10th Oct 2025 15:00
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 | DOWLAIS 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 | 9 October 2025 |
(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 AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING HOLDINGS INC |
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 GB00BMWRZ071 1p ordinary | |||
| Interests | Short positions | ||
| Number | % | Number | % |
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: | 868 | 0.00 | 410,125 | 0.03 |
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
| 0 | 0.00 | 1,943,646 | 0.14 |
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
TOTAL: | 868 | 0.00 | 2,353,771 | 0.17 |
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 | 1,373 | 0.7720 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 35,986 | 0.7725 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 8,339 | 0.7745 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 1,422 | 0.7750 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 7,625 | 0.7755 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 2,504 | 0.7760 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 9,202 | 0.7765 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 27,035 | 0.7770 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 21,318 | 0.7775 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 25,626 | 0.7778 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 45,898 | 0.7780 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 73,158 | 0.7785 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 1,499 | 0.7790 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 6,105 | 0.7800 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 51,439 | 0.7805 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 20,000 | 0.7810 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 25,570 | 0.7820 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 1,572 | 0.7825 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 20,602 | 0.7830 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 25,000 | 0.7840 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 25,000 | 0.7845 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 75 | 0.7850 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 5,721 | 0.7860 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 27,960 | 0.7865 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 1,016 | 0.7870 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 1,329 | 0.7875 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 2,131 | 0.7880 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 710 | 0.7890 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 1,000 | 0.7910 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 127 | 0.7915 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 1,453 | 0.7930 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 6,885 | 0.7935 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 2,409 | 0.7940 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 84 | 0.7945 GBP |
Common | Buy Transaction | 2,525 | 0.7965 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 30,250 | 0.7725 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 5,000 | 0.7740 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 22,655 | 0.7750 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 35,689 | 0.7755 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 9,190 | 0.7760 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 1,885 | 0.7762 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 20,167 | 0.7765 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 9,873 | 0.7770 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 42,672 | 0.7775 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 36,717 | 0.7780 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 30,000 | 0.7782 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 59,988 | 0.7785 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 19,411 | 0.7790 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 10,845 | 0.7795 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 5,210 | 0.7800 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 19,614 | 0.7805 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 9,977 | 0.7815 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 1,056 | 0.7825 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 17,117 | 0.7830 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 1,204 | 0.7835 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 5,568 | 0.7845 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 15,261 | 0.7855 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 5,340 | 0.7860 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 8,737 | 0.7865 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 20 | 0.7870 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 3,518 | 0.7875 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 930 | 0.7880 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 5,434 | 0.7925 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 30,000 | 0.7930 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 1,880 | 0.7945 GBP |
Common | Sell Transaction | 650 | 0.7955 GBP |
(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 short position | 13,158 | 0.7725 GBP |
Common | CFD | Reducing short position | 14,793 | 0.7780 GBP |
Common | CFD | Increasing short position | 6,269 | 0.7801 GBP |
Common | CFD | Reducing short position | 6,529 | 0.7822 GBP |
Common | CFD | Reducing short position | 32,315 | 0.7822 GBP |
Common | CFD | Increasing short position | 1,602 | 0.7846 GBP |
Common | CFD | Increasing short position | 6,601 | 0.7855 GBP |
Common | CFD | Increasing short position | 10,707 | 0.7860 GBP |
Common | CFD | Reducing short position | 11,176 | 0.7910 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) |
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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
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(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
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(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO |
Date of disclosure: | 10 October 2025 |
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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