordinary	Purchase	328	8.31
Ordinary	Purchase	1,477	8.31
Ordinary	Purchase	840	8.3
Ordinary	Purchase	1,559	8.295
Ordinary	Purchase	1,430	8.29
Ordinary	Purchase	1,466	8.29
Ordinary	Purchase	531	8.29
Ordinary	Purchase	435	8.29
Ordinary	Purchase	1,561	8.285
Ordinary	Purchase	416	8.29
Ordinary	Purchase	1,506	8.285
Ordinary	Purchase	296	8.305
Ordinary	Purchase	1,492	8.285
Ordinary	Purchase	770	8.3
Ordinary	Purchase	809	8.295
Ordinary	Purchase	165	8.29
Ordinary	Purchase	1,323	8.29
Ordinary	Purchase	355	8.31
Ordinary	Purchase	1,561	8.28
Ordinary	Purchase	1,337	8.31
Ordinary	Purchase	848	8.3
Ordinary	Purchase	300	8.295
Ordinary	Purchase	293	8.295
Ordinary	Purchase	300	8.305
Ordinary	Purchase	35,000	8.307008
Ordinary	Purchase	307,270	8.29
Ordinary	Purchase	292,730	8.288396
Ordinary	Sale	81	8.3
Ordinary	Sale	295	8.3
Ordinary	Sale	1	8.3
Ordinary	Sale	12	8.3
Ordinary	Sale	407	8.305
Ordinary	Sale	81	8.31
Ordinary	Sale	449	8.31
Ordinary	Sale	530	8.31
Ordinary	Sale	678	8.295
Ordinary	Sale	529	8.31
Ordinary	Sale	529	8.31
Ordinary	Sale	531	8.295
Ordinary	Sale	647	8.3
Ordinary	Sale	531	8.305
Ordinary	Sale	53	8.305
Ordinary	Sale	492	8.305
Ordinary	Sale	368	8.29
Ordinary	Sale	672	8.3
Ordinary	Sale	307,270	8.29
Ordinary	Sale	292,730	8.288396
	Total Purchases	660,788
	Total Sales	606,886

(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	35,000	8.307008

(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:	18/02/2019
Contact name:	Paul Jenkins
Telephone number*:	[phone]

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made toa Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on [phone].The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.