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:

24 Mar 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:

1,541,915

0.73%

1,020,578

0.48%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

991,066

0.47%

1,554,744

0.74%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

2,532,981

1.20%

2,575,322

1.22%

(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

15,663

5.4818 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

7,096

5.4845 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,865

5.5018 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,489

5.5111 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,414

5.5019 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,158

5.5065 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,100

5.5000 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,054

5.5037 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1

5.5100 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

21,154

5.4874 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

14,077

5.4986 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

8,535

5.4979 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

4,703

5.4989 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

3,886

5.4818 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

2,504

5.5217 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

1,512

5.4947 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

1,023

5.5000 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

190

5.4900 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

1

5.5101 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

1,094

5.4850 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

190

5.4895 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

173

5.4927 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

205

5.4929 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

106

5.4947 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,028

5.4954 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,535

5.4979 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14,077

5.4986 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,703

5.4989 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,504

5.5222 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,096

5.4845 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,489

5.5112 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:

25 Mar 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213