Societe Generale: Capital decrease and report on share buy-back
CAPITAL DECREASE AND REPORT ON SHARE BUY-BACK
Regulated Information
Paris, 23 February 2026
Societe Generale announces a capital decrease through the cancellation of treasury shares and reports executed transactions within the framework of a share buy-back programme.
Capital decrease
On 16 February 2026, the Board of Directors, upon authorization of the Extraordinary General Meeting of 22 May 2024, decided to reduce Societe Generale’s share capital on 23 February 2026, by cancellation of 15,170,791 treasury shares. These shares were repurchased from 19 November 2025 to 6 February 2026 included, for the purpose of cancellation, for an amount of EUR 1 billion .
The share capital of Societe Generale now amounts to EUR 939,654,993.75, divided into 751,723,995 ordinary shares, with a nominal value of EUR 1.25 each.
Information regarding the total amount of voting rights and shares will be updated and available in the section “”.
Report on share buy-back
As of 20 February 2026, Societe Generale has completed 34.3% of the share buy-back related to the 2025 ordinary distribution announced on 6 February 2026*.
The purchases performed** from 16 to 20 February 2026 are described below.
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Jean-Baptiste Froville_ 00_
Fanny Rouby_ 12_ .
* the launch of a EUR 1,462m share buy-back on 9 February 2026.
** The purchases have been performed based on the description of the share buy-back programme published relating to the 19th resolution of the Combined general meeting of shareholders of 20 May 2025.
Purchases performed by Societe Generale during the period
Issuer name: Societe Generale - LEI O2RNE8IBXP4R0TD8PU41
Reference of the financial instrument: ISIN FR0000130809
Period : From 16 to 20 February 2026
Aggregated presentation by day and market
| Issuer’s name | Issuer’s identifying code | Date of transaction | Identifying code of financial instrument | Aggregated daily volume (in number of shares) | Daily weighted average price of the purchased shares (€) | Market (MIC code) |
| SOCIETE GENERALE | O2RNE8IBXP4R0TD8PU41 | 16-Feb-26 | FR0000130809 | 361,820 | 68.7183 | XPAR |
| SOCIETE GENERALE | O2RNE8IBXP4R0TD8PU41 | 16-Feb-26 | FR0000130809 | 214,502 | 68.7184 | CEUX |
| SOCIETE GENERALE | O2RNE8IBXP4R0TD8PU41 | 16-Feb-26 | FR0000130809 | 31,344 | 68.6579 | TQEX |
| SOCIETE GENERALE | O2RNE8IBXP4R0TD8PU41 | 16-Feb-26 | FR0000130809 | 40,256 | 68.6607 | AQEU |
| SOCIETE GENERALE | O2RNE8IBXP4R0TD8PU41 | 17-Feb-26 | FR0000130809 | 362,901 | 69.4464 | XPAR |
| SOCIETE GENERALE | O2RNE8IBXP4R0TD8PU41 | 17-Feb-26 | FR0000130809 | 214,159 | 69.4528 | CEUX |
| SOCIETE GENERALE | O2RNE8IBXP4R0TD8PU41 | 17-Feb-26 | FR0000130809 | 31,061 | 69.4499 | TQEX |
| SOCIETE GENERALE | O2RNE8IBXP4R0TD8PU41 | 17-Feb-26 | FR0000130809 | 40,658 | 69.4426 | AQEU |
| SOCIETE GENERALE | O2RNE8IBXP4R0TD8PU41 | 18-Feb-26 | FR0000130809 | 369,750 | 71.8960 | XPAR |
| SOCIETE GENERALE | O2RNE8IBXP4R0TD8PU41 | 18-Feb-26 | FR0000130809 | 217,918 | 71.9188 | CEUX |
| SOCIETE GENERALE | O2RNE8IBXP4R0TD8PU41 | 18-Feb-26 | FR0000130809 | 31,210 | 71.8787 | TQEX |
| SOCIETE GENERALE | O2RNE8IBXP4R0TD8PU41 | 18-Feb-26 | FR0000130809 | 40,953 | 71.8861 | AQEU |
| SOCIETE GENERALE | O2RNE8IBXP4R0TD8PU41 | 19-Feb-26 | FR0000130809 | 379,298 | 72.6364 | XPAR |
| SOCIETE GENERALE | O2RNE8IBXP4R0TD8PU41 | 19-Feb-26 | FR0000130809 | 221,249 | 72.6351 | CEUX |
| SOCIETE GENERALE | O2RNE8IBXP4R0TD8PU41 | 19-Feb-26 | FR0000130809 | 31,279 | 72.6131 | TQEX |
| SOCIETE GENERALE | O2RNE8IBXP4R0TD8PU41 | 19-Feb-26 | FR0000130809 | 41,159 | 72.6417 | AQEU |
| SOCIETE GENERALE | O2RNE8IBXP4R0TD8PU41 | 20-Feb-26 | FR0000130809 | 384,387 | 73.6965 | XPAR |
| SOCIETE GENERALE | O2RNE8IBXP4R0TD8PU41 | 20-Feb-26 | FR0000130809 | 224,256 | 73.6925 | CEUX |
| SOCIETE GENERALE | O2RNE8IBXP4R0TD8PU41 | 20-Feb-26 | FR0000130809 | 31,756 | 73.6837 | TQEX |
| SOCIETE GENERALE | O2RNE8IBXP4R0TD8PU41 | 20-Feb-26 | FR0000130809 | 41,552 | 73.6976 | AQEU |
| TOTAL | 3,311,468 | 71.3153 |
Societe Generale
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