Form 8.3 - Ageas SA/NV

Citadel Group

13 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	12 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:	1,118,205	0.59	3,452	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	104,745	0.05	109,952	0.05
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	1,222,950	0.65	113,404	0.06

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	205	38.8200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	278	38.8300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	29	38.8400 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	160	38.8500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	580	38.8600 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	2	38.8700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	82	38.8900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	591	38.9100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	236	38.9200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	158	38.9300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	149	38.9700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	361	38.9800 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	456	38.9900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	294	39.0000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	6	39.0100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	116	39.0200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	249	39.0300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	246	39.0400 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1	39.0500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	92	39.0700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	492	39.0800 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	563	39.0900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,530	39.1000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	257	39.1100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	425	39.1200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	2,021	39.1244 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	174	39.1400 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	25	39.1600 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	138	39.1800 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	190	39.1900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,523	39.2000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	123	39.2100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	150	39.2200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	42	39.2300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	78	39.2400 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	995	39.2500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	80	39.2700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	312	39.2800 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1	39.2900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	69	39.3000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	38	39.3300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	67	39.3600 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	127	39.4000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	19	39.4300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	300	39.4600 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	73	39.4700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	350	39.4800 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	147	39.4900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	2,185	39.5000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	2	39.5100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	169	39.5200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	396	39.5300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	5,032	39.5500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	2	42.7500 USD
Common	Buy Transaction	294	43.1300 USD
Common	Buy Transaction	1	43.1650 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	89	38.8100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	111	38.8200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	455	38.8300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	163	38.8400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	196	38.8500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	60	38.8600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	681	38.8900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	150	38.9000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	180	38.9100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	126	38.9800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	20	38.9900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,013	39.0000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	284	39.0100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	293	39.0200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	630	39.0300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	142	39.0400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	25	39.0500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	108	39.0600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	738	39.0700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	297	39.0800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	330	39.0850 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	518	39.0900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	698	39.0950 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	874	39.1000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	583	39.1100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	125	39.1200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	140	39.1300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	650	39.1400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	267	39.1500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	251	39.1600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	102	39.1700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	132	39.1800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	124	39.1900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	25	39.2000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	834	39.2100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	130	39.2200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	17	39.2300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	132	39.2400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	213	39.2500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	636	39.3000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	347	39.3100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	25	39.3500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	110	39.3600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	519	39.3900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	596	39.4000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,304	39.4100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	149	39.4150 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,189	39.4200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	3,007	39.4300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,207	39.4400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	709	39.4500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,311	39.4600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	274	39.4700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	298	39.4750 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	904	39.4800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,983	39.4900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	165	39.4950 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,368	39.5000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	50	39.5100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	97	39.5200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	166	39.5300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,074	39.5400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,583	39.5500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,201	39.5600 EUR

(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	Increasing long position/Reducing short position	89	38.8300 EUR
Common	CFD	Closing long position/Opening short position	200	38.9935 EUR
Common	CFD	Closing long position/Opening short position	462	39.0043 EUR
Common	CFD	Closing long position/Opening short position	985	39.0053 EUR
Common	CFD	Closing long position/Opening short position	696	39.0161 EUR
Common	CFD	Closing long position/Opening short position	1,591	39.0168 EUR
Common	CFD	Closing long position/Opening short position	643	39.0249 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing long position/Reducing short position	115	39.0400 EUR
Common	CFD	Closing long position/Opening short position	637	39.0449 EUR
Common	CFD	Closing long position/Opening short position	1,017	39.0453 EUR
Common	CFD	Closing long position/Opening short position	625	39.0454 EUR
Common	CFD	Closing long position/Opening short position	13	39.0900 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing long position/Reducing short position	4,346	39.1062 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing long position/Reducing short position	125	39.1062 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing long position/Reducing short position	15,866	39.1418 EUR
Common	CFD	Closing long position/Opening short position	939	39.1498 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing long position/Reducing short position	1,341	39.1539 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing long position/Reducing short position	160	39.1902 EUR
Common	CFD	Closing long position/Opening short position	297	39.2256 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing long position/Reducing short position	825	39.2756 EUR
Common	CFD	Closing long position/Opening short position	4,504	39.3291 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing long position/Reducing short position	941	39.3593 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing long position/Reducing short position	1,255	39.3826 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing long position/Reducing short position	704	39.3887 EUR
Common	CFD	Closing long position/Opening short position	23,541	39.3888 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing long position/Reducing short position	93	39.4000 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing long position/Reducing short position	205	39.4336 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing long position/Reducing short position	37	39.4500 EUR
Common	CFD	Closing long position/Opening short position	9,730	39.5446 EUR
Common	CFD	Closing long position/Opening short position	1,632	39.5500 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:	13 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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