Bond Générale Société 0% ( XS1994622535 ) in USD

Générale Société

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France

XS1994622535 ( in USD )

05/08/2022 - Bond has expired

Prospectus brochure of the bond Societe Generale XS1994622535 in USD 0%, expired

1 000 USD

637 000 USD

Société Générale is a major French multinational banking and financial services corporation.

The Bond issued by Générale Société ( France ) , in USD, with the ISIN code XS1994622535, pays a coupon of 0% per year.
The coupons are paid 2 times per year and the Bond maturity is 05/08/2022

BASE PROSPECTUS DATED 14 JUNE 2019
SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE
as Issuer and Guarantor
(incorporated in France)

and

SG ISSUER
SG OPTION EUROPE
as Issuer
as Issuer
(incorporated in Luxembourg)
(incorporated in France)

Debt Instruments Issuance Programme

For guidance on using this Base Prospectus and navigating between the different sections hereof, please refer to "Base
Prospectus - User Guide" on page 84 of this Base Prospectus (which is intended to assist investors in review of this Base
Prospectus but which should nevertheless be read in conjunction with the other sections of this Base Prospectus).
Under the Debt Instruments Issuance Programme (the Programme), each of Société Générale, SG Issuer and SG Option Europe (each an Issuer and together the Issuers) may
from time to time issue Notes (the Notes such definition to include CDIs, as defined below, where applicable) denominated in any currency agreed by the Issuer of such Notes (the
relevant Issuer) and the relevant Purchaser(s) (as defined below).
When securities to be issued pursuant to this Base Prospectus are qualified as "certificates" (such expression including the Italian Certificates, as defined in "Terms and Conditions of
the English Law Notes"), any reference in the relevant section of this Base Prospectus and in the applicable Final Terms to "Notes" and "Noteholders" shall be deemed to be a
reference to "Certificates" and "Certificateholders".
Notes issued under the Programme may either be unsecured or secured (Secured Notes), as specified in the applicable Final Terms and as further described herein.
Payments in respect of Notes issued by SG Issuer or SG Option Europe will be unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by Société Générale (the Guarantor). Subject as set out
herein, the Notes will not be subject to any minimum or maximum maturity.
The Notes will be issued on a continuing basis to one or more of the Dealers specified in the "General Description of the Programme" and any additional dealer appointed under the
Programme from time to time (each a Dealer and together the Dealers). Notes may also be issued to third parties other than Dealers. Dealers and such third parties are referred to
as Purchasers. The terms and conditions of the English Law Notes (the English Law Notes) and the Uncertificated Notes (the Uncertificated Notes) are set out herein in "Terms
and Conditions of the English Law Notes" and the terms and conditions of the French Law Notes (the French Law Notes) are set out herein in "Terms and Conditions of the French
Law Notes".
English Law Notes may be issued in bearer form (Bearer Notes, which include Bearer SIS Notes (as defined in "Terms and Conditions of the English Law Notes") or registered form
(Registered Notes) or in uncertificated form (Uncertificated Notes). Bearer Notes and Registered Notes may be represented by one or more Global Notes (as defined in "Terms
and Conditions of the English Law Notes"). Uncertificated Notes shall include Uncertificated Nordic Notes, Uncertificated SIS Notes, EUI Notes and ECF Notes and will be issued in
uncertificated and dematerialised book-entry form, all as defined and further described in "Form of the Notes".
Bearer Notes (other than Bearer SIS Notes) will be deposited with a common depositary (Common Depositary) or, in the case of new global notes (New Global Notes or NGN), a
common safekeeper (Common Safekeeper) on behalf of Euroclear Bank SA/NV as operator of the Euroclear System (Euroclear) and Clearstream Banking S.A. (Clearstream).
Bearer SIS Notes (certified in a Permanent Global SIS Note) will be deposited with the Swiss securities services corporation SIX SIS Ltd (SIS) or any other intermediary in
Switzerland recognised for such purposes by SIX Swiss Exchange Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange).
Registered Notes will (i) be deposited with a Common Depositary for Euroclear and Clearstream, (ii) in the case of Registered Global Notes (as defined in "Terms and Conditions of
the English Law Notes") issued under the new safekeeping structure (New Safekeeping Structure or NSS) registered in the name of a nominee of one of the International Central
Securities Depositaries (ICSDs) acting as Common Safekeeper, or (iii) in the case of certain U.S. Exempt Securities (as defined herein) other than Combined Global Notes (as
defined herein), be deposited with a custodian for, and registered in the name of a nominee of, DTC.
Noteholders may hold EUI Notes through Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited (formerly known as CRESTCo Limited) (such clearing system, EUI) either directly (CREST Notes) or
through the issuance of CREST Depository Interests (such securities, CDIs) representing underlying Notes (CREST Notes and CDIs together to be known as EUI Notes). CDIs are
independent securities constituted under English law and transferred through CREST. CDIs will be issued by CREST Depository Limited pursuant to a global deed poll dated 25 June
2001 (as subsequently modified, supplemented and/or restated, the CREST Deed Poll), as all more fully described in Book Entry Clearance Systems. French Law Notes (as defined
below) may be issued in dematerialised form or materialised form.
French Law Notes may be issued either in dematerialised form (Dematerialised Notes) or in materialised form (Materialised Notes) as more fully described in "Form of the Notes"
herein.
Materialised Notes will be in bearer materialised form only and may only be issued outside France. A temporary global certificate in bearer form without coupons attached (a
Temporary Global Certificate) initially will be issued in connection with Materialised Notes.
Application has been made to the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the CSSF) in its capacity as competent authority under the loi relative aux prospectus pour
valeurs mobilières dated 10 July 2005, as amended, which implements the Prospectus Directive (the Luxembourg Act) to approve this document as a base prospectus. Such
application does not extend to money market instruments (as defined in the Prospectus Directive) having a maturity of less than one year or to Notes (which are not publically
offered) to be admitted to trading on the EuroMTF (as defined below). By approving this Base Prospectus, the CSSF gives no undertaking as to the economic or financial
opportuneness of the transaction or the quality or solvency of the Issuers in line with the provisions of article 7(7) of the Luxembourg Act. Application has also been made to the
Luxembourg Stock Exchange for Notes issued under the Programme to be admitted to trading on (i) the Luxembourg Stock Exchange's regulated market and to be listed on the
Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and (ii) the multilateral trading facility Euro MTF of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (the Euro MTF). The regulated market of the
Luxembourg Stock Exchange is a regulated market for the purposes of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive 2014/65/EU of 15 May 2014 (as amended, MiFID II) (a
Regulated Market). The EuroMTF is not a Regulated Market but it is subject to the supervision of the CSSF. Notes issued under the Programme may also be unlisted or listed and
admitted to trading on any other market, including any other Regulated Market in any Member State of the EEA and/or offered to the public in any Member State of the EEA. The
applicable Final Terms in respect of the issue of any Notes (as defined below) will specify whether or not such Notes will be listed and admitted to trading on any market and/or
offered to the public in any Member State of the EEA and, if so, the relevant market.
Application has also been made to SIX Swiss Exchange to approve this document as an "issuance programme" for the listing of derivatives and an "issuance programme" for the
listing of bonds, both in accordance with the listing rules of SIX Swiss Exchange. In respect of Notes to be listed on SIX Swiss Exchange, this Base Prospectus and the applicable
Final Terms will constitute the listing prospectus pursuant to the listing rules of SIX Swiss Exchange.
The CSSF has neither reviewed nor approved any information in this Base Prospectus pertaining to Notes admitted to trading on the Euro MTF and/or listed on SIX Swiss Exchange.
The CSSF assumes therefore no responsibility in relation to the issues of Notes admitted to trading on the Euro MTF and/or listed on SIX Swiss Exchange.
The Notes and any guarantee thereof have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) or under the
securities law of any state or political sub-division of the United States, and trading in the Notes has not been approved by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the CFTC)
under the United States Commodity Exchange Act of 1936, as amended (the CEA). No person has registered and no person will register as a "commodity pool operator" of any
Issuer under the CEA and the rules thereunder (the CFTC Rules) of the CFTC, and no Issuer has been and no Issuer will be registered as an investment company under the United
States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the Investment Company Act). Other than with respect to certain U.S. Exempt
Securities (as defined herein), the Notes are being offered and sold in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Regulation S
thereunder (Regulation S).

