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:

28 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 shares

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

1,625,284

0.77%

773,681

0.37%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

734,498

0.35%

1,576,460

0.75%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 TOTAL:

2,359,782

1.12%

2,350,141

1.11%

(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

31,568

5.7212 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

21,632

5.7093 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

15,268

5.7140 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

10,000

5.6889 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

7,596

5.7237 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

5,938

5.7016 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

2,159

5.7188 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,859

5.7206 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,666

5.7195 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,026

5.7300 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

972

5.7323 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

956

5.7184 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

946

5.7290 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

644

5.7094 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

574

5.6958 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

200

5.7400 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

153

5.6741 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

19

5.7301 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

12

5.6800 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

10,816

5.7093 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

3,798

5.7237 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

2,969

5.7016 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

1,912

5.7184 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

1,859

5.7206 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

1,539

5.7213 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

1,288

5.7094 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

708

5.7300 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

486

5.7323 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

287

5.6958 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

200

5.7400 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

153

5.6746 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

125

5.7500 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

119

5.7173 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

6

5.6800 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

Increasing Short

270

5.6804 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,000

5.6890 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,010

5.7034 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,904

5.7067 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,309

5.7122 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,268

5.7140 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

781

5.7173 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,538

5.7202 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20,293

5.7247 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

798

5.7269 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

946

5.7290 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

19

5.7300 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

719

5.7333 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

19

5.7334 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8

5.7336 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,289

5.7338 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:

29 May 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213