Form 8.3 -DALATA HOTEL GROUP PLC

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

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.

KEY INFORMATION

(a)

Full name of discloser:

Barclays PLC.

(b)

Owner or controller of interest and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

(c)

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

DALATA HOTEL GROUP PLC

(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:

19 May 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?

NO

2.

POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(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:

0.01 ordinary IE00BJMZDW83

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

1,604,852

0.76%

788,818

0.37%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

740,815

0.35%

1,615,105

0.76%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

2,345,667

1.11%

2,403,923

1.14%

(b)

Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive 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

(a)

Purchase and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

10,823

5.5868 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

9,487

5.6000 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

5,650

5.5746 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

5,439

5.5505 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

5,173

5.6001 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

3,725

5.5400 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,960

5.5534 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,865

5.5475 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,550

5.5403 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,434

5.5383 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,381

5.5350 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,229

5.5270 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

993

5.5500 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

738

5.5938 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

640

5.5200 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

638

5.5087 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

401

5.5886 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

339

5.5550 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

256

5.6056 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

166

5.5850 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

13,400

5.5302 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

10,823

5.5868 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

10,811

5.5910 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

9,150

5.6000 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

6,292

5.5352 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

2,868

5.5383 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

1,869

5.5349 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

1,861

5.5400 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

836

5.5254 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

786

5.5304 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

738

5.5938 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

689

5.5202 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

678

5.5550 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

326

5.5900 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

320

5.5200 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

253

5.5500 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

128

5.6056 EUR

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,856

5.3734 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,400

5.5302 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

131

5.5873 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

84

5.5876 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

658

5.5911 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,938

5.5912 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

5.6000 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,408

5.3999 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

320

5.5204 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,439

5.5505 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,063

5.6001 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

128

5.6056 EUR

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

4.

OTHER INFORMATION

(a)

Indemnity and other dealings 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:

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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

NONE

(c)

Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

20-May-25

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213