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:

30 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:

0.01 ordinary IE00BJMZDW83

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

1,486,148

0.70%

795,857

0.38%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

746,658

0.35%

1,493,047

0.71%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

2,232,806

1.06%

2,288,904

1.08%

(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

21,548

5.0515 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

15,091

5.0544 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

7,850

5.0537 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

5,170

5.0600 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

4,363

5.0535 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

3,487

5.0539 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,209

5.0100 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,086

5.0500 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,007

5.0400 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

846

5.0388 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

764

5.0376 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

760

5.0245 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

679

5.0578 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

512

5.0364 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

370

5.0700 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

276

5.0639 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

248

5.0000 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

104

5.0703 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

68

5.0300 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

2

5.0800 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

2

5.0900 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

7,850

5.0537 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

5,170

5.0600 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

4,077

5.0475 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

1,606

5.0320 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

735

5.0100 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

595

5.0505 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

422

5.0603 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

409

5.0500 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

320

5.0400 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

270

5.0700 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

208

5.0703 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

138

5.0639 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

82

5.0503 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

34

5.0300 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

4

5.0900 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

4

5.0800 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

87

5.0099 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

5.0600 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8

5.0825 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

561

5.0103 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,509

5.0514 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

21,548

5.0515 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,654

5.0516 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

86

5.0542 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,928

5.0600 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

52

5.0800 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:

01-May-25

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213