RNS Number : 3358F
Barclays PLC
16 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:

15 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:

1,536,367

0.73%

868,771

0.41%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

817,227

0.39%

1,549,781

0.73%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

  TOTAL: 

2,353,594

1.11%

2,418,552

1.14%

(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

9,932

5.1490  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

3,931

5.2000  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

2,559

5.1928  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

2,518

5.1681  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

2,269

5.1492  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

635

5.1017  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

100

5.1373  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

88

5.0900  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Purchase

39

5.0600  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

14,764

5.2000  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

7,143

5.1931  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

4,203

5.2009  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

392

5.1557  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

381

5.1295  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

56

5.0650  EUR

0.01 ordinary

Sale

39

5.0600  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

173

5.0666  EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,143

5.1931  EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,833

5.2000  EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

599

5.0904  EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

624

5.1372  EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,414

5.1426  EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,799

5.1427  EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

747

5.1489  EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,287

5.1549  EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,972

5.1625  EUR

0.01 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,518

5.1681  EUR

0.01 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

482

5.1504  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:

16 Apr 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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