Form 8.3 - Ageas SA/NV

Citadel Group

18 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	15 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:	692,875	0.36	4,050	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	27,256	0.01	156,160	0.08
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	720,131	0.38	160,210	0.08

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	90	39.2900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	165	39.3000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	231	39.3050 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	382	39.3100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	474	39.3150 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,204	39.3200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	171	39.3500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	762	39.3600 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	380	39.3700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	39	39.3800 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	3,960	39.3900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	24	39.4000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	87	39.4100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	880	39.4200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	480	39.4300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	877	39.4400 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,030	39.4500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,816	39.4600 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,538	39.4700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,572	39.4800 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,399	39.4900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	3,441	39.5000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	426	39.5050 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,563	39.5100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	3,129	39.5200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	312	39.5250 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,447	39.5300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	341	39.5350 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	2,361	39.5400 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	598	39.5450 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	2,124	39.5500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	291	39.5550 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	3,255	39.5600 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	2,937	39.5700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,635	39.5800 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	29	39.5850 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,258	39.5900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	545	39.6000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	127	39.6050 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	162	39.6100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	504	39.6200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,300	39.6300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	80	39.6400 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	207	39.6500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	156	39.6600 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	393	39.6700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	147	39.6800 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	829	39.6900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	704	39.7000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	108	39.7100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	360	39.7300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	150	39.7400 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	405	39.7700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	220	39.7800 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	589	39.7900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	140	39.8200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	186	39.9200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	190	39.9300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	539	39.9400 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	290	39.9500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	30	39.9600 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	835	39.9700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	11	39.9800 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	393	39.9900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	866	40.0100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	2	42.7200 USD
Common	Buy Transaction	109	43.4166 USD
Common	DVP Transaction	109	43.4166 USD
Common	RVP Transaction	109	43.4166 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	76	39.2900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	160	39.3000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	538	39.3100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	547	39.3200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	55	39.3400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	384	39.3500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	275	39.3800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	111	39.3900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	660	39.4000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	995	39.4100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	510	39.4200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	64	39.4250 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	394	39.4300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	634	39.4400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	3,461	39.4500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	586	39.4531 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	689	39.4534 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	2,897	39.4535 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	970	39.4543 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	742	39.4600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	350	39.4700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	544	39.4800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,109	39.4900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	4,799	39.5000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	6,152	39.5052 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	30,519	39.5052 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	7,258	39.5052 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	10,269	39.5052 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	20,158	39.5100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	2,934	39.5200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,165	39.5300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	389	39.5361 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,152	39.5367 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	234	39.5372 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,927	39.5400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,241	39.5418 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	795	39.5432 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,335	39.5433 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	3,813	39.5434 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	303	39.5454 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	703	39.5500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	696	39.5505 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	10,298	39.5600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	277	39.5643 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	8	39.5650 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	167	39.5671 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,739	39.5700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	20	39.5750 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,257	39.5800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	47,982	39.5882 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	400	39.5900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	323	39.5933 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	2,335	39.6000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	616	39.6100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,194	39.6200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	550	39.6300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	598	39.6351 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,498	39.6400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	631	39.6500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	289	39.6600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,244	39.6700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	121	39.6800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	218	39.6900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,069	39.7000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	55	39.7100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	695	39.7200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	370	39.7300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	30	39.7400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	454	39.7500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	30	39.7600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	238	39.7900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	9	39.8400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	243	39.8500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	20,938	39.8932 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	17,732	39.8943 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	29,507	39.8943 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	87,753	39.8945 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	135	39.9200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	688	40.0000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	25	43.0150 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	202	43.4800 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	5,248	39.4469 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	878	39.4670 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	216	39.5035 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	265	39.5071 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	341	39.5136 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	1,471	39.5184 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	601	39.5209 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	216	39.5251 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	4	39.5350 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	285	39.5358 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	1,996	39.5467 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	4,289	39.5493 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	498	39.5498 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	25,015	39.5500 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	25,015	39.5500 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	3,155	39.5604 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	3,646	39.5607 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	326	39.5625 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	380	39.5637 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	2,134	39.5640 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	478	39.5654 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	1,587	39.5658 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	522	39.5660 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	2,104	39.5671 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	190	39.5750 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	4,384	39.5767 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	856	39.5790 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	1,980	39.5799 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	95	39.5800 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	3,002	39.6016 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	401	39.6061 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	960	39.6071 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	95	39.6100 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	95	39.6200 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	532	39.6487 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	431	39.6516 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	36,283	39.7368 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	2,034	39.8230 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	623	39.9000 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	16,742	39.9000 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:	18 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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