Form 8.3 - Ageas SA/NV

Citadel Group

06 March 2024

 

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:	Citadel Group
(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.	N/A
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	AGEAS SA/NV
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:	N/A
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:      For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	5 March 2024
(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"	YES DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC

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: Common Stock	ISIN BE0974264930
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	1,077,965	0.57	3,037	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	114,454	0.06	291,290	0.15
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	1,192,419	0.63	294,327	0.15

Class of relevant security: Common Stock	ISIN US00844W2089
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	0	0.00	0	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0.00	0	0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	0	0.00	0	0.00

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:	N/A
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:	N/A

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
Common	Buy Transaction	102	37.5000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	175	37.5150 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	100	37.5200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	999	37.5350 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,637	37.5400 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	884	37.5450 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,557	37.5500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	221	37.5550 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	199	37.5600 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	259	37.5650 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	600	37.5700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	61	37.6100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	521	37.6300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	886	37.6400 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,056	37.6500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	939	37.6600 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,015	37.6700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	2,063	37.6800 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,164	37.6900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,954	37.7000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	731	37.7100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	665	37.7200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	3,561	37.7218 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,089	37.7300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	271	37.7400 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	398	37.7500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	970	37.7600 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,216	37.7700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	126	37.7765 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,475	37.7800 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	19	37.7900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	160	37.8000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	11	37.8100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	407	37.8300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	440	37.8500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	63	37.8700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	133	37.8900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	363	37.9100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	367	37.9200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	273	37.9700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	294	37.9800 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	310	37.9900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	400	38.0000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	247	38.0100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	259	38.0200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	14	38.0250 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	274	38.0300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	542	38.0400 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	840	38.0500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	2,995	38.0900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	206	38.1200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	314	38.1300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	8	38.1700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	27	41.1300 USD
Common	Buy Transaction	249	41.2200 USD
Common	Buy Transaction	68	41.3100 USD
Common	Buy Transaction	14	41.3138 USD
Common	Buy Transaction	6	41.3150 USD
Common	Buy Transaction	11	41.3900 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	558	37.5200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	758	37.5300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	312	37.5400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	420	37.5500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	84	37.5700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	570	37.6000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	98	37.6100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	748	37.6200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	401	37.6300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	498	37.6400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	129	37.6450 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	234	37.6500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	115	37.6550 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	128	37.6600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	394	37.6700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	250	37.6800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	183	37.6900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	749	37.7000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,846	37.7100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,263	37.7200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	76	37.7250 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	823	37.7300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	728	37.7400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	762	37.7500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	3,336	37.7600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	255	37.7700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	451	37.7800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	2	37.7900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	805	37.8000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	550	37.8100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	4	37.8200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	253	37.8400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	148	37.8500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	879	37.8600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	67	37.8700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	396	37.8800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	84	37.8900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	333	37.9000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	449	37.9100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	314	37.9200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	47	37.9300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	17	37.9400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	33	37.9700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	138	37.9800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	56	37.9900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	136	38.0000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,260	38.0100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,414	38.0200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	884	38.0300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	4	38.0400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	473	38.0500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	396	38.0600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	672	38.0700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	40	38.0800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	39	38.0900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	181	38.1000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	642	38.1100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,048	38.1200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	974	38.1300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	953	38.1400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	493	38.1500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,408	38.1600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	516	38.1700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	150	38.1800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	3	38.1900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	4	41.1950 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	47	41.2600 USD

(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
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	4,631	37.5300 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	4,631	37.5300 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	82	37.5600 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	521	37.5994 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	86	37.6100 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	53	37.6400 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	66	37.6482 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	377	37.6776 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	883	37.6819 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	2,604	37.7310 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	2,120	37.7425 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	212	37.7440 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	2,196	37.7499 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	945	37.7614 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	5,564	37.7666 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	6,656	37.7817 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	1,339	37.7841 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	872	37.8029 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	3,327	37.8059 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	3,001	37.8153 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	330	37.8183 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	909	37.8231 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	1,425	37.8246 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	1,940	37.8257 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	2,346	37.8317 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	2,152	37.8652 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	5,320	37.8712 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	271	37.8825 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	3,077	37.9531 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	21,728	37.9864 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	2,981	38.0280 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	978	38.0561 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	507	38.0900 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	2,291	38.0949 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	641	38.1129 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	321	38.1213 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	82	38.1500 EUR

(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

(ii)        Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(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)

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"

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"

None

(c)        Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:	6 March 2024
Contact name:	Paula Santos
Telephone number*:	020 7645 9700

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 [phone].

*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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