Accordingly, except for U.S. Exempt Securities (as defined herein), the Notes may only be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred in an "offshore transaction" (as defined
under Regulation S) to or for the account or benefit of a person who (a) is not (i) a U.S. person as defined in Regulation S (Regulation S U.S. Person) unless the applicable Final
Terms specify that a U.S. person as defined in paragraph 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (IRS U.S. Person) is also applicable, or (ii) if in the case of SGI Index
Linked Notes, Advised SGI Index is applicable or if in the case of Portfolio Linked Notes, Dynamic Portfolio is applicable, a person who is either a Regulation S U.S. Person or an IRS
U.S. Person unless the applicable Final Terms specify that only a Regulation S U.S. Person is applicable; (b) is not a person who comes within any definition of U.S. person for the
purposes of the CEA or any CFTC Rule, guidance or order proposed or issued under the CEA (for the avoidance of doubt, any person who is not a "Non-United States person"
defined under CFTC Rule 4.7(a)(1)(iv), but excluding, for purposes of subsection (D) thereof, the exception for qualified eligible persons who are not "Non-United States persons",
shall be considered a U.S. person), and (c) is not a "U.S. person" for purposes of the final rules implementing the credit risk retention requirements of Section 15G of the U.S.
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the U.S. Risk Retention Rules) (a Risk Retention U.S. Person) (such a person or account as described herein, a Permitted
Transferee). With the exception of U.S. Exempt Securities, the Notes are available only to Permitted Transferees. Certain issues of English Law Notes of Société Générale (U.S.
Exempt Securities), as specified in the applicable Offering Circular, may be offered and sold only (a) in offshore transactions to non-U.S. persons in reliance upon Regulation S
under the Securities Act, and/or (b) to qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) acting for their own account or for the account of one or more QIBs, in each case, in reliance upon Rule
144A under the Securities Act. No issues of Notes issued by SG Issuer or SG Option Europe will be U.S. Exempt Securities. Information specific to any issue of U.S. Exempt
Securities (including information on the form of the Notes and applicable selling and transfer restrictions) shall be set out in an offering circular supplementing this Base Prospectus
(Offering Circular) in connection with the offer and sale of such U.S. Exempt Securities. Notice of the aggregate nominal amount of Notes, interest (if any) payable in respect of
Notes, the issue price of Notes which are applicable to each Tranche (as defined in the Terms and Conditions of the Notes) of Notes will be set out in a final terms document (the
Final Terms) which (except in the case of Private Placement Notes or Notes that must be distributed in or from Switzerland exclusively to Swiss Qualified Investors) (all as defined in
the sections entitled "Terms and Conditions of the English Law Notes" and "Terms and Conditions of the French Law Notes")) will be filed with the CSSF. The Programme provides
that Notes may be listed or admitted to trading, as the case may be, on such other or further stock exchanges or markets as may be agreed between the relevant Issuer, the
Guarantor and the relevant Purchaser. Each Issuer may also issue unlisted Notes and/or Notes not admitted to trading on any market. In case of any issue of U.S. Exempt Securities,
all references herein to "Final Terms" shall include, or be interpreted to mean, the applicable Offering Circular.
THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED WITH, OR APPROVED BY, ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE
SECURITIES OR COMMODITIES COMMISSION OR REGULATORY AUTHORITY. FURTHERMORE, THE FOREGOING AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT PASSED UPON OR
ENDORSED THE MERITS OF THIS OFFERING OR THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS BASE PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENCE IN THE UNITED STATES.
U.S. Treasury regulations issued under Section 871(m) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Section 871(m) Regulations) generally impose a 30% withholding tax on
dividend equivalents paid or deemed paid (within the meaning of the relevant Section 871(m) Regulations) to a non-United States holder (a Non-U.S. Holder) with respect to certain
financial instruments linked to U.S. equities or indices that include U.S. equities (U.S. Underlying Equities). Specifically, and subject to special rules from 2017 through 2020 set out
in Notice 2018-72 (the Notice), the Section 871(m) Regulations will generally apply to Notes issued on or after 1 January 2017 that substantially replicate the economic performance
of one or more U.S. Underlying Equities as determined by the Issuer on the date for such Notes as of which the expected delta of the product is determined by the Issuer based on
tests in accordance with the applicable Section 871(m) Regulations (for the purposes of the Notice, such Notes are deemed "delta-one" instruments) (the Specified Notes). A Note
linked to U.S. Underlying Equities which the Issuer has determined not to be a Specified Note will not be subject to withholding tax under Section 871(m) Regulations. Investors are
advised that the Issuer's determination is binding on all Non-U.S. Holders of the Notes, but it is not binding on the United States Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) and the IRS may
therefore disagree with the Issuer's determination.
The applicable Final Terms will specify if the Notes are Specified Notes, and, if so, whether the Issuer or its withholding agent will withhold tax under Section 871(m) Regulations and
the rate of the withholding tax. Investors should note that if the Issuer or any withholding agent determines that withholding is required, neither the Issuer nor the withholding agent
