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Dalata Hotel Group PLC (DAL,DHG)
Form 8.3 - Dalata Hotel Group plