MAY 2015 ALPHA MULTI-ASSET DIRECT ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC EXECUTION AN INNOVATIVE MULTI-ASSET SOLUTION FOR ELECTRONIC EXECUTION, IN A CUBE.

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1 MAY 2015 SOCIETE GENERALE ELECTRONIC MARKETS ALPHA MULTI-ASSET DIRECT ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC EXECUTION AN INNOVATIVE MULTI-ASSET SOLUTION FOR ELECTRONIC EXECUTION, IN A CUBE. alphainfo.sgcib.com This document is for institutional clients only. It is not directed at retail clients. Please refer to the important disclaimer at the end of this document. IMPORTANT NOTICE: This document only promotes certain electronic execution services offered by Societe Generale. Certain products are referred to in this document for the sole purpose of illustrating how such electronic execution services operate. As a consequence, this document does not constitute an offer, or an invitation to make an offer, from Societe Generale to purchase or sell a product. Certain of the services discussed in this document are not available in specific regions or locations due to local restrictions. Please contact Societe Generale to find out whether such services may be made available to you.

2 OUR AWARDS Best Single-Issuer Platform SG - Alpha European Structured Retail Products Awards 2015 Best Single Dealer Platform Risk Magazine Risk Awards 2015 Global Derivatives House Equity Derivatives House Risk & Energy Risk Awards 2014 #1 Institution Overall #1 Base Metals MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Intel Dual Core 1.8GHz processor or equivalent 2GB of memory Microsoft Silverlight V5 plugin Screen resolution of 1280x1024 Internet Explorer V7 (32 bit) or higher Verisign Certificate Authorities (up to date) installed on the local machine Euromoney Fixed Income Research Survey 2013 #1 Overall Trade Ideas #1 Overall Credit Strategy IFR Awards Awards 2013 Commodity Derivatives House of the Year Profit & Loss Digital FX Awards 2013 Super Regional Award Alpha is part of Societe Generale Electronic Markets, service provider for competitive pricing and committed liquidity on all major Exchanges and third-party platforms including FXall, 360T, Reuters RTFX, Bloomberg and Currenex or through online GUI/API with on-request STP (Straight Through Processing). 2

3 A SINGLE, INNOVATIVE ELECTRONIC TRADING PLATFORM TO MEET ALL YOUR TRADING NEEDS Alpha is Societe Generale s client distribution platform for electronic business, giving you instant access to an integrated multi-asset execution, pre-trade and post-trade solution. It is an award-winning 1 platform dedicated to providing you with Societe Generale s strengths in liquidity, financial engineering, treasury, research and emerging markets. A SINGLE ELECTRONIC ENTRY POINT TO THE MARKETS Alpha enables you to trade a wide range of multi-asset products on a single electronic platform that is fully automated from pricing to booking and/or issuance. In today s fast-paced markets and fluctuating regulations, this one-stop-shop delivers the liquidity, flexibility and speed you need with a comprehensive set of unified services. This is brought to you within the same powerful yet user-friendly trading interface. COMPETITIVE & CONSISTENT MULTI-ASSET PRICES Since 2010, Alpha has been connecting clients directly to Societe Generale s trading floors, providing a direct and proprietary access to the bank s wide range of electronic offering. With the regular launch of new products on the platform our multi-asset offering now includes competitive pricing for: FX Spot, Forwards, Non-Deliverable Forwards (NDF), Swaps, Non-Deliverable Swaps (NDS) and Structured Deposits Money Markets Deposits Commodities Equity Indices Primary and Secondary Market transactions for Structured Products 1. European Structured Retail Products, Awards 2015: Best Single Dealer Platform Structured Products Americas, Awards 2015: Technology Provider of the Year Profit & Loss, Digital FX Awards 2013: Super Regional Award 3

4 INSTANT ACCESS TO FX, MONEY MARKETS, COMMODITIES, EQUITY INDICES & STRUCTURED PRODUCTS Alpha is a powerful tool, delivering a secure, fast and efficient electronic execution on a multi-asset basis. It aims at giving you a state-of-the-art trading experience enhanced with on-going updates and development of tradable products and asset classes. FOREIGN EXCHANGE Tradable streaming Spot, Forwards and Swaps for G10 & Emerging Markets currencies Tradable streaming Non-Deliverable Forwards (NDF) Request for Stream for Forwards, Non-Deliverable Forwards, Non-Deliverable Swaps (NDS), FX Structured Deposits including Dual Currency Deposits (DCDs) and FX Targets (FXTs) Take Profit, Stop Loss, Orders at a Fixing, Linked Orders If Done, One Cancels the Other (OCO) Individual, intraday and historical trade search blotters MONEY MARKETS Deposits in G10 & Emerging Markets currencies From overnight to a year Broken dates supported Pricing grid with indicative rates Rollover capabilities COMMODITIES EQUITY INDICES Wide range of liquid and illiquid indices Forwards, Futures, Synthetic Forwards, Listed Synthetic Forwards, Dynamic Portfolio Swaps Cost transparency with direct fees disclosure Easy basis point configuration Follow the sun workflow STRUCTURED PRODUCTS More than 1,500 underlying assets including major European, US and Asian Stocks, Indices, ETFs, Commodities and Credit Fully customizable payoffs structures including Reverse Convertibles, Autocalls and Credit linked Notes Secondary market indicative bid / ask prices with live execution module Consistent market liquidity Termsheet and legal documentation generator Consolidated blotter with advanced search, filtering and favourites capabilities for all electronic and voice deals with Societe Generale Base Metals Outrights, Carries, Swaps, Averages, Spreads/Ratios on Primary Aluminium, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Tin, Zinc, Alloy and NASAAC Direct Market Access to the full LME Exchange order book, SG Direct Liquidity Access and immediate execution of SG prices (RFS) Precious Metals Spot, Forward, Swap, Asian Swaps and European Call/Put on Gold, Silver, Palladium and Platinum immediate execution of SG prices (RFS) in USD for Spot Energy (indicative pricing) SG Proprietary Indices (indicative pricing) 4