will be required to gross up any amounts withheld in connection with a Specified Note. Investors should consult their tax adviser regarding the potential application of Section 871(m)
Regulations to their investment in the Notes.
The Notes may be rated at the latest on the relevant Issue Date by one or more rating agencies. The rating(s) of the Notes (if any) will be specified in the applicable Final Terms,
including as to whether or not such credit ratings are issued by credit rating agencies established in the European Union, registered (or which have applied for registration) under
Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council dated 16 September 2009, as amended (the CRA Regulation) and are included in the list of credit
rating agencies registered in accordance with the CRA Regulation published on the European Securities and Markets Authority's website (www.esma.europa.eu/page/List-registered-
and-certified-CRAs).
In general, European regulated investors are restricted from using a rating for regulatory purposes if such rating is not issued by a credit rating agency established in the European
Union and registered under the CRA Regulation unless the rating is provided by a credit agency operating in the European Union before 7 June 2010 which has submitted an
application for registration in accordance with the CRA Regulation and such registration is not refused. A rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be
subject to suspension, change, or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency without notice.
IMPORTANT EEA RETAIL INVESTORS If the Final Terms in respect of any Notes state "Prohibition of Sales to EEA Retail Investors" as Applicable, the Notes are not intended
to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the European Economic Area (EEA). For these
purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive
2016/97/EU (as amended or superseded, the Insurance Distribution Directive), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1)
of MiFID II; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended or superseded, the Prospectus Directive). Consequently no key information document
required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the PRIIPs Regulation) for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA
has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation.
MiFID II product governance/ target market the Final Terms in respect of any Notes will include a legend entitled "MiFID II product governance". Any person subsequently
offering, selling or recommending the Notes (a distributor) should take into consideration the target market assessment; however, a distributor subject to MiFID II is responsible for
undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the Notes (by either adopting or refining the target market assessment) and determining appropriate distribution channels.
A determination will be made in relation to each issue about whether, for the purpose of the Product Governance rules under EU Delegated 2017/593 (the MiFID Product
Governance Rules), any Dealer subscribing for any Notes is a manufacturer in respect of such Notes, but otherwise neither the Arranger or the Dealer nor any of their respective
affiliates will be a manufacturer for the purpose of the MIFID Product Governance Rules.
Amounts payable under the Notes may be calculated by reference to EURIBOR, LIBOR or SGI Indices, which are respectively provided by the European Money Markets Institute
(EMMI), ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (ICE,) and SGI. Amounts payable under the Notes may also be calculated by reference to one or more other "benchmarks" (as
specified in the applicable Final Terms) for the purposes of Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 (the Benchmarks
Regulation). In this case, a statement will be included in the applicable Final Terms as to whether or not the relevant administrator of the "benchmark" is included in ESMA's register
of administrators under Article 36 of the Benchmarks Regulation. As at the date of this Base Prospectus, (i) ICE appears on the register and (ii) EMMI and SGI do not appear on such
register. As far as the Issuer is aware, the transitional provisions in Article 51 of the Benchmark Regulation apply, such that EMMI and SGI are not currently required to obtain
authorisation or registration.
Notification under Section 309B(1)(c) of the Securities and Futures Act (Chapter 289) of Singapore, as modified or amended from time to time (the SFA) Unless
otherwise stated in the Final Terms in respect of any Notes, in connection with Section 309B of the SFA and the Securities and Futures (Capital Markets Products) Regulations 2018
of Singapore (the CMP Regulations 2018), the Issuer has determined, and hereby notifies all relevant persons (as defined in Section 309(A)(1) of the SFA), that the Notes are
capital markets products other than prescribed capital markets products (as defined in the CMP Regulations 2018) and Specified Investment Products (as defined in MAS Notice
SFA 04-N12: Notice on the Sale of Investment Products and MAS Notice FAA-N16: Notice on Recommendations on Investment Products).
On 20 June 2018, Société Générale, SG Issuer and SG Option Europe issued a base prospectus describing the Programme. This Base Prospectus supersedes and replaces this
base prospectus and the supplements thereto (except in relation to pending offers to the public, as detailed in "On-going Public Offers") for the purpose of Notes admitted to trading
on a Regulated Market in any Member State of the EEA and/or offered to the public in any Member State of the EEA and issued after the date of this Base Prospectus.
__________________
ARRANGER
Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking
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DEALERS
Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking
Société Générale Bank & Trust
SG Option Europe

