RNS Number : 5978D
Barclays PLC
03 April 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

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:

02 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:

1,348,584

0.64%

969,842

0.46%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

942,427

0.45%

1,367,241

0.65%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

2,291,011

1.08%

2,337,083

1.11%

(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

12,792

5.3159  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

9,800

5.2711  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

3,636

5.3300  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,608

5.2433  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

1,040

5.2215  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

990

5.2053  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

895

5.2472  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

53

5.2400  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

43,291

5.2473  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

10,199

5.3187  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

5,096

5.2778  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

4,908

5.2720  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

3,977

5.3214  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

1,009

5.2054  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

138

5.2400  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

21

5.2100  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

15

5.2006  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

6

5.2300  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

61

5.2096  EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

138

5.2399  EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

43,291

5.2473  EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,908

5.2720  EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

474

5.2212  EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

619

5.2233  EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,792

5.2711  EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8

5.3213  EUR

0.01 ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

341

5.2296  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:

03 Apr 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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