RNS Number : 8566M Citadel Group 17 July 2026  

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FORM 8.3

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER

RULES, 2022 BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

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

FORWARD INDUSTRIES INC

(d)   If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree (Note 1)

N/A

(e)   Date position held/dealing undertaken

For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure

16 July 2026

(f)    In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser also 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

BRERA HOLDINGS PLC

2.             INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS

If there are interests and short positions to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2 for each additional class of relevant security.

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Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

(Note 2)

Class of relevant security

(Note 3)

ISIN US3499321038

$0.01 ordinary shares

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1)   Relevant securities owned and/or controlled

787,076

1.05

79,405

0.10

(2)   Cash-settled derivatives

0

0.00

0

0.00

(3)   Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/ sell

167,400

0.22

53,400

0.07

Total

954,476

1.27

132,805

0.17

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of options including rights to subscribe for new securities and 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.

3.             DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE (Note 4)

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

(Note 5)

Common

Buy Transaction

44

4.1420 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

65

4.1500 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

600

4.1550 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

107

4.1550 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

62

4.1560 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

583

4.1600 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

934

4.1625 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

709

4.1636 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

200

4.1650 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

351

4.1659 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

2,300

4.1661 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

410

4.1662 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

400

4.1675 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

10,457

4.1700 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

622

4.1712 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

2,625

4.1738 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

969

4.1740 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

686

4.1745 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

3,307

4.1755 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

518

4.1756 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

600

4.1767 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

26

4.1777 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

1,107

4.1779 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

356

4.1779 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

249

4.1794 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

7,412

4.1798 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

922

4.1799 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

1,486

4.1800 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

174

4.1801 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

192

4.1805 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

910

4.1814 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

4,835

4.1837 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

691

4.1842 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

308

4.1857 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

805

4.1892 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

856

4.1900 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

625

4.1904 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

239

4.1907 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

1,049

4.1911 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

499

4.1938 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

1,290

4.1950 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

437

4.1950 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

1,015

4.1951 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

1,240

4.1954 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

194

4.1964 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

400

4.1969 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

3,158

4.1973 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

287

4.2000 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

1,101

4.2100 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

1,024

4.2115 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

7

4.2143 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

1,392

4.2150 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

201

4.2196 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

1,540

4.2200 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

4

4.2250 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

276

4.2255 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

584

4.2332 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

164

4.2350 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

1,419

4.2400 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

1

4.2500 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

1,427

4.2675 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

21

4.2800 USD

Common

Buy Transaction

7868

4.2400 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

23

4.2400 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

1

4.1400 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

757

4.1550 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

14

4.1586 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

1,571

4.1600 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

27

4.1619 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

800

4.1638 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

2,443

4.1656 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

1,339

4.1668 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

599

4.1694 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

500

4.1699 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

10,508

4.1700 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

76

4.1703 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

37

4.1714 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

169

4.1728 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

7,048

4.1742 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

260

4.1785 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

103

4.1788 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

11

4.1791 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

80

4.1800 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

400

4.1825 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

1,363

4.1833 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

569

4.1846 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

94

4.1847 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

60

4.1850 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

1,907

4.1862 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

86

4.1871 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

6

4.1883 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

531

4.1885 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

259

4.1887 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

1,632

4.1900 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

600

4.1950 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

56

4.1954 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

801

4.1963 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

242

4.1972 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

4,480

4.1980 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

7

4.2000 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

4

4.2025 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

14

4.2029 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

7,767

4.2042 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

10

4.2090 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

667

4.2100 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

5

4.2140 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

8

4.2175 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

115

4.2200 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

10

4.2240 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

484

4.2277 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

2,256

4.2299 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

2,545

4.2299 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

1

4.2300 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

300

4.2350 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

124

4.2352 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

10

4.2380 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

424

4.2400 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

100

4.2438 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

20

4.2490 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

1

4.2500 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

1,527

4.2628 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

21

4.2800 USD

Common

Sell Transaction

7,730

4.8000 USD

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(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

    (Note 6)

  • Price

    per unit

    (Note 5)

(c)           Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)            Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of

relevant

security

Common

Product

description e.g. call

option

Call Option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying

etc.

Sell Transaction

Number

of

securities

to which

option

relates

(Note 6)

300

Exercise

price per

unit

2.5000 USD

Type

e.g.

American,

European

etc.