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section
Page
SUMMARY .............................................................................................................................................................. 4
RISK FACTORS ................................................................................................................................................... 40
ONGOING PUBLIC OFFERS ............................................................................................................................... 75
BASE PROSPECTUS USER GUIDE ................................................................................................................ 84
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................... 91
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAMME ............................................................................................ 98
IMPORTANT INFORMATION RELATING TO NON-EXEMPT OFFERS OF NOTES ........................................ 105
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE .......................................................................................... 110
FINAL TERMS OR DRAWDOWN PROSPECTUS ............................................................................................. 120
SUPPLEMENT TO THE BASE PROSPECTUS ................................................................................................. 121
FORM OF THE NOTES ...................................................................................................................................... 122
FORM OF FINAL TERMS ................................................................................................................................... 131
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE ENGLISH LAW NOTES .......................................................................... 190
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE FRENCH LAW NOTES ........................................................................... 262
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS RELATING TO FORMULAE .......................................................... 318
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR STRUCTURED NOTES ......................................................... 466
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR SHARE LINKED NOTES AND DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS
LINKED NOTES ................................................................................................................................................. 475
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR INDEX LINKED NOTES ........................................................ 484
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR SGI INDEX LINKED NOTES ................................................. 489
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR REFERENCE RATE LINKED NOTES ................................... 499
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE LINKED NOTES ................... 500
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COMMODITY LINKED NOTES ............................................. 503
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR FUND LINKED NOTES ......................................................... 525
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR CREDIT LINKED NOTES ...................................................... 540
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR INFLATION LINKED NOTES ................................................ 643
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR BOND LINKED NOTES ......................................................... 647
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ETP LINKED NOTES AND FOR ETF LINKED NOTES ........ 677
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR NON EQUITY SECURITY LINKED NOTES .......................... 689
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PREFERENCE SHARE LINKED NOTES ............................. 691
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR WARRANT LINKED NOTES ................................................. 695
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR FUTURE LINKED NOTES ..................................................... 698
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PORTFOLIO LINKED NOTES .............................................. 704
ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS RELATING TO SECURED NOTES ............................................... 747
GUARANTEE ..................................................................................................................................................... 771
DESCRIPTION OF SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE ........................................................................................................ 774
DESCRIPTION OF SG ISSUER ......................................................................................................................... 776
DESCRIPTION OF SG OPTION EUROPE ......................................................................................................... 781
DESCRIPTION OF SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE INDICES (SGI INDICES) ................................................................ 786
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERENCE SHARE ISSUER AND THE PREFERENCE SHARES ...................... 805
BOOK ENTRY CLEARANCE SYSTEMS ........................................................................................................... 807
TAXATION .......................................................................................................................................................... 810
SUBSCRIPTION, SALE AND TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS ............................................................................. 858
GENERAL INFORMATION ................................................................................................................................ 875

