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:

26 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:

1,571,690

0.74%

815,058

0.39%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

773,789

0.37%

1,581,932

0.75%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

2,345,479

1.11%

2,396,990

1.13%

(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

19,364

5.7056 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

7,905

5.7137 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

3,530

5.6972 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

2,069

5.7065 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,620

5.7342 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

860

5.6964 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

758

5.6985 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

709

5.7055 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

546

5.6935 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

350

5.6900 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

305

5.7100 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

280

5.7000 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

39

5.7046 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

20

5.6992 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

5

5.6700 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

4,138

5.7065 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

2,954

5.7081 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

1,765

5.6972 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

1,720

5.6964 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

1,418

5.7055 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

1,289

5.6903 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

810

5.7342 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

560

5.7000 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

379

5.6985 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

305

5.7100 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

273

5.6935 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

78

5.7046 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

70

5.6500 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

10

5.6700 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

1,289

5.6903 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

845

5.6961 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,817

5.7062 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

173

5.6904 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

100

5.6997 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

19,364

5.7056 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,457

5.7087 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,959

5.7159 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,489

5.7160 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:

27-May-25

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213