5 THE POWER OF SIMPLICITY, EFFICIENTLY CUBED FOR BETTER EXECUTION Trading simplicity is at the centre of Alpha s philosophy. The platform has been developed around the Cube Technology, allowing Alpha s innovative trading tiles to support an increased number of functionalities. You can easily toggle between them to different views by spinning the trading cubes. Quick Deal Price Ladder Charting Individual Blotter FX and Precious Metals FX and Precious Metals FX and Precious Metals FX and Precious Metals Perform one-click trading (for speed) or double-click trading (for accuracy) and request for price streams. 4 rungs of customizable liquidity to receive pricing on the quantities you trade the most. Access simple yet efficient charting by displaying the underlying chart price on your trading screen. Access the summary of your transactions for a specific currency pair and filter per trade type. Pricer Indicative View Quick RFS Quick Order FX and Precious Metals Commodities Commodities Commodities Aggregate eight different price streams in a single trading tile. Click to rotate the cube to individual price tiles. Access different markets and discover market depths for commodities prices with the corresponding volumes. Receive a stream of SG prices for the selected product and execute it immediately on the platform. Easily place the most common orders. Click the expand button for advanced orders or for bigger order ticket. Order Panel Quick-Quoter Structured Deposits Structuring Cube FX and Commodities Money Markets FX Structured Products Get your orders executed by Societe Generale and monitor them with the Order Management module. Extended functionality of the cube for quick-quote and RFS based transactions in money markets. Quote and trade online FX structured deposits such as Dual Currency Deposits (DCDs) and FX Targets (FXTs). Configure, price and issue in real time a wide range of structured investment solutions. 5

6 YOUR PRE-TRADE EXPERIENCE Alpha gives you the tools to trade but also provides you with relevant pretrade services within an efficient desk-top space. No matter what asset class you trade, you get the same enhanced trading experience across the board. SG Research Multiple Tabs Satellite Tiles Preferences FX and Precious Metals Get significant insights on financial markets from a highly rated set of daily, weekly and monthly cross-asset research publications. Filter and save them at your convenience. Organise your trading tiles into different multiple trading tabs by asset class, G10, Emerging Markets or Skandi, etc. Detach any trading tiles from the main interface and retain full pricing and trading functionalities. Customise your trading settings everything from one-click trading to trade notifications; from sounds to background images. POST-TRADE AND SUPPORT Our post-trade and support services help you save valuable time on internal communication and business procedures. From the platform you also have access to other on-line services such as E-Confirmation with a single sign-on. Master Blotter Rollovers Termsheet Builder Export Options Money Markets Structured Products Filter all transactions by asset class and underlying, combine them with search or order sorting options. View-only access is also available for your back office teams. Manage the deposits you have placed easily with rollover and split capabilities. Generate a downloadable termsheet that can be saved for future references when you set up the parameters of the Structuring cube. Export your trades per asset class, dealt side, dealt amount, user, etc. in either Excel or PDF format. 6

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8 To find out more about Alpha or request a demo of the platform, please contact our Client Service teams: EMEA AMERICAS ASIA PACIFIC alpha@sgcib.com alphainfo.sgcib.com This document is for institutional clients only. It is not directed at retail clients. IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: This document has been prepared by the Corporate and Investment Bank Division of Societe Generale ( SG ). Societe Generale is a French credit institution (bank) authorised by the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (the French Prudential Control and Resolution Authority). This document only promotes certain electronic execution services (the Services ) that may be made available by SG to certain clients. Certain products are referred to in this document for the sole purpose of illustrating how the Services operate. As a consequence, this document does not constitute an offer, or an invitation to make an offer, from SG to purchase or sell a product. This document is of a commercial and not of a regulatory nature. The contents of this document are given for purely indicative purposes and have no contractual value. The Services are intended solely for use by institutional clients with adequate resources and a thorough understanding of how the Services operate and of how to manage the financial risks related to their use. SG assumes no liability for executions resulting from your use of the Services. The products referred to herein for illustrative purposes may not be suitable for all investors. Such products may involve numerous risks, including, among others, market, counterparty default and liquidity risk. Investors must make their own investment decisions (using their own independent legal, financial, tax, accounting advisors as they may choose) based upon their specific financial situation and investment objectives. Neither SG nor any entity of the Societe Generale Group are acting as an advisor or in an advisory capacity to any recipient of this document. Notice to US investors: Under SEC Rule 15a-6, any US person wishing to discuss this document or utilize the services or products referred to herein should do so with or through SG Americas Securities LLC to conform with the requirements of US securities law. SG Americas Securities LLC, 245 Park Avenue, New York, NY (212) , is a member of SIPC, NYSE and FINRA. Notice to Singapore investors: This document may only be provided to accredited investors, expert investors and institutional investors, as defined in Section 4A of the Securities and Futures Act. Any such investor wishing to discuss this document or effect transactions in any securities or product referred to herein should do so with or through MAS licensed representatives of Societe Generale, Singapore Branch. 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Societe Generale is a French credit institution (bank) authorised by the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (the French Prudential Control and Resolution Authority) and the Prudential Regulation Authority and subject to limited regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority. Details about the extent of our authorisation and regulation by the Prudential Regulation Authority, and regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority are available from us on request. Your access to the Services is subject to various conditions and restrictions (geographical location, client type). SG retains full discretion to grant you access to the Services. Please contact SG to find out whether the Services may be made available to you. Copyright: the Societe Generale Group All rights reserved. 8