Form 8.3 - Ageas SA/NV

Citadel Group

15 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	14 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:	984,061	0.52	3,990	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	61,201	0.03	168,914	0.08
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	1,045,262	0.55	172,904	0.09

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	29	39.0700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	164	39.0800 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	35	39.0900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	245	39.1000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	25	39.1100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	111	39.1200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	472	39.1300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	559	39.1400 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	159	39.1500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	204	39.1600 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	429	39.1700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	159	39.1800 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	189	39.1900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	755	39.2000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	198	39.2050 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	387	39.2100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	231	39.2200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	635	39.2300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	2	39.2350 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,096	39.2400 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	467	39.2500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	139	39.2600 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	277	39.2650 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	612	39.2700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	285	39.2750 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	290	39.2800 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	338	39.2900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	168	39.3000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	195	39.3100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	239	39.3150 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	685	39.3200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,058	39.3300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	423	39.3400 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	393	39.3500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	79	39.3550 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,493	39.3600 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,199	39.3700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	784	39.3800 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	288	39.3900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	437	39.4000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	182	39.4100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	333	39.4200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	124	39.4300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	359	39.4400 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	550	39.4500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	74	39.4600 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	700	39.4700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	362	39.4800 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	219	39.4850 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,213	39.4900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	663	39.5000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	459	39.5100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	660	39.5200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	686	39.5300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	464	39.5400 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	308	39.5500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	499	39.5600 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	217	39.5800 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	350	39.5900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	268	39.6000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	396	39.6100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	634	39.6200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	633	39.6300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	30	39.6400 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	462	39.6500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	150	39.6600 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1	42.7650 USD
Common	Buy Transaction	25	43.5000 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	2	39.0700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	371	39.0800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	240	39.0900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	65	39.1000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	436	39.1100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	314	39.1200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	956	39.1300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	684	39.1400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,134	39.1500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,186	39.1600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	422	39.1700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	768	39.1800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	389	39.1900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	2,109	39.2000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	489	39.2100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	339	39.2200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,784	39.2261 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	2,972	39.2263 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	7,902	39.2270 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	572	39.2300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	285	39.2400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	718	39.2500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	745	39.2600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	932	39.2700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	840	39.2800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	845	39.2900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	213	39.2989 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,418	39.3000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	356	39.3002 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	20	39.3050 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	2,476	39.3100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,374	39.3200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	247	39.3281 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	408	39.3281 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	404	39.3300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	916	39.3339 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	2,974	39.3400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,530	39.3439 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	916	39.3445 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,761	39.3500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	992	39.3600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	41,733	39.3635 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	362	39.3700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	670	39.3723 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	2,641	39.3800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	3,523	39.3818 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	587	39.3900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	10,529	39.3906 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,203	39.4000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	120	39.4050 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,083	39.4100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	2,017	39.4166 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,206	39.4168 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	121	39.4200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	264	39.4300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	519	39.4400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	6,597	39.4403 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	3,198	39.4482 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	5,336	39.4483 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	246	39.4500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	237	39.4600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	89	39.4700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	17,959	39.4719 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	932	39.4800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	305	39.4900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	599	39.5000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	75	39.5200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,142	39.5300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	856	39.5400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,018	39.5500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	762	39.5600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	799	39.5700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	858	39.5800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,864	39.5900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	460	39.5950 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,042	39.6000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	155	39.6055 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	345	39.6100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	50	39.6106 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	32	39.6112 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	914	39.6200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	398	39.6300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	926	39.6400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	209	39.6500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	172	39.6600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	481	39.6700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	372	39.6800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	2	42.5650 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	126	43.6000 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	376	39.2088 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	508	39.2149 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	3,657	39.2300 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	14,485	39.2355 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	521	39.2801 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	13,506	39.2931 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	659	39.2994 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	313	39.3054 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	750	39.3167 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	704	39.3238 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	1,179	39.3296 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	188	39.3300 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	7,306	39.3332 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	455	39.3397 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	145	39.3403 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	1,516	39.3412 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	2,780	39.3432 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	3,970	39.3478 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	1,527	39.3496 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	1,383	39.3498 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	3,567	39.3599 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	598	39.3684 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	282	39.3700 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	32	39.3775 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	193	39.3841 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	439	39.3915 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	27	39.4000 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	968	39.4332 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	300	39.4368 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	32,580	39.4600 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	32,580	39.4600 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	18,484	39.4667 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:	15 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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