Société Générale — Major Shareholding Notification 2021

Nov 25, 2021

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 6085T

Societe Generale SA

25 November 2021

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.         KEY INFORMATION

(a) Full name of discloser:	Société Générale S.A.
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):      The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient.  For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Meggitt plc
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:      For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	24/11/2021
(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	NO

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.  

(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:	Ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	39,233,676	5.02	166,225	0.02
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	446,500	0.06	15,775,132	2.02
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	39,680,176	5.07	15,941,357	2.04

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a)        Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	Purchase	119	7.398
Ordinary	Purchase	62	7.398
Ordinary	Purchase	119	7.398
Ordinary	Purchase	2,659	7.382
Ordinary	Purchase	43	7.382
Ordinary	Purchase	97	7.382
Ordinary	Purchase	77	7.382
Ordinary	Purchase	2,876	7.382
Ordinary	Purchase	320	7.4
Ordinary	Purchase	138	7.4
Ordinary	Purchase	3,440	7.410593
Ordinary	Purchase	100,000	7.41018
Ordinary	Purchase	344,043	7.410741
Ordinary	Purchase	120,596	7.41057771
Ordinary	Purchase	486	7.40310488
Ordinary	Purchase	440,702	7.40949961
Ordinary	Purchase	1,090	7.396
Ordinary	Purchase	25	7.394
Ordinary	Purchase	600	7.394
Ordinary	Purchase	305	7.394
Ordinary	Purchase	13	7.394
Ordinary	Purchase	471	7.394
Ordinary	Purchase	575	7.394
Ordinary	Purchase	197	7.394
Ordinary	Purchase	228	7.394
Ordinary	Purchase	41	7.394
Ordinary	Purchase	25	7.394
Ordinary	Purchase	9	7.394
Ordinary	Purchase	1,003	7.394
Ordinary	Purchase	42	7.394
Ordinary	Purchase	70	7.394
Ordinary	Purchase	1,198	7.382
Ordinary	Purchase	64	7.396
Ordinary	Purchase	301	7.396
Ordinary	Purchase	157	7.396
Ordinary	Purchase	1,087	7.396
Ordinary	Purchase	152	7.396
Ordinary	Purchase	477	7.396
Ordinary	Purchase	12,311	7.395
Ordinary	Purchase	4,103	7.395
Ordinary	Purchase	99	7.398
Ordinary	Purchase	66	7.398
Ordinary	Purchase	618	7.398
Ordinary	Purchase	193	7.398
Ordinary	Sale	440	7.398
Ordinary	Sale	10,055	7.382
Ordinary	Sale	278	7.382
Ordinary	Sale	4,899	7.382
Ordinary	Sale	118	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	120	7.394
Ordinary	Sale	15	7.402
Ordinary	Sale	18	7.404
Ordinary	Sale	229	7.402
Ordinary	Sale	12	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	6	7.408
Ordinary	Sale	66	7.398
Ordinary	Sale	137	7.398
Ordinary	Sale	1	7.402
Ordinary	Sale	12	7.398
Ordinary	Sale	148	7.398
Ordinary	Sale	143	7.397972028
Ordinary	Sale	228	7.394
Ordinary	Sale	177	7.394
Ordinary	Sale	186	7.394
Ordinary	Sale	416	7.396
Ordinary	Sale	834	7.396
Ordinary	Sale	32,908	7.382
Ordinary	Sale	380	7.402
Ordinary	Sale	993	7.408
Ordinary	Sale	207	7.408
Ordinary	Sale	657	7.41
Ordinary	Sale	249	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	2,184	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	110	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	77	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	202	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	315	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	9	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	34	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	2	7.402
Ordinary	Sale	5	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	275	7.403
Ordinary	Sale	54	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	21	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	129	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	11	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	57	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	5	7.402
Ordinary	Sale	59	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	251	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	172	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	18	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	464	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	99	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	32	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	2,186	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	842	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	6	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	15,199	7.41
Ordinary	Sale	3	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	11	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	1,514	7.41
Ordinary	Sale	15,198	7.41
Ordinary	Sale	25	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	68	7.408
Ordinary	Sale	4	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	376	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	1,086	7.402
Ordinary	Sale	495	7.408
Ordinary	Sale	780	7.408
Ordinary	Sale	323	7.408
Ordinary	Sale	3	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	2	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	82	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	8	7.408
Ordinary	Sale	149	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	109	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	410	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	28	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	120	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	25	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	1,823	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	834	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	797	7.408
Ordinary	Sale	4	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	2	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	23	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	5	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	20	7.402
Ordinary	Sale	633	7.408
Ordinary	Sale	563	7.408
Ordinary	Sale	290	7.408
Ordinary	Sale	163	7.408
Ordinary	Sale	474	7.408
Ordinary	Sale	342	7.408
Ordinary	Sale	50	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	366	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	472	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	242	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	9	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	249	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	646	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	22	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	73	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	682	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	435	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	3,164	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	936	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	994	7.407
Ordinary	Sale	22	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	2,001	7.4
Ordinary	Sale	486	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	61	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	714	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	1,183	7.408
Ordinary	Sale	489	7.406
Ordinary	Sale	126	7.406
	Total Purchases	1,041,297
	Total Sales	116,964

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	440,702	7.40949961
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	486	7.40310487
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	3,440	7.4105928
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	344,043	7.410741
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	100,000	7.4101835
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	120,596	7.41057774
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	25,520	7.3952331014
Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	32,908	7.382
Ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	65,518	7.4062847409

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.	Number of securities to which option relates	Exercise price per unit	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit GBP

(ii)        Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit GBP

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security	Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion	Details	Price per unit (if applicable) GBP

4.         OTHER INFORMATION

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: (i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

(c)        Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?	NO

###### Date of disclosure:	25/11/2021
###### Contact name:	Paul Jenkins
###### Telephone number*:	+44 20 7676 6969

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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