Citadel Group — Major Shareholding Notification 2024

Mar 14, 2024

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 8797G

Citadel Group

14 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	DIRECT LINE INSURANCE GROUP PLC
(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	13 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 AGEAS SA/NV

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 GB00BY9D0Y18
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	33,935	0.00	110,543	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	24,568,559	1.87	76,974	0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	24,602,494	1.87	187,517	0.01

Class of relevant security: Common Stock	ISIN XS1728036366
	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	418	2.0420 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,432	2.0670 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	10	2.0690 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,088	2.0720 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,766	2.0730 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,584	2.0780 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,386	2.0790 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	368	2.0810 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	264	2.0850 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	92	2.0870 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	35	2.0950 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	10	2.1000 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,990	2.1010 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	45,080	2.1020 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	812	2.1030 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	155	2.1040 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	233	2.1050 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	375	2.1090 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	100	2.1120 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,533	2.1130 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,205	2.1160 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	836	2.1170 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	870	2.1175 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	423	2.1180 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,354	2.1190 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	28,415	2.1200 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	360	2.1210 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,056	2.1215 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	8,016	2.1230 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,622	2.1240 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	682	2.1250 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	310	2.1260 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,222	2.1270 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,822	2.1280 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	6,060	2.1290 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	50,884	2.1300 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,123	2.1305 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,438	2.1310 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,443	2.1315 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,768	2.1320 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,851	2.1330 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	9,347	2.1340 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	6,556	2.1350 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,544	2.1360 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	12,638	2.1370 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,979	2.1380 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,292	2.1390 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	11,426	2.1400 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	7,504	2.1410 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,964	2.1420 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	400	2.1430 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,437	2.1440 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,401	2.1450 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,067	2.1455 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,882	2.1460 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,779	2.1470 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	809	2.1480 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,946	2.1490 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	14,197	2.1500 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	7,182	2.1510 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,322	2.1520 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	866	2.1530 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,209	2.1540 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,888	2.1550 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,794	2.1570 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,406	2.1580 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	271	2.1585 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,810	2.1590 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,900	2.1600 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,199	2.1610 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	853	2.1620 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	18,022	2.1630 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,987	2.1640 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,600	2.1650 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	68	2.1680 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,789	2.1700 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,501	2.1710 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	50,594	2.1900 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	617	2.1980 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	6,764	2.2000 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	401	2.2020 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,939	2.2030 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	75	2.2040 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	10	2.2140 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	23,854	2.2200 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	10,088	2.2240 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	675	2.2270 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	671	2.2290 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,115	2.2360 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	366	2.2380 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,087	2.2390 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	19,380	2.2400 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	571	2.2470 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,000	2.2480 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	891	2.2490 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	634	2.2510 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,317	2.2520 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	639	2.2530 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	675	2.2540 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,238	2.2550 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,107	2.2560 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,887	2.2570 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	16,591	2.2580 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	31,939	2.2590 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	123,754	2.2600 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	8,450	2.2610 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	612	2.2620 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,800	2.2640 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,280	2.2700 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	861	2.2740 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	417	2.2800 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	20,421	2.2820 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	450	2.2880 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	460	2.2890 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	16,660	2.2900 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,028	2.2910 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,200	2.2920 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	10,737	2.2960 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,481	2.2980 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	889	2.2990 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	53,398	2.3000 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	2,000	2.3010 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,500	2.3080 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	17,348	2.3100 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,934	2.3110 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,800	2.3150 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,200	2.3160 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	645	2.3165 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	26,290	2.3200 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,300	2.3230 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,600	2.3250 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,800	2.3260 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,410	2.3270 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,800	2.3280 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,832	2.3410 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	500	2.3420 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,600	2.3470 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	4,800	2.3480 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	847	2.3490 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,300	2.3500 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	11,121	2.3510 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,200	2.3520 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	23,831	2.3530 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,500	2.3550 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,562	2.3560 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,700	2.3580 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,400	2.3600 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	3,560	2.3630 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	5,000	2.3640 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	650	2.3650 GBP
