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 +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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