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

Greene King 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

29/10/2019

(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:

2,434,298

0.79

1,776

0.00

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

0

0.00

2,032,815

0.66

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

0

0.00

0

0.00

TOTAL:

2,434,298

0.79

2,034,591

0.66

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

262

8.491984733

Ordinary

Purchase

328

8.492

Ordinary

Purchase

576

8.49

Ordinary

Purchase

1,083

8.492

Ordinary

Purchase

256

8.492

Ordinary

Purchase

290

8.492

Ordinary

Purchase

547

8.492

Ordinary

Purchase

520

8.492

Ordinary

Purchase

66

8.49

Ordinary

Purchase

447

8.49

Ordinary

Purchase

1,658

8.49

Ordinary

Purchase

1,387

8.49

Ordinary

Purchase

1,266

8.49

Ordinary

Purchase

1,297

8.49

Ordinary

Purchase

1,855

8.49

Ordinary

Purchase

203,400

8.491019

Ordinary

Purchase

416,850

8.491019

Ordinary

Purchase

440,800

8.486849

Ordinary

Purchase

559,200

8.486849

Ordinary

Sale

447

8.49

Ordinary

Sale

270

8.49

Ordinary

Sale

414

8.49

Ordinary

Sale

957

8.49

Ordinary

Sale

494

8.49

Ordinary

Sale

551

8.49

Ordinary

Sale

274

8.49

Ordinary

Sale

449

8.49

Ordinary

Sale

370

8.488

Ordinary

Sale

14

8.49

Ordinary

Sale

851

8.49

Ordinary

Sale

1,556

8.488

Ordinary

Sale

102

8.49

Ordinary

Sale

1,750,000

8.496

Ordinary

Sale

2,374,000

8.496

Ordinary

Sale

414,901

8.496

Ordinary

Sale

2,776,396

8.492

Ordinary

Sale

2,035,746

8.496

Ordinary

Sale

3,000,000

8.496

Ordinary

Sale

3,000,000

8.496

Ordinary

Sale

2,254,555

8.49

Total Purchases

1,632,088

Total Sales

17,612,347

(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

203,400

8.491019

Ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

416,850

8.491019

Ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

440,800

8.486849

Ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

559,200

8.486849

(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:

30/10/2019

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 atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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