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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 30 June 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 785,784 1.05 160,422 0.21 | (2) Cash-settled derivatives 0 0.00 0 0.00 | (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/ sell 115,200 0.15 57,300 0.07 | Total 900,984 1.20 217,722 0.29 |
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 621 4.1471 USD | Common Buy Transaction 96 4.1600 USD | Common Buy Transaction 1,101 4.1605 USD | Common Buy Transaction 100 4.1700 USD | Common Buy Transaction 314 4.1706 USD | Common Buy Transaction 624 4.1764 USD | Common Buy Transaction 4,167 4.1807 USD | Common Buy Transaction 225 4.1811 USD | Common Buy Transaction 25 4.1820 USD | Common Buy Transaction 37 4.1835 USD | Common Buy Transaction 506 4.1888 USD | Common Buy Transaction 192 4.1890 USD | Common Buy Transaction 3,071 4.1891 USD | Common Buy Transaction 140 4.1895 USD | Common Buy Transaction 460 4.1900 USD | Common Buy Transaction 131 4.1901 USD | Common Buy Transaction 813 4.1908 USD | Common Buy Transaction 924 4.1918 USD | Common Buy Transaction 2,195 4.1945 USD | Common Buy Transaction 400 4.1950 USD | Common Buy Transaction 500 4.1980 USD | Common Buy Transaction 400 4.1988 USD | Common Buy Transaction 81 4.2011 USD | Common Buy Transaction 14 4.2014 USD | Common Buy Transaction 405 4.2028 USD | Common Buy Transaction 8 4.2038 USD | Common Buy Transaction 1,792 4.2045 USD | Common Buy Transaction 626 4.2055 USD | Common Buy Transaction 3 4.2067 USD | Common Buy Transaction 800 4.2075 USD | Common Buy Transaction 608 4.2093 USD | Common Buy Transaction 320 4.2100 USD | Common Buy Transaction 602 4.2101 USD | Common Buy Transaction 734 4.2101 USD | Common Buy Transaction 1,000 4.2103 USD | Common Buy Transaction 2,076 4.2108 USD | Common Buy Transaction 120 4.2123 USD | Common Buy Transaction 944 4.2125 USD | Common Buy Transaction 9,359 4.2125 USD | Common Buy Transaction 3,588 4.2134 USD | Common Buy Transaction 626 4.2150 USD | Common Buy Transaction 33 4.2152 USD | Common Buy Transaction 303 4.2167 USD | Common Buy Transaction 4 4.2175 USD | Common Buy Transaction 865 4.2178 USD | Common Buy Transaction 1,938 4.2180 USD | Common Buy Transaction 7,315 4.2184 USD | Common Buy Transaction 1,400 4.2193 USD | Common Buy Transaction 1,100 4.2198 USD | Common Buy Transaction 30,042 4.2200 USD | Common Buy Transaction 3,947 4.2203 USD | Common Buy Transaction 900 4.2211 USD | Common Buy Transaction 22 4.2223 USD | Common Buy Transaction 600 4.2233 USD | Common Buy Transaction 212 4.2250 USD | Common Buy Transaction 380 4.2258 USD | Common Buy Transaction 2,575 4.2274 USD | Common Buy Transaction 210 4.2276 USD | Common Buy Transaction 5,705 4.2285 USD | Common Buy Transaction 7,050 4.2286 USD | Common Buy Transaction 928 4.2291 USD | Common Buy Transaction 386 4.2293 USD | Common Buy Transaction 475 4.2300 USD | Common Buy Transaction 800 4.2313 USD | Common Buy Transaction 1,715 4.2315 USD | Common Buy Transaction 20 4.2335 USD | Common Buy Transaction 1,243 4.2339 USD | Common Buy Transaction 1,000 4.2350 USD | Common Buy Transaction 5 4.2360 USD | Common Buy Transaction 27 4.2381 USD | Common Buy Transaction 482 4.2386 USD | Common Buy Transaction 964 4.2411 USD | Common Buy Transaction 325 4.2411 USD | Common Buy Transaction 500 4.2420 USD | Common Buy Transaction 80 4.2423 USD | Common Buy Transaction 707 4.2426 USD | Common