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SUMMARY
Summaries are made up of disclosure requirements known as Elements the communication of which is required by
Annex XXII of the Commission Regulation (EC) No 809/2004 as amended. These elements are numbered in Sections A
E (A.1 E.7).
This summary contains all the Elements required to be included in a summary for this type of securities and Issuer.
Because some Elements are not required to be addressed, there may be gaps in the numbering sequence of the
Elements.
Even though an Element may be required to be inserted in the summary because of the type of securities and Issuer, it is
possible that no relevant information can be given regarding the Element. In this case, a short description of the Element
is included in the summary with the mention of "Not Applicable".
[If several Series of securities are to be issued or offered simultaneously in one set of Final Terms, the items which differ
for such Series of securities can be grouped in a table (the Issue Specific Table)]1

Section A Introduction and warnings
A.1
Warning
This summary must be read as an introduction to the Base Prospectus.

Any decision to invest in the Notes should be based on a consideration of the Base
Prospectus as a whole by the investor.

Where a claim relating to the information contained in the Base Prospectus and the
applicable Final Terms is brought before a court, the plaintiff investor might, under the
national legislation of the Member States, have to bear the costs of translating the
Base Prospectus before the legal proceedings are initiated.

Civil liability attaches only to those persons who have tabled this summary, including
any translation thereof, but only if the summary is misleading, inaccurate or
inconsistent when read together with the other parts of the Base Prospectus or it
does not provide, when read together with the other parts of this Base Prospectus,
key information in order to aid investors when considering whether to invest in the
Notes.
A.2
Consent to the use
[Not Applicable. The Notes are not subject to a Public Offer in the European
of the Base
Economic Area]
Prospectus

[[The Issuer consents to the use of this Base Prospectus in connection with a resale
or placement of Notes in circumstances where a prospectus is required to be
published under the Prospectus Directive (a Non-exempt Offer) subject to the
following conditions:

- the consent is only valid during the offer period from [Specify date] to [Specify date]
(the Offer Period);

[- the consent given by the Issuer for the use of the Base Prospectus to make the
Non-exempt Offer is [an individual consent (an Individual Consent) in respect of
[Specify name and address] ([each an] [the] Initial Authorised Offeror[s])] and if the
Issuer appoints any additional financial intermediaries after the [insert date of the
applicable Final Terms] and publishes details of them on its website
(http://prospectus.socgen.com), each financial intermediary whose details are so
published (each an Additional Authorised Offeror;] [and] [a general consent (a
General Consent) in respect of any financial intermediary who published on its
website that it will make the Non-exempt Offer of the Notes on the basis of the
General Consent given by the Issuer and by such publication, any such financial
intermediary (each a General Authorised Offeror) undertakes to comply with the

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To be deleted in an issue specific summary

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following obligations:

(a)
it acts in accordance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and
guidance (including from any regulatory body) applicable to the Non-exempt
Offer of the Notes in the public offer jurisdiction, in particular the law
implementing the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive 2014/65/EU of
15 May 2014 (as amended, the Rules) and makes sure that (i) any
investment advice in the Notes by any person is appropriate, (ii) the
information to prospective investors including the information relating to any
expenses (and any commissions or benefits of any kind) received or paid by
this General Authorised Offeror under the offer of the Notes is ful y and
clearly disclosed prior to their investment in the Notes;

