Company:
General Electric Company
ISIN:
US3696043013
Symbol:
London: GEC
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DELIST FROM
THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
June 19, 2024
General Electric Company (operating
as GE Aerospace, the "Company") refers to the Company's
ordinary shares (ISIN US3696043013) ("Shares"), which are admitted to listing
on the standard listing segment of the Official List of the UK
Financial Conduct Authority (the "FCA") and to trading on the main market
for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange (the
"LSE"), trading and
settling as CREST Depository Interests representing Shares
("CDIs") (such admission to
listing and to trading, the "LSE
Listing").
The Company announces today that, as
part of a simplification project across multiple jurisdictions and
following a comprehensive review of the trading volume, cost and
administrative requirements related to the LSE Listing, it has
requested (i) the FCA to cancel the listing of the Company's Shares
on the standard listing segment of the Official List of the FCA,
and (ii) the LSE to cancel the admission to trading of the
Company's Shares on the main market for listed securities of the
LSE (collectively, the "LSE
Delisting").
Simultaneously with the LSE
Delisting, the Company is in the process of delisting the Shares
from Euronext Paris and SIX Swiss Exchange. Copies of the relevant
announcements released on June 19, 2024 are attached as appendices
1 and 2 to this announcement.
Pursuant to Listing Rule 5.2.8R, the
Company is required to give at least 20 business days' notice of
the intended LSE Delisting. Accordingly, it is intended that the
LSE Delisting will become effective from 8:00 a.m. (British Summer
Time) on July 18, 2024, such that the last date of trading of the
Shares on the LSE will be July 17, 2024.
Following the LSE Delisting, (i) it
will no longer be possible to trade Shares on the LSE, and (ii) the
Company will continue to maintain the primary listing of its Shares
on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE").
Shareholders who hold CDIs are urged
to consult their own investment advisors and brokers on the actions
that can be taken in respect of their holdings of CDIs, including
the necessary steps and actions required to convert their holdings
of CDIs into holdings of Shares that can be traded on the
NYSE.
The LSE Delisting is expected to
have limited impact for shareholders who hold their Shares on the
NYSE. However, any shareholder that has any questions in relation
to the LSE Delisting is recommended to consult their investment
adviser or broker.
Contact:
GE Aerospace
Investor Contact:
Blaire Shoor,
617.443.3400
blaire.shoor@ge.com
GE
Aerospace Media Contact:
Nicole Sizemore,
203.945.9783
nicole.sizemore@ge.com
About GE Aerospace:
GE Aerospace is a global aerospace
propulsion, services, and systems leader with an installed base of
approximately 44,000 commercial and 26,000 military aircraft
engines. With a global team of 52,000 employees building on more
than a century of innovation and learning, GE Aerospace is
committed to inventing the future of flight, lifting people up, and
bringing them home safely. Learn more about how GE Aerospace and
its partners are defining flight for today, tomorrow and the future
at www.geaerospace.com.
APPENDIX 1 - ANNOUNCEMENT RELATING TO DELISTING FROM EURONEXT
PARIS
GE Aerospace
Announces
Voluntary Delisting of GE Common Stock from Euronext Paris, the
London Stock Exchange and the SIX Swiss Exchange
EVENDALE, Ohio - June 19, 2024 - GE AEROSPACE (GENERAL ELECTRIC
COMPANY; NYSE: GE) announced today that, as
part of a simplification project following the launch of GE
Aerospace as an independent public company, it has submitted
applications for the delisting of GE common stock
(ISIN Code US3696043013) from Euronext Paris, the London Stock Exchange and the SIX
Swiss Exchange (the "Delisting").
This action follows a comprehensive review of the trading volume,
cost and administrative requirements related to these listings.
Following the Delisting, GE Aerospace shares will continue to be
traded on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"), GE
Aerospace's primary listing exchange.
The following required information
is provided in connection with the Delisting from Euronext
Paris. The Delisting has been approved by
the Listing Board of Euronext Paris S.A.
Information Regarding
Delisting Procedure for Euronext Paris
A sales facility procedure
(the "Sales
Facility")
will be put in place from 21 June 2024 to
19 July 2024 (the "Sales Facility Period") to allow shareholders to sell on
the NYSE their GE Aerospace shares which are listed on Euronext
Paris and held in the Euroclear France clearing system (the
"GE Aerospace Euronext
Shares"). GE
Aerospace has appointed Uptevia to act as centralizing agent under
the Sales Facility (the "Centralizing Agent").
During the Sales Facility
Period, shareholders with GE Aerospace
Euronext Shares will have the following
options:
·
sell on a voluntary basis all or part of their GE
Aerospace Euronext Shares on the NYSE by participating in the Sales
Facility (described in more detail below); or
·
retain all or part of their GE Aerospace Euronext
Shares, which will continue to be traded on Euronext Paris during
the entire Sales Facility Period until and including the trading
day prior to the date of the Delisting.
The GE Aerospace Euronext Shares
will be delisted from Euronext Paris on 25 July 2024 (the
"Delisting
Date").
Shareholders not participating
Shareholders who do not wish to sell
their GE Aerospace Euronext Shares under the Sales Facility or
directly on Euronext Paris, or have otherwise taken no action by
the Delisting Date, will be able to trade their GE Aerospace
Euronext Shares on the NYSE, subject to the terms and conditions
applied by their financial intermediaries.
Participating shareholders
Shareholders who wish to sell their
GE Aerospace Euronext Shares on the NYSE under the Sales Facility
should request their financial intermediaries to deliver their GE
Aerospace Euronext Shares during the Sales Facility Period to the
Centralizing Agent, pursuant to the procedure described
below.
