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:

02 Apr 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:

DALATA HOTEL GROUP PLC

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

1,348,584

0.64%

969,842

0.46%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

942,427

0.45%

1,367,241

0.65%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

2,291,011

1.08%

2,337,083

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

12,792

5.3159 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

9,800

5.2711 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

3,636

5.3300 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,608

5.2433 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,040

5.2215 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

990

5.2053 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

895

5.2472 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

53

5.2400 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

43,291

5.2473 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

10,199

5.3187 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

5,096

5.2778 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

4,908

5.2720 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

3,977

5.3214 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

1,009

5.2054 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

138

5.2400 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

21

5.2100 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

15

5.2006 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

6

5.2300 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

61

5.2096 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

138

5.2399 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

43,291

5.2473 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,908

5.2720 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

474

5.2212 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

619

5.2233 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,792

5.2711 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8

5.3213 EUR

0.01 ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

341

5.2296 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:

03 Apr 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213