Form 8.3 - Ageas SA/NV

Citadel Group

08 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	7 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:	1,076,789	0.57	3,494	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	115,902	0.06	247,932	0.13
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	1,192,691	0.63	251,426	0.13

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	305	38.2300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	303	38.2600 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	58	38.2900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	185	38.3000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,685	38.3100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	2,321	38.3400 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	489	38.3500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	697	38.3600 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	206	38.3650 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	52	38.3800 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,461	38.4000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	160	38.4100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	529	38.4200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	387	38.4300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	715	38.4400 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,655	38.4500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	365	38.4600 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	2,447	38.4700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	697	38.4800 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,536	38.4900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	751	38.5000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	670	38.5100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	645	38.5200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,086	38.5300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	476	38.5400 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	150	38.5500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,668	38.5600 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	300	38.5700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	170	38.5800 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	726	38.5900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	3,087	38.6000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	621	38.6100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	373	38.6200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,327	38.6300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,625	38.6400 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	4,615	38.6500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,513	38.6600 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	332	38.6634 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	2,365	38.6700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,235	38.6800 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	336	38.6850 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	667	38.6900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,700	38.7000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	365	38.7100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	637	38.7200 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	25	38.7300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	38	38.7400 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	508	38.7500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	292	38.7600 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	123	38.7900 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	38	38.8000 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	1,203	38.8100 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	533	38.8300 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	106	38.8400 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	84	38.8500 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	84	38.8600 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	183	38.8700 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	9	38.8800 EUR
Common	Buy Transaction	2	41.9600 USD
Common	Buy Transaction	36	42.1600 USD
Common	Buy Transaction	15	42.1683 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	116	38.2400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	97	38.2500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	166	38.2600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	122	38.2700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	84	38.2800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	769	38.2900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	113	38.3000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	85	38.3100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	199	38.3200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	95	38.3500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	349	38.3600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	25	38.3700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	86	38.3800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,492	38.4100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	715	38.4200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	821	38.4300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	59	38.4400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	742	38.4500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,619	38.4600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,206	38.4700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	959	38.4800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,626	38.4900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	100	38.4950 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	233	38.5000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	308	38.5010 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	124	38.5100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	874	38.5200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	393	38.5238 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	553	38.5300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	312	38.5333 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	176	38.5400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	159	38.5500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	4,911	38.5600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	578	38.5700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,037	38.5800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,553	38.5900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	2,622	38.6000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	2,326	38.6100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,532	38.6200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	4,511	38.6300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,094	38.6400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	4,486	38.6500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	2,872	38.6600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,912	38.6700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	11	38.6750 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	415	38.6788 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,498	38.6800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	2,134	38.6900 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,125	38.7000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,768	38.7100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	772	38.7200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1,642	38.7300 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	713	38.7400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	2,458	38.7500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	318	38.7600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	143	38.7800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	346	38.8000 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	134	38.8100 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	56	38.8200 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	53	38.8400 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	712	38.8500 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	172	38.8600 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	370	38.8700 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	311	38.8800 EUR
Common	Sell Transaction	1	42.2150 USD
Common	Sell Transaction	1	42.2300 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	596	38.4229 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	645	38.4256 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	1,440	38.4265 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	579	38.4437 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	823	38.4476 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	384	38.4478 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	98	38.4750 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	590	38.4822 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	3,596	38.4946 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	3	38.5000 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	279	38.5194 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	302	38.5368 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	366	38.5525 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	530	38.5535 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	1,845	38.5600 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	4,389	38.5600 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	1,494	38.5659 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	7,363	38.5760 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	30	38.6000 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	30	38.6010 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	405	38.6137 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	2,198	38.6353 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	1,444	38.6435 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	922	38.6459 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	84	38.6700 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	554	38.6725 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	456	38.6808 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	252	38.6967 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	266	38.6992 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	1,061	38.7066 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	756	38.7417 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	454	38.7597 EUR
Common	CFD	Reducing short position	92	38.7600 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	967	38.7723 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	328	38.7876 EUR
Common	CFD	Increasing short position	79	38.8350 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:	8 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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