American

Expiry

date

2026-12-18

Option

money

paid/

received per unit

2.0500 USD

(ii)           Exercise

  • Class of

    relevant

    security

  • Product

    description

    e.g. call

    option

  • Exercising/

    exercised

    against

  • Number of

    securities

  • Exercise

    price per

    unit

    (Note 5)

(d)           Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 3)

  • Class of

    relevant

    security

  • Nature of dealing

    e.g. subscription,

    conversion, exercise

  • Details

  • Price per unit (if

    applicable)

    (Note 5)

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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

(b)           Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

  • Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.

  • None

(c)           Attachments

  • Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached?

  • YES

Date of disclosure

17 July 2026

Contact name

Paula Santos

Telephone number

020 7645 9700

Public disclosures under Rule 8.3 of the Rules must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

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SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.1, RULE 8.3, RULE 38.5(b) AND

RULE 38.6 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997,

TAKEOVER RULES, 2022

DETAILS OF OPEN STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVE (INCLUDING

OPTION) POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL AND

RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE FOR NEW SECURITIES

1.             KEY INFORMATION

Full name of person making

disclosure:

Citadel Group

Name of offeror/offeree in relation

to whose relevant securities the

disclosure relates:

FORWARD INDUSTRIES INC

2.             STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)

Class of

relevant

security

Product

description

e.g. call

option

Written or

purchased

Number of

securities to

which option

or derivative

relates

Exercise

price

per unit

Type

e.g.

American,

European

etc.

Expiry

date

Common

Put Option

Purchased

-300

10.0 USD

American

18/12/2026

Common

Put Option

Purchased

-100

2.5 USD

American

21/08/2026

Common

Put Option

Purchased

-900

2.5 USD

American

18/12/2026

Common

Put Option

Purchased

-2,500

7.5 USD

American

18/12/2026

Common

Call Option

Purchased

100

7.5 USD

American

19/02/2027

Common

Call Option

Purchased

21,800

10.0 USD

American

20/11/2026

Common

Call Option

Purchased

800

5.0 USD

American

17/07/2026

Common

Put Option

Purchased

-800

7.5 USD

American

21/08/2026

Common

Put Option

Purchased

-7,600

5.0 USD

American

17/07/2026

Common

Put Option

Purchased

-100

10.0 USD

American

21/08/2026

Common

Put Option

Purchased

-300

7.5 USD

American

19/02/2027

Common

Call Option

Purchased

9,400

5.0 USD

American

19/02/2027

Common

Call Option

Purchased

50,500

20.0 USD

American

21/08/2026

Common

Call Option

Purchased

200

17.5 USD

American

18/12/2026

Common

Put Option

Purchased

-2,800

5.0 USD

American

21/08/2026

Common

Put Option

Purchased

-2,300

5.0 USD

American

20/11/2026

Common

Call Option

Purchased

0

2.5 USD

American

17/07/2026

Common

Call Option

Purchased

44,000

10.0 USD

American

18/12/2026

Common

Call Option

Purchased

1,700

10.0 USD

American

21/08/2026

Common

Call Option

Sold

-300

7.5 USD

American

21/08/2026

Common

Put Option

Sold

2,900

5.0 USD

American

18/12/2026

Common

Call Option

Sold

-500

10.0 USD

American

19/02/2027

Common

Call Option

Sold

-3,900

5.0 USD

American

21/08/2026

Common

Call Option

Sold

-3,100

7.5 USD

American

20/11/2026

Common

Call Option

Sold

-200

15.0 USD

American

18/12/2026

Common

Call Option

Sold

-2,400

2.5 USD

American

21/08/2026

Common

Call Option

Sold

-900

2.5 USD

American

18/12/2026

Common

Call Option

Sold

-9,000

20.0 USD

American

18/12/2026

Common

Call Option

Sold

-400

5.0 USD

American

20/11/2026

Common

Call Option

Sold

-5,100

5.0 USD

American

18/12/2026

Common

Call Option

Sold

-9,100

7.5 USD

American

18/12/2026

Common

Put Option

Sold

36,000

2.5 USD

American

17/07/2026

Common

Call Option

Sold

-800

2.5 USD

American

19/02/2027

3.             AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL

Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:

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4.             RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE FOR NEW SECURITIES (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' AND OTHER EMPLOYEE OPTIONS)

  • Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

  • Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form with regard to cash-settled derivatives.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

For full details of disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 of the Rules. If in doubt, consult the Panel.

References in these notes to "the Rules" are to the Irish Takeover Panel Act, 1997, Takeover Rules, 2022.

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