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:

23-Apr-25

(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:

1,405,621

0.66%

853,084

0.40%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

796,807

0.38%

1,417,948

0.67%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

2,202,428

1.04%

2,271,032

1.07%

(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

59,756

5.1900 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

11,112

5.2300 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

10,439

5.2284 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

5,906

5.2221 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

5,796

5.1991 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

5,462

5.2206 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

3,205

5.2224 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,926

5.2076 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,875

5.2253 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,498

5.2125 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,452

5.2185 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,187

5.2165 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,104

5.2000 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

648

5.1934 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

597

5.1894 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

586

5.2290 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

284

5.1947 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

115

5.2027 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

83

5.2100 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

74

5.1950 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

68

5.1400 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

17

5.1800 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

60,214

5.1900 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

11,812

5.2221 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

10,672

5.2284 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

8,041

5.2310 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

5,233

5.2227 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

2,898

5.1991 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

2,125

5.2300 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

1,614

5.2088 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

945

5.2298 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

749

5.2125 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

568

5.1947 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

552

5.2000 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

409

5.2311 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

380

5.2329 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

324

5.1934 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

147

5.2400 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

136

5.1400 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

37

5.1950 EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

37

5.1953 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

396

5.1723 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

945

5.2298 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

637

5.1902 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

635

5.1995 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

552

5.2004 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,926

5.2076 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

292

5.2132 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,568

5.2304 EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

537

5.2310 EUR

0.01 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,295

5.1969 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:

24-Apr-25

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213