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:

13 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:

1,815,804

0.86%

908,192

0.43%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

864,476

0.41%

1,790,714

0.85%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

2,680,280

1.27%

2,698,906

1.28%

(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

25,000

5.5816 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

22,248

5.5899 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

16,460

5.5798 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

15,958

5.5659 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

8,427

5.5583 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

5,371

5.5800 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

3,172

5.6053 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

2,610

5.6068 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

2,100

5.5817 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,596

5.5981 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,541

5.5795 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

813

5.5725 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

675

5.5983 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

276

5.5850 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

11

5.5900 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

22,248

5.5899 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

15,298

5.5526 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

12,944

5.6015 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

12,618

5.5944 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

9,630

5.5840 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

8,833

5.5965 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

8,230

5.5798 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

7,979

5.5659 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

5,371

5.5800 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

4,670

5.5946 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

1,700

5.5764 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

1,626

5.5725 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

1,586

5.6053 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

1,305

5.6068 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

798

5.5981 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

778

5.6138 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

416

5.6085 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

362

5.6200 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

303

5.5702 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

22

5.5900 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

Opening Long

42

5.5800 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,512

5.5937 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,581

5.5940 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

669

5.5962 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,071

5.5981 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

12,944

5.6015 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

16,919

5.5754 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

595

5.5792 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,541

5.5795 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

42

5.5800 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:

14 Mar 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213