SocGen announces 4.8 bln eur capital increase
Societe Generale Announces capital increase of 4.8 billion euros * Says capital
increase will enable it to repay state support, pursue external growth opportunt
ies * Says capital increase to have neutral impact on EPS in 2010 * Says Q3 oper
ating income for core businesses does not differ significantly from H1 * Says Q3
negative accounting impacts to be less than half those in Q2 * Says subscriptio
n price for cap increase 36 euros per share * Says to offer 2 new shares for eve
ry 9 existing shares * Says issue price represents 26.9 percent discount based o
n October 5 closing price * Says subscription period to run from October 8 to Oc
tober 20 REUTERS