Common	Buy Transaction	1,500	2.3670 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	480	2.0610 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	23,533	2.0650 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	413	2.0660 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	10	2.0670 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	9,886	2.0680 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,350	2.0690 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	806	2.0700 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,900	2.0730 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,475	2.0770 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	100	2.0780 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,906	2.0790 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	12,661	2.0800 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,125	2.0830 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	213	2.0840 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	109	2.0860 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,418	2.0940 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	150	2.1070 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,261	2.1100 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,910	2.1140 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	656	2.1145 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,183	2.1150 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	58	2.1155 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6,809	2.1160 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	9,196	2.1170 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	7,416	2.1180 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	7,567	2.1190 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	57,382	2.1200 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	10,444	2.1210 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	14,208	2.1220 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	11,380	2.1230 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,447	2.1240 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,237	2.1250 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6,757	2.1260 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,896	2.1270 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,800	2.1280 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,278	2.1290 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	19,032	2.1300 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,551	2.1310 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	7,084	2.1320 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,687	2.1330 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6,293	2.1340 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,484	2.1350 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	480	2.1370 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,820	2.1380 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,693	2.1390 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,515	2.1400 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	592	2.1410 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	262	2.1420 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,585	2.1430 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,150	2.1440 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,308	2.1460 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,815	2.1470 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	10,226	2.1480 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6,216	2.1490 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,040	2.1495 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	174,150	2.1500 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,525	2.1510 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,901	2.1520 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,912	2.1530 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	10	2.1540 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,437	2.1550 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	283	2.1560 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,053	2.1570 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,900	2.1580 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	64	2.1590 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,122	2.1600 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	200	2.1610 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,990	2.1620 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,531	2.1630 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,561	2.1650 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,241	2.1660 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	950	2.1680 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	10	2.1690 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,405	2.1700 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,085	2.1710 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	655	2.1730 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,919	2.1740 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	13,240	2.1760 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	500	2.1860 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	232	2.1900 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,991	2.1910 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,186	2.1930 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,040	2.1960 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,326	2.1990 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,052	2.2000 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,401	2.2010 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,049	2.2020 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	964	2.2030 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,600	2.2060 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	305	2.2080 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	773	2.2100 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,600	2.2110 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,300	2.2120 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,391	2.2150 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,543	2.2160 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,717	2.2180 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,000	2.2190 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	876	2.2300 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,699	2.2370 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,725	2.2400 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,174	2.2480 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	20,135	2.2500 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	915	2.2520 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	45	2.2530 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,938	2.2540 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,150	2.2550 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6,264	2.2560 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,432	2.2570 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	7,724	2.2580 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	382	2.2585 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	12,897	2.2590 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	8,249	2.2600 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,600	2.2610 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,600	2.2620 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,697	2.2630 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,100	2.2640 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,900	2.2650 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,254	2.2710 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,400	2.2750 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,500	2.2890 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	14,901	2.2900 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,600	2.2970 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	7,010	2.2980 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,500	2.2990 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,400	2.3000 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	162	2.3010 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	5,364	2.3050 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,400	2.3090 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,072	2.3110 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,104	2.3120 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	10	2.3130 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	652	2.3160 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,993	2.3210 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	6,381	2.3220 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,050	2.3260 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,800	2.3270 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	4,364	2.3430 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	839	2.3490 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	557	2.3520 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,400	2.3530 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,400	2.3540 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,000	2.3560 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,593	2.3610 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,800	2.3630 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,860	2.3640 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,900	2.3660 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	143	2.3680 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,892	2.3690 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,500	2.3700 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,820	2.3710 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	3,100	2.3720 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,360	2.3730 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	7,959	2.3750 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	450	2.3810 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,400	2.3830 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	2,000	2.3910 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	1,998	2.3940 GBP
Common	Sell Transaction	58	11.0850 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	Increasing long position	112	2.0780 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	50,332	2.1156 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	22,156	2.1186 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	800,000	2.1190 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	31,140	2.1200 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	387	2.1284 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	5,060	2.1287 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	3,182	2.1315 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	31,374	2.1343 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	10,901	2.1348 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	2,724	2.1348 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	1,636	2.1348 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	21,796	2.1373 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	466	2.1390 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	30,089	2.1416 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	143,052	2.1416 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	61,312	2.1467 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	9,196	2.1467 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	15,328	2.1467 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	123,322	2.1478 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	48,742	2.1493 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	325,004	2.1494 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	81,254	2.1494 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	148	2.1505 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	16,195	2.1587 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	14,055	2.1599 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	108,752	2.1600 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	48,992	2.1655 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	18,645	2.2092 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	23,882	2.2173 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	9,065	2.2322 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	15,108	2.2322 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	60,434	2.2322 GBP
Common	CFD	Reducing long position	5,430	2.2371 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	1,735	2.2470 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	6,945	2.2470 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	1,042	2.2471 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	756	2.2590 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	5,047	2.2590 GBP
Common	CFD	Increasing long position	1,262	2.2590 GBP

(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:	14 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.

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