Buy Transaction 200 4.2450 USD | Common Buy Transaction 500 4.2480 USD | Common Buy Transaction 720 4.2489 USD | Common Buy Transaction 1,000 4.2500 USD | Common Buy Transaction 400 4.2525 USD | Common Buy Transaction 1,121 4.2566 USD | Common Buy Transaction 200 4.2600 USD | Common Buy Transaction 1,015 4.2607 USD | Common Buy Transaction 1,486 4.2700 USD | Common Buy Transaction 200 4.2750 USD | Common Buy Transaction 307 4.2751 USD | Common Buy Transaction 600 4.2775 USD | Common Buy Transaction 641 4.2775 USD | Common Buy Transaction 100 4.2800 USD | Common Buy Transaction 600 4.2817 USD | Common Buy Transaction 21,115 4.2875 USD | Common Buy Transaction 5 4.3000 USD | Common Sell Transaction 406 4.2200 USD | Common Sell Transaction 100 4.1400 USD | Common Sell Transaction 9 4.1500 USD | Common Sell Transaction 200 4.1550 USD | Common Sell Transaction 226 4.1644 USD | Common Sell Transaction 100 4.1700 USD | Common Sell Transaction 584 4.1758 USD | Common Sell Transaction 699 4.1796 USD | Common Sell Transaction 10 4.1800 USD | Common Sell Transaction 15,924 4.1858 USD | Common Sell Transaction 130 4.1868 USD | Common Sell Transaction 280 4.1895 USD | Common Sell Transaction 361 4.1900 USD | Common Sell Transaction 3 4.1967 USD | Common Sell Transaction 363 4.1980 USD | Common Sell Transaction 82 4.1991 USD | Common Sell Transaction 2,325 4.2000 USD | Common Sell Transaction 106 4.2002 USD | Common Sell Transaction 108 4.2006 USD | Common Sell Transaction 284 4.2008 USD | Common Sell Transaction 937 4.2048 USD | Common Sell Transaction 14 4.2050 USD | Common Sell Transaction 1,144 4.2052 USD | Common Sell Transaction 576 4.2053 USD | Common Sell Transaction 199 4.2053 USD | Common Sell Transaction 379 4.2063 USD | Common Sell Transaction 532 4.2070 USD | Common Sell Transaction 2,501 4.2080 USD | Common Sell Transaction 2,070 4.2081 USD | Common Sell Transaction 129 4.2083 USD | Common Sell Transaction 1,614 4.2091 USD | Common Sell Transaction 239 4.2095 USD | Common Sell Transaction 841 4.2100 USD | Common Sell Transaction 1,061 4.2103 USD | Common Sell Transaction 1,267 4.2103 USD | Common Sell Transaction 603 4.2116 USD | Common Sell Transaction 402 4.2120 USD | Common Sell Transaction 500 4.2120 USD | Common Sell Transaction 818 4.2125 USD | Common Sell Transaction 600 4.2150 USD | Common Sell Transaction 1,010 4.2150 USD | Common Sell Transaction 512 4.2160 USD | Common Sell Transaction 943 4.2170 USD | Common Sell Transaction 22 4.2173 USD | Common Sell Transaction 72 4.2175 USD | Common Sell Transaction 4,107 4.2176 USD | Common Sell Transaction 1,159 4.2181 USD | Common Sell Transaction 575 4.2183 USD | Common Sell Transaction 600 4.2183 USD | Common Sell Transaction 118 4.2186 USD | Common Sell Transaction 942 4.2198 USD | Common Sell Transaction 236 4.2199 USD | Common Sell Transaction 25,214 4.2200 USD | Common Sell Transaction 110 4.2206 USD | Common Sell Transaction 63 4.2221 USD | Common Sell Transaction 97 4.2230 USD | Common Sell Transaction 1,600 4.2231 USD | Common Sell Transaction 151 4.2250 USD | Common Sell Transaction 300 4.2267 USD | Common Sell Transaction 6,768 4.2271 USD | Common Sell Transaction 293 4.2273 USD | Common Sell Transaction 1,538 4.2276 USD | Common Sell Transaction 5,433 4.2278 USD | Common Sell Transaction 305 4.2282 USD | Common Sell Transaction 815 4.2285 USD | Common Sell Transaction 851 4.2289 USD | Common Sell Transaction 217 4.2293 USD | Common