Filing Details

Accession Number:
0001193125-24-033449
Form Type:
13G Filing
Publication Date:
2024-02-12 19:00:00
Filed By:
Dodge & Cox
Company:
Sanofi Aventis (NYSE:SNY)
Filing Date:
2024-02-13
SEC Url:
13G Filing
Ownership Summary

Please notice the below summary table is generated without human intervention and may contain errors. Please refer to the complete filing displayed below for exact figures.

Name Sole Voting Power Shared Voting Power Sole Dispositive Power Shared Dispositive Power Aggregate Amount Owned Power Percent of Class
Dodge Cox 94-1441976 21,449,804 0 22,512,304 0 22,512,304 4.9%
Filing

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 13G

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(AMENDMENT NO. 2 )*

 

 

Sanofi

(Name of Issuer)

Ordinary Shares and American Depositary Shares

(Title of Class of Securities)

80105N105

(CUSIP Number)

December 31, 2023

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

 

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

☒ Rule 13d-1(b)

☐ Rule 13d-1(c)

☐ Rule 13d-1(d)

 

*

The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting persons initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be filed for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Act) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 

 

 

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CUSIP NO. 80105N105    13G    PAGE 2 OF 5 PAGES

 

 1   

 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

 

 Dodge & Cox          94-1441976

 2  

 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*

 (a) ☐  (b) ☐

 

 N/A

 

 3  

 SEC USE ONLY

 

 4  

 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

 California - U.S.A.

NUMBER OF

SHARES

 BENEFICIALLY 

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

   5    

 SOLE VOTING POWER

 

 21,449,804 Ordinary Shares and 74,749,594 American Depositary Shares

   6   

 SHARED VOTING POWER

 

 0

   7   

 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

 22,512,304 Ordinary Shares and 78,250,193 American Depositary Shares

   8   

 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

 0

 9   

 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

 22,512,304 Ordinary Shares and 78,250,193 American Depositary Shares

10  

 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

 

 N/A

11  

 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

 

 4.9%

12  

 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

 

 IA

 

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Item 1(a)

Name of Issuer:

Sanofi

 

Item 1(b)

Address of Issuers Principal Executive Offices:

46, avenue de la Grande Armée

Paris, France 75017

 

Item 2(a)

Name of Person Filing:

Dodge & Cox

 

Item 2(b)

Address of the Principal Office or, if none, Residence:

555 California Street, 40th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

 

Item 2(c)

Citizenship:

California - U.S.A.

 

Item 2(d)

Title of Class of Securities:

Ordinary Shares and American Depositary Shares

 

Item 2(e)

CUSIP Number:

80105N105

 

Item 3

If the Statement is being filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b),or 13d-2(b), check whether the person filing is a:

 

  (e) ☒

Investment Advisor registered under section 203 of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940

 

Item 4

Ownership:

 

  (a)

Amount Beneficially Owned:

22,512,304 Ordinary Shares and 78,250,193 American Depositary Shares

 

  (b)

Percent of Class:

4.9%

 

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  (c)

Number of shares as to which such person has:

 

  (i)

sole power to vote or direct the vote:

21,449,804 Ordinary Shares and 74,749,594 American Depositary Shares

 

  (ii)

shared power to vote or direct the vote:

0

 

  (iii)

sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 22,512,304 Ordinary Shares and 78,250,193 American Depositary Shares

 

  (iv)

shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0

 

Item 5

Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:

If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following ☒.

 

Item 6

Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person:

Not applicable.

 

Item 7

Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company:

Not applicable.

 

Item 8

Identification and Classification of Members of the Group:

Not applicable.

 

Item 9

Notice of Dissolution of a Group:

Not applicable.

 

Item 10

Certification:

By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purpose or effect.

 

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SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: February 13, 2024

 

DODGE & COX
By:  

/S/ Katherine M. Primas

Name:   Katherine M. Primas
Title:   Chief Compliance Officer

 

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