Form 8.3
LONDON--( BUSINESS WIRE)--
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:
Millennium International Management LP
(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.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:
For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure
23 rd December 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, Dowlais Group plc
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:
USD 0.01 common (US0240611030)
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
3,880,710
3.269%
749,316
0.631%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
11,068
0.009%
5,359,929
4.516%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
-
-
-
-
TOTAL:
3,891,778
3.279%
6,109,245
5.147%
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:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:
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 (USD)
US0240611030
Purchase
104
6.39
US0240611030
Purchase
19
6.40
US0240611030
Purchase
2,000
6.43
US0240611030
Purchase
2,013
6.41
US0240611030
Purchase
2,006
6.37
US0240611030
Purchase
1
6.36
US0240611030
Purchase
11,314
6.39
US0240611030
Purchase
1,196
6.40
US0240611030
Sale
576
6.40
US0240611030
Purchase
400
6.43
US0240611030
Purchase
703
6.41
US0240611030
Purchase
1,594
6.38
US0240611030
Purchase
504
6.37
US0240611030
Purchase
300
6.42
US0240611030
Purchase
20
6.35
US0240611030
Purchase
4,660
6.39
US0240611030
Sale
2,225
6.39
US0240611030
Purchase
1,121
6.40
US0240611030
Sale
1
6.40
US0240611030
Purchase
1,187
6.43
US0240611030
Purchase
288
6.41
US0240611030
Purchase
1,187
6.38
US0240611030
Sale
1,235
6.38
US0240611030
Purchase
1,265
6.37
US0240611030
Purchase
379
6.42
US0240611030
Sale
55
6.46
US0240611030
Purchase
111
6.44
US0240611030
Purchase
155
6.39
US0240611030
Sale
25,014
6.39
US0240611030
Purchase
207
6.40
US0240611030
Sale
9,132
6.40
US0240611030
Sale
1
6.41
US0240611030
Sale
9,062
6.38
US0240611030
Sale
1
6.37
US0240611030
Purchase
20
6.42
US0240611030
Purchase
125
6.35
US0240611030
Purchase
145
6.46
US0240611030
Sale
6
6.46
US0240611030
Purchase
483
6.39
US0240611030
Sale
2,386
6.39
US0240611030
Purchase
504
6.40
US0240611030
Sale
1,505
6.40
US0240611030
Purchase
2
6.43
US0240611030
Purchase
6
6.41
US0240611030
Sale
5
6.41
US0240611030
Purchase
376
6.38
US0240611030
Sale
102
6.38
US0240611030
Purchase
17
6.37
US0240611030
Purchase
17
6.42
US0240611030
Purchase
1
6.36
US0240611030
Sale
6
6.36
US0240611030
Sale
139
6.35
US0240611030
Sale
504
6.46
US0240611030
Purchase
312
6.39
US0240611030
Sale
3,216
6.39
US0240611030
Purchase
76
6.40
US0240611030
Sale
304
6.40
US0240611030
Sale
55
6.38
US0240611030
Purchase
129
6.37
(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
US0240611030
Equity Swap
Reducing a long Position
761
6.39 USD
(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:
24 th December 2025
Contact name:
Stephen Glasper
Telephone number:
+44 203 398 2166
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.