(b)
it complies with the relevant subscription, sale and transfer restrictions
related to the public offer jurisdiction as if it acted as a Dealer in the public
offer jurisdiction;

(c)
it ensures that the existence of any fee (and any other commissions or
benefits of any kind) or rebate received or paid by it in relation to the offer or
sale of the Notes does not violate the Rules is ful y and clearly disclosed to
investors or prospective investors prior to their investment in the Notes and
to the extent required by the Rules, provides further information in respect
thereof;

(d)
it complies with the Rules relating to anti-money laundering, anti-corruption,
anti-bribery and "know your customer" rules (including, without limitation,
taking appropriate steps, in compliance with such rules, to establish and
document the identity of each prospective investor prior to initial investment
in any Notes by the investor), and will not permit any application for Notes in
circumstances where it has any suspicion as to the source of the application
monies; it retains investor identification records for at least the minimum
period required under applicable Rules, and shall, if so requested, make
such records available to the relevant Issuer and/or the relevant Dealer or
directly to the competent authorities with jurisdiction over the relevant Issuer
and/or the relevant Dealer in order to enable the relevant Issuer and/or the
relevant Dealer to comply with anti-money laundering, anti-corruption, anti-
bribery and "know your customer" rules applying to the relevant Issuer
and/or the relevant Dealer;

(e)
it co-operates with the Issuer and the relevant Dealer in providing relevant
information (including, without limitation, documents and records maintained
pursuant to paragraph (d) above) and such further assistance as reasonably
requested upon written request from the Issuer or the relevant Dealer in
each case, as soon as is reasonably practicable and, in any event, within
any time frame set by any such regulator or regulatory process. For this
purpose, relevant information that is available to or can be acquired by the
relevant financial intermediary:

(i)
in connection with any request or investigation by any regulator in
relation to the Notes, the Issuer or the relevant Dealer; and/or

(ii)
in connection with any complaints received by the Issuer and/or the
relevant Dealer relating to the Issuer and/or the relevant Dealer or
another Authorised Offeror including, without limitation, complaints
as defined in rules published by any regulator of competent
jurisdiction from time to time; and/or

(iii)
which the Issuer or the relevant Dealer may reasonably require
from time to time in relation to the Notes and/or as to allow the
Issuer or the relevant Dealer fully to comply with its own legal, tax

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and regulatory requirements;

(f)
it does not, directly or indirectly, cause the Issuer or the relevant Dealers to
breach any Rule or any requirement to obtain or make any filing,
authorisation or consent in any jurisdiction;

(g)
[it meets [insert any other condition specified under the clause "Other
conditions to consent" in the applicable Final Terms];]

[(g)/(h)] it commits itself to indemnify the relevant Issuer, the Guarantor (if
applicable) and the relevant Dealer, Société Générale and each of its
affiliates for any damage, loss, expense, claim, request or loss and fees
(including reasonable fees from law firms) incurred by one of these entities
because of, or in relation with, any failure by this General Authorised Offeror
(or any of its sub-distributors) to respect any of these obligations above;

[(h)/(i)] it is familiar with, and has policies and procedures in place to comply with,
any applicable rules and regulations relating to anti-bribery and corruption,
including any changes thereto;

[(i)/(j)] (a) it and any person within its control (including any director, officer or
employee, each a controlled person) has not committed and will not commit
any corrupt act directly or indirectly and (b) to the best of its knowledge,
none of its sub-distributors has committed any corrupt act directly or
indirectly, in each case to or for the use or benefit of, any person or any
government official (which shall include any official, employee or
representative of, or any other person acting in an official capacity for or on
behalf of any government of any jurisdiction, any public international
organisation, any political party, or any quasi-governmental body);

[(j)/(k)] it has in place adequate policies, systems, procedures and controls
designed to prevent itself, its sub-distributors and any control ed person from
committing any corrupt act and to ensure that any evidence or suspicion of
corrupt acts is fully investigated, reported to Société Générale or the
relevant Issuer and acted upon accordingly;

[(k)/(l)] neither it nor any of its agents, sub-distributors or controlled persons is
ineligible or treated by any governmental or international authority as
ineligible to tender for any contract or business with, or to be awarded any
contract or business by, such authority on the basis of any actual or alleged
corrupt act;

[(l)/(m)] it has kept adequate records of its activities, including financial records in a
form and manner appropriate for a business of its size and resources;

[(m)/(n)] it represents and warrants that it shall not distribute financial instruments to,
or enter into any arrangement with respect to financial instruments with,
sanctioned persons;

