Société Générale — Major Shareholding Notification 2021

Dec 15, 2021

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 7643V

Societe Generale SA

15 December 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	14/12/2021
(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:	35,688,701	4.56	156,705	0.02
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	446,500	0.06	16,531,191	2.11
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	36,135,201	4.62	16,687,896	2.13

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	2,077	7.37
Ordinary	Purchase	550	7.378
Ordinary	Purchase	300	7.378
Ordinary	Purchase	2,070	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	607	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	20,134	7.368
Ordinary	Purchase	2,876	7.37
Ordinary	Purchase	713	7.37
Ordinary	Purchase	25	7.37
Ordinary	Purchase	2,138	7.37
Ordinary	Purchase	134	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	232	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	401	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	28,763	7.378
Ordinary	Purchase	372	7.38
Ordinary	Purchase	501	7.364
Ordinary	Purchase	389	7.362
Ordinary	Purchase	159	7.364
Ordinary	Purchase	145	7.374
Ordinary	Purchase	338	7.372
Ordinary	Purchase	115	7.372
Ordinary	Purchase	342	7.372
Ordinary	Purchase	121	7.374
Ordinary	Purchase	298	7.374
Ordinary	Purchase	252	7.374
Ordinary	Purchase	31	7.372
Ordinary	Purchase	461	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	14,382	7.379462
Ordinary	Purchase	40,268	7.3784
Ordinary	Purchase	341	7.372
Ordinary	Purchase	17	7.372
Ordinary	Purchase	122	7.372
Ordinary	Purchase	100,936	7.37719
Ordinary	Purchase	8,630	7.377191
Ordinary	Purchase	32	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	144	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	25	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	25	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	3	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	63	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	3	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	28	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	115	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	99	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	169	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	788	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	99	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	64	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	79	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	252	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	10	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	10	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	1	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	5	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	2	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	17	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	162	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	2	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	8	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	56	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	312	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	320	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	189	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	5	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	45	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	3	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	6	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	278	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	1	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	95	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	337	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	246	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	141	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	99	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	13	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	218	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	4	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	42	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	69	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	384	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	36	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	15	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	36	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	2	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	141	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	17	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	108	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	18	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	720	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	114	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	763	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	25	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	144	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	422	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	84	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	28	7.376
Ordinary	Purchase	215	7.376
Ordinary	Sale	339	7.364
Ordinary	Sale	430	7.364
Ordinary	Sale	805	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	480	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	42	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	1,541	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	233	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	2,077	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	86	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	2,876	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	1,293	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	2,876	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	1,438	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	2,876	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	3,678	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	11,152	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	874	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	1,151	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	2,138	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	596	7.372
Ordinary	Sale	451	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	110	7.368
Ordinary	Sale	330	7.368
Ordinary	Sale	794	7.376
Ordinary	Sale	317	7.364
Ordinary	Sale	215	7.364
Ordinary	Sale	343	7.364
Ordinary	Sale	358	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	302	7.368
Ordinary	Sale	357	7.362
Ordinary	Sale	413	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	407	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	109	7.364
Ordinary	Sale	707	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	402	7.376
Ordinary	Sale	56	7.372
Ordinary	Sale	12	7.372
Ordinary	Sale	177	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	373	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	611	7.378
Ordinary	Sale	58	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	16	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	2	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	4	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	36	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	7	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	7	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	13	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	31	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	162	7.384
Ordinary	Sale	5	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	170	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	269	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	88	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	814	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	28	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	10	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	250	7.376
Ordinary	Sale	40	7.376
Ordinary	Sale	1,380	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	101	7.376
Ordinary	Sale	83	7.376
Ordinary	Sale	405	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	808	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	71	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	4	7.376
Ordinary	Sale	2	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	566	7.376
Ordinary	Sale	1,200	7.376
Ordinary	Sale	478	7.376
Ordinary	Sale	505	7.376
Ordinary	Sale	15	7.376
Ordinary	Sale	1,171	7.376
Ordinary	Sale	7	7.376
Ordinary	Sale	1	7.376
Ordinary	Sale	26	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	56	7.37
Ordinary	Sale	10	7.37
	Total Purchases	237,196
	Total Sales	52,724

(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	Reducing a short position	9,510	7.372804
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	100,936	7.37719
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	8,630	7.377191
Ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	7,956	7.376738

(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:	15/12/2021
###### 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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