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RNS Number : 1177A Barclays PLC 19 September 2025
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
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Full name of discloser Barclays PLC.
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if
different from 1(a)
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form DALATA HOTEL GROUP PLC
relates
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this
and specify identity of offeror/offeree (Note 1)
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken 18 Sep 2025
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser also making NO
disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS
Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or
offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
(Note 2)
Class of relevant security (Note 3) €0.01 ordinary shares
Interests Short positions
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled 8,042,941 3.80% 106,018 0.05%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives 105,546 0.05% 8,006,976 3.79%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/ 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
sell
TOTAL: 8,148,487 3.85% 8,112,994 3.84%
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit(Note 5)
€0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 1,466 6.4200 EUR
€0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 9,684 6.4100 EUR
€0.01 ordinary shares Sale 1 6.4150 EUR
€0.01 ordinary shares Sale 388 6.4200 EUR
€0.01 ordinary shares Sale 22,051 6.4100 EUR
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference securities (Note 6) Price per unit(Note 5)
€0.01 ordinary shares SWAP Decreasing Short 259 6.4199 EUR
€0.01 ordinary shares SWAP Decreasing Short 516 6.4125 EUR
€0.01 ordinary shares SWAP Decreasing Short 11,985 6.4100 EUR
€0.01 ordinary shares SWAP Increasing Short 4 6.4100 EUR
€0.01 ordinary shares SWAP Increasing Short 110 6.4200 EUR
€0.01 ordinary shares CFD Increasing Short 320 6.4206 EUR
€0.01 ordinary shares SWAP Increasing Short 1,036 6.4205 EUR
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of Product description Writing, purchasing, Number of securities Exercise price Type Expiry date Option money
relevant security selling, to which option per unit paid/received per unit
varying etc. relates (Note 6)
(ii) Exercise
Class of Product description Exercising/exercised Number of Exercise price per
relevant security against securities unit (Note 5)
(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note
3)
Class of Nature of dealing Details Price per unit
relevant security (if applicable) (Note 5)
4. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing 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
Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person
disclosing
and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities
under any option
referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future
acquisition or disposal of any
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced. If none, this
should be stated
NONE
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? NO
Date of disclosure 19 Sep 2025
Contact name Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number 020 3134 7213
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