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 +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

*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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