[(n)/(o)] it undertakes to promptly inform Société Générale or the relevant Issuer of
(a) any complaint received in relation to its activities or the financial
instruments; or (b) any event affecting it, including but not limited to any of:
(i) a regulatory investigation or audit of it or its affiliates, partners or agents;
(ii) legal proceedings initiated by a competent regulatory authority against it
or its affiliates, partners or agents; or (iii) a judgment rendered or penalty
levied against it or its affiliates, partners or agents, which in each case might
reasonably involve a reputational risk for Société Générale or the relevant
Issuer; and

[(o)/(p)] it acknowledges that its commitment to respect the obligations above is
governed by [French law] [English law] and agrees that any related dispute

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be brought before the [tribunaux de Paris, France] [English courts].

[Any General Authorised Offeror who wishes to use the Base Prospectus for an
Non-exempt Offer of Notes in accordance with this General Consent and the
related conditions is required, during the time of the relevant Offer Period, to
publish on its website that it uses the Base Prospectus for such Non-exempt
Offer in accordance with this General Consent and the related conditions.]

- the consent only extends to the use of this Base Prospectus to make Non-exempt
Offers of the Notes in [Belgium] [Croatia] [Czech Republic] [Denmark] [Finland]
[France] [Hungary] [Ireland] [Italy] [Luxembourg] [Norway] [Poland] [Portugal]
[Romania] [Slovak Republic] [Spain] [Sweden] [The Netherlands] [United Kingdom].

[The information relating to the conditions of the Non-exempt Offer shall be
provided to the investors by [any Initial Authorised Offeror] [and] [any
Additional Authorised Offeror] [and] [any General Authorised Offeror] at the
time the offer is made.]]

Section B Issuer [and Guarantor]
B.1
Legal and
[Société Générale (or the Issuer)]
commercial name
[SG Issuer (or the Issuer)]
of the issuer
[SG Option Europe (or the Issuer)]
B.2
Domicile, legal
[If the Issuer is Société Générale:
form, legislation
Domicile: 29, boulevard Haussmann, 75009 Paris, France.
Legal form: Public limited liability company (société anonyme).
and country of
Legislation under which the Issuer operates: French law.
incorporation
Country of incorporation: France.]

[If the Issuer is SG Issuer:
Domicile: 16, boulevard Royal L-2449 Luxembourg.
Legal form: Public limited liability company (société anonyme).
Legislation under which the Issuer operates: Luxembourg law.
Country of incorporation: Luxembourg.]

[If the Issuer is SG Option Europe:
Domicile: 17, cours Valmy, 92800 Puteaux, France.
Legal form: Limited liability company (société anonyme).
Legislation under which the Issuer operates: French law.
Country of incorporation: France.]
B.4b
Known trends
[If the Issuer is Societe Generale:
affecting the issuer
Société Générale continues to be subject to the usual risks and the risks inherent to its
and the industries
business. More specifically, the Group could be affected by:
in which it operates -
The risks to global growth have ramped up owing to the high level of political

uncertainty. The markets will continue to dwell on the negotiations between the
US and China. The risk of new obstacles stemming from world trade tensions,

no Brexit deal and euro zone policy, notably the European Parliament elections

at the end of May, remains high. And this applies against the backdrop of high
debt levels and unstable financial markets.

-
Business seems to be losing pace in the approach to 2019 on emerging

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markets, undercut by the decline in world demand and by the tightening of

world financial conditions. Emerging Asia remains the strongest growth region.
Central and eastern Europe are also showing resilience in the face of the loss
of pace in the euro zone.
-
In Russia, the economy should resist the impact of sanctions in the short term
and the underlying financial situation is still sound. In Brazil, the new
administration will have to undertake pension reforms, essential to correct the
fiscal base.
-
In terms of shift in central bank monetary policies:
o The Federal Reserve is determined to scale down its balance sheet and is likely
to raise rates in 2019. However, the recent increase in volatility on financial
markets and the global revaluation of risk premiums could prompt the Fed to
pause its monetary tightening.
o The ECB has confirmed that it will have put an end to its net asset purchases
as of January 2019. It is unlikely to raise interest rates before the end of the
summer 2019. The situation is unclear given the euro zone slowdown that has
set in since the end of 2018.
-
2019 will also be characterised by geopolitical uncertainty, in prolongation of a
number of events over the last two years.
-
For 2019, the regulatory timetable is likely to loom large in the European
legislative process with regard to the set of texts on sustainable finance
(taxonomy, disclosures and benchmarks), in continuation of the third target for
the Paris agreements (reorientation of financial flows towards decarbonised
businesses), plus the revision to prudential rules applicable to investment
companies (Investment Firms Review IFR).
Against this backdrop, and to generate responsible and profitable growth, the Group's
main priorities in 2019 will be to:
-
grow via implementation of the Group's key revenues initiatives;
-
accelerate transformation of al businesses and functions, notably for the French
retail relationship model, and adapt the Global Markets strategy;
-
deliver on costs (notably an additional EUR 500m cost reduction in Global
Banking and Investor Solutions) and maintain strict control of risks and selective
capital allocation;
-
continue its refocusing, via the disposal or closure of businesses lacking critical
size or not offering sufficient synergies, with a target raised from 50-60bp to 80-
90bp of impact on the CET 1 ratio by the end of 2020;
-
foster responsibility via ongoing deployment of the Culture & Conduct
programme and further integration of the CSR strategy.]