The GE Aerospace Euronext Shares
delivered to the Centralizing Agent during the Sales Facility
Period will be sold on the NYSE as from 26 July 2024 by a broker,
at market prices prevailing at the time of the sale. The
Centralizing Agent will calculate the average sale price of the GE
Aerospace Euronext Shares and will be in charge of transferring the
sale proceeds (which will be converted into euros from U.S. dollars
by Uptevia) to the GE Aerospace shareholders participating in the
Sales Facility once it has received the funds for the sale of all
of the GE Aerospace Euronext Shares tendered under the Sales
Facility.
GE Aerospace will pay the brokerage
commissions on the NYSE for the sale of GE Aerospace Euronext
Shares tendered pursuant to the Sales Facility, the fee of the
Centralizing Agent and any applicable foreign exchange commission
that would be incurred in connection with the Sales
Facility.
The Sales Facility procedure is also
described in a Euronext notice to be published on 19 June
2024.
No guarantee can be given by GE
Aerospace or by the Centralizing Agent as to the price at which the
GE Aerospace Euronext Shares tendered pursuant to the Sales
Facility will be sold. The Sales Facility is being provided solely
as an accommodation to holders of GE Aerospace Euronext Shares.
Holders (and in particular individual investors) of GE Aerospace
Euronext Shares may decide not to participate in the Sales Facility
or may decide not to take any action, in which case no guarantee
can be given on the terms, including costs, that would be applied
by their financial intermediary after the Delisting. Individual
investors are urged to consult their own investment advisors before
deciding to participate or not in this process.
The contemplated timetable of the
Sales Facility and the Delisting can be summarized as follows (it
being specified that GE Aerospace reserves the right to amend this
calendar):
Event
|
Date
|
Sales
Facility
|
Beginning of the Sales
Facility
|
21 June 2024
|
End of the Sales Facility
|
19 July 2024
|
End of the centralization by
Uptevia
|
23 July 2024
|
Sale on the NYSE of the GE Aerospace
Euronext Shares tendered in the Sales Facility
|
As from 26
July 2024
|
Settlement of the proceeds of the
Sales Facility to the relevant financial intermediary
|
As soon as possible after receipt of
the proceeds of the Sales Facility
|
Delisting
|
Last day of trading of GE Aerospace
Euronext Shares on Euronext Paris
|
24 July 2024
|
Delisting of GE Aerospace Euronext
Shares on Euronext Paris
|
25 July 2024
|
GE Aerospace shareholders
participating in the Sales Facility are reminded that they
acknowledge and accept (i) the risk implied from the change in the
share market price and/or applicable exchange rates between the
date on which their shares are delivered to Uptevia for
participation in the Sales Facility and the receipt of the
applicable average sale proceeds, and (ii) that from the time the
GE Aerospace Euronext Shares are delivered to Uptevia, they will
not be entitled to any subsequent dividend declared by GE
Aerospace. They are also reminded that any orders to tender GE
Aerospace Euronext Shares to the Sales Facility are irrevocable, as
is the subsequent sale of such GE Aerospace Euronext Shares
tendered on the NYSE.
Shareholders may request any
additional information from their custodian and usual financial
intermediary, who has received the details of the
Delisting.
About GE
AEROSPACE
GE Aerospace is a global aerospace
propulsion, services, and systems leader with an installed base of
approximately 44,000 commercial and 26,000 military aircraft
engines. With a global team of 52,000 employees building on more
than a century of innovation and learning, GE Aerospace is
committed to inventing the future of flight, lifting people up, and
bringing them home safely. Learn more about how GE Aerospace and
its partners are defining flight for today, tomorrow and the future
at www.geaerospace.com.
GE
Aerospace Investor Contact:
Blaire Shoor,
617.443.3400
blaire.shoor@ge.com
GE
Aerospace Media Contact:
Nicole Sizemore,
203.945.9783
nicole.sizemore@ge.com
APPENDIX 2 - ANNOUNCEMENT RELATING TO DELISTING FROM SIX SWISS
EXCHANGE
Official Notice
Nr.:
Titel:
GE Aerospace, Evendale, Ohio, United States
Valoren-Nr.:
112258433
ISIN:
US3696043013
Tickersymbol:
GE
General Electric Company operating as GE Aerospace: Delisting
of all Secondary Listed Shares from SIX Swiss
Exchange
The board of directors of GE
Aerospace has resolved to initiate the delisting procedure of GE
Aerospace shares from the non-U.S. exchanges on which it is
actively listed: the SIX Swiss Exchange, Euronext Paris and the
London Stock Exchange.
GE Aerospace has thus applied for
delisting all its secondary listed shares with nominal value of USD
0.01 each from SIX Swiss Exchange. With decision of 18 June 2024
SIX Exchange Regulation has approved the delisting application of
GE Aerospace and has set the last trading day to be on 19 September
2024. The delisting will thus be effective as of 20 September 2024.
Following the delisting from SIX Swiss Exchange, (i) it will no
longer be possible to trade GE Aerospace shares on SIX Swiss
Exchange, and (ii) GE Aerospace will continue to maintain the
primary listing of its shares on the New York Stock Exchange (the
"NYSE").
Shareholders who hold GE Aerospace
shares on SIX Swiss Exchange are requested to consult their own
investment advisors or brokers on the actions that must be taken in
respect of their holdings of shares to facilitate the trading of
their shares on the NYSE.
Datum:
19 June 2024
Vertreter:
Niederer Kraft Frey AG
Person:
Philippe Weber
Telefon:
+41 (0)58 800 8000