For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below:
http://newsfile.refinitiv.com/getnewsfile/v1/story?guid=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20240322:nRSV9706Ha&default-theme=true
RNS Number : 9706H Citadel Group 22 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 N/A
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.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form AGEAS SA/NV
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this N/A
and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 21 March 2024
For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date
prior to the disclosure
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making YES
disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
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: ISIN BE0974264930
Common Stock
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 561,680 0.29 3,949 0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 17,336 0.00 210,147 0.11
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00 0 0.00
purchase/sell:
579,016 0.30 214,096 0.11
TOTAL:
Class of relevant security: ISIN US00844W2089
Common Stock
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 0 0.00 0 0.00
purchase/sell:
0 0.00 0 0.00
TOTAL:
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 101 40.6000 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 276 40.6100 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 842 40.6300 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 68 40.6400 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 444 40.6500 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 305 40.6600 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 30 40.6650 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 591 40.6700 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 306 40.6800 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 493 40.6900 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 7,113 40.7000 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 181 40.7100 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 694 40.7200 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 643 40.7300 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 946 40.7400 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 1,201 40.7500 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 978 40.7600 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 514 40.7700 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 405 40.7800 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 602 40.7819 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 221 40.7900 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 584 40.8000 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 622 40.8100 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 1,155 40.8200 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 1,074 40.8300 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 602 40.8400 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 1,334 40.8500 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 84 40.8700 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 256 40.8800 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 98 40.8900 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 100 40.9100 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 68 40.9400 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 226 40.9700 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 96 40.9800 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 90 41.0000 EUR
Common Buy Transaction 125 44.2000 USD
Common Buy Transaction 3 44.2250 USD
Common Buy Transaction 69 44.2600 USD
Common Buy Transaction 20 44.3350 USD
Common Sell Transaction 60 40.6000 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 302 40.6100 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 686 40.6200 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 1,510 40.6300 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 243 40.6400 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 444 40.6500 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 352 40.6600 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 26 40.6700 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 257 40.6800 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 71 40.6900 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 244 40.7000 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 780 40.7100 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 98 40.7200 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 1,199 40.7300 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 1,861 40.7400 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 2,814 40.7500 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 1,388 40.7559 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 4,146 40.7560 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 1,401 40.7561 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 832 40.7563 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 1,624 40.7600 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 83 40.7639 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 84 40.7649 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 245 40.7651 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 1,076 40.7700 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 50 40.7730 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 1,092 40.7800 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 17,302 40.7900 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 29 40.7950 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 1,200 40.8000 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 822 40.8100 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 125 40.8200 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 684 40.8300 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 32 40.8400 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 2,372 40.8500 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 404 40.8600 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 1,102 40.8700 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 799 40.8800 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 1,331 40.8959 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 2,216 40.8959 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 6,577 40.8959 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 2,284 40.8960 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 183 40.9000 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 64 40.9300 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 25 41.0200 EUR
Common Sell Transaction 125 44.2000 USD
Common Sell Transaction 29 44.2050 USD
Common Sell Transaction 69 44.2655 USD
Common Sell Transaction 1 44.3800 USD
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference securities Price per unit
e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
position
Common CFD Reducing short position 160 40.7016 EUR
Common CFD Reducing short position 2,278 40.7035 EUR
Common CFD Reducing short position 900 40.7186 EUR
Common CFD Reducing short position 2,372 40.7204 EUR
Common CFD Increasing short position 10 40.7300 EUR
Common CFD Reducing short position 3,270 40.7483 EUR
Common CFD Reducing short position 1,097 40.7608 EUR
Common CFD Reducing short position 41 40.7700 EUR
Common CFD Increasing short position 66 40.7736 EUR
Common CFD Reducing short position 372 40.7773 EUR
Common CFD Reducing short position 93 40.7823 EUR
Common CFD Reducing short position 1,170 40.7846 EUR
Common CFD Reducing short position 671 40.7900 EUR
Common CFD Increasing short position 2,113 40.7900 EUR
Common CFD Reducing short position 1,054 40.7950 EUR
Common CFD Increasing short position 3,055 40.7974 EUR
Common CFD Reducing short position 533 40.7982 EUR
Common CFD Increasing short position 49 40.8000 EUR
Common CFD Reducing short position 522 40.8283 EUR
Common CFD Reducing short position 985 40.9054 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 Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
e.g. American, European etc.
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, conversion
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: 22 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
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .
This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact
rns@lseg.com (mailto:rns@lseg.com)
or visit
www.rns.com (http://www.rns.com/)
.
RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our
Privacy Policy (https://www.lseg.com/privacy-and-cookie-policy)
. END RETKLLBLZXLZBBD