Sell Transaction 2,454 4.2295 USD | Common Sell Transaction 1,034 4.2300 USD | Common Sell Transaction 375 4.2303 USD | Common Sell Transaction 1,529 4.2308 USD | Common Sell Transaction 1,552 4.2316 USD | Common Sell Transaction 317 4.2348 USD | Common Sell Transaction 107 4.2350 USD | Common Sell Transaction 167 4.2366 USD | Common Sell Transaction 500 4.2373 USD | Common Sell Transaction 636 4.2400 USD | Common Sell Transaction 429 4.2404 USD | Common Sell Transaction 263 4.2422 USD | Common Sell Transaction 2,384 4.2432 USD | Common Sell Transaction 479 4.2433 USD | Common Sell Transaction 266 4.2476 USD | Common Sell Transaction 716 4.2486 USD | Common Sell Transaction 235 4.2491 USD | Common Sell Transaction 5,043 4.2500 USD | Common Sell Transaction 1,570 4.2544 USD | Common Sell Transaction 121 4.2566 USD | Common Sell Transaction 1,468 4.2600 USD | Common Sell Transaction 1,345 4.2615 USD | Common Sell Transaction 483 4.2620 USD | Common Sell Transaction 402 4.2699 USD | Common Sell Transaction 292 4.2700 USD | Common Sell Transaction 136 4.2750 USD | Common Sell Transaction 18 4.3000 USD | Common Sell Transaction 4 4.3300 USD | Common Sell Transaction 5 4.5000 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
Product
description e.g. call
option
Writing, purchasing, selling, varying
etc.
Number
of
securities
to which
option
relates
(Note 6)
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
(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 1 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 Call Option Purchased 200 17.5 USD American 18/12/2026 | Common Put Option Purchased -1,400 5.0 USD American 21/08/2026 | Common Put Option Purchased -400 2.5 USD American 21/08/2026 | Common Call Option Purchased 900 5.0 USD American 17/07/2026 | Common Put Option Purchased -2,100 5.0 USD American 18/12/2026 | Common Call Option Purchased 50,800 20.0 USD American 21/08/2026 | Common Put Option Purchased -800 7.5 USD American 21/08/2026 | Common Call Option Purchased 4,000 10.0 USD American 18/12/2026 | Common Call Option Purchased 21,200 10.0 USD American 20/11/2026 | Common Put Option Purchased -900 2.5 USD American 18/12/2026 | Common Put Option Purchased -2,300 5.0 USD American 20/11/2026 | Common Put Option Purchased -100 10.0 USD American 21/08/2026 | Common Put Option Purchased -300 10.0 USD American 18/12/2026 | Common Put Option Purchased -8,000 5.0 USD American 17/07/2026 | Common Put Option Purchased -2,500 7.5 USD American 18/12/2026 | Common Put Option Purchased -300 7.5 USD American 19/02/2027 | Common Call Option Purchased 2,100 10.0 USD American 21/08/2026 | Common Call Option Sold -100 7.5 USD American 21/08/2026 | Common Call Option Sold -200 15.0 USD American 18/12/2026 | Common Call Option Sold -100 5.0 USD American 20/11/2026 | Common Put Option Sold 36,000 2.5 USD American 17/07/2026 | Common Call Option Sold -9,100 7.5 USD American 18/12/2026 | Common Call Option Sold -3,000 7.5 USD American 20/11/2026 | Common Call Option Sold -2,400 2.5 USD American 21/08/2026 | Common Call Option Sold -9,000 20.0 USD American 18/12/2026 | Common Call Option Sold -4,900 5.0 USD American 21/08/2026 | Common Call Option Sold -3,800 5.0 USD American 19/02/2027 | Common Call Option Sold -600 2.5 USD American 18/12/2026 | Common Call Option Sold -5,000 5.0 USD American 18/12/2026 |
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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