[If the Issuer is SG Issuer or SG Option Europe: The Issuer expects to continue its activity
in accordance with its corporate objects over the course of 2019.]
B.5
Description of the The Société Générale group (the Group) offers a wide range of advisory services and
issuer's group and tailored financial solutions to individual customers, large corporate and institutional
the
issuer's investors. The Group relies on three complementary core businesses:
position within the
French Retail Banking;
group

International Retail Banking, Financial Services and Insurance; and

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Corporate and Investment Banking, Private Banking, Asset and Wealth
Management and Securities Services.

[If the Issuer is Société Générale: The Issuer is the parent company of the Group.]

[If the Issuer is SG Issuer or SG Option Europe: The Issuer is a subsidiary of the Group
and has no subsidiaries.]
B.9
Figure of profit
Not Applicable. The Issuer does not provide any figure of profit forecast or estimate.
forecast or
estimate of the
issuer
B.10
Nature of any
Not Applicable. The audit report does not include any qualification.
qualifications in the
audit report on the
historical financial
information
B.12
Selected historical
[If the Issuer is Société Générale:
key financial

information

regarding the

issuer

First

Year ended
First
Year ended
Quarter
31.12.2018(3)
Quarter
31.12.2017
2019
2018
(audited)
(audited)
(unaudited)
(unaudited)

Results (in

millions of euros)

Net Banking

Income
6,191

25,205
6,294
23,954

Operating

income
1,138

6,269
1,357
4,767

Underlying

Group Net
1,010
4,468
1,204
4,491
income (1)
Reported Group

Net income
631
3,864
850
2,806
French retail

Banking
234
1,237
270
1,059
International

Retail Banking &
Financial
464
2,065
429
1,939
Services
Global Banking

and Investor
140
1,197
166
1,593
Solutions
Corporate

Centre
(207)
(635)
(15)
(1,785)

Net cost of risk
(264)
(1,005)
(208)
(1,349)
Underlying

ROTE ** (2)
8.4%
9.7%
10.9%
9.6%

Tier 1 Ratio **
14.3%(4)
13.4%(4)
13.6%
13.8%
Activity (in

billions of euros)

Total assets and

liabilities
1,363.6
1,309.4
1,271.9
1,274.2*

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Customer loans

at amortised
436.8
447.2
423.3
417.4*
costs
Customer

deposits
409.9
416.8
409.4
410.6*
Equity (in

billions of euros)

Shareholders'

equity, Group
61.8
61.0
58.9
59.9*
Share
Non-control ing

Interests
4.9
4.8
4.6
4.5*
Cash flow

statements (in
millions of

euros)
Net inflow

(outflow) in cash
and cash
-
(17,617)
-
18,023
equivalent

* as at 1st January 2018 (audited). The consolidated balance sheet totalled

EUR 1,309 bil ion at 31st December 2018 (EUR 1,274 billion at 1st January
2018, EUR 1,275 billion at 31st December 2017). Balances at 1st January 2018
after first-time application of IFRS 9 except for subsidiaries in the insurance
sector.
** These financial ratios are neither audited nor subjected to a limited review.
(1) Adjusted for non-economic and exceptional items, and for IFRIC 21.
(2) Adjusted for non-economic items (in 2017) and exceptional items.
(3) The presentation of the Group's consolidated income statement is modified
as from 2018 fol owing the transition to IFRS 9:

income and expenses from insurance activities are grouped on a
specific line item within the "Net banking income";

the line item "Cost of risk" is now exclusively dedicated to credit risk.
(4) Taking into account the option of a dividend payment in shares subject to
approval by the Ordinary General Meeting on May 21st, 2019, with the
assumption of a 50% subscription rate, having in particular an impact of +24bp
on the CET1 ratio.

[If the Issuer is SG Issuer:

(in K)
Year ended
Year ended
31.12.2018
31.12.2017
(audited)
(audited)
Total Revenue
68,302
92,353
Profit before
251
105
tax
Profit for the
187
78
financial
period/year
Total Assets
49,362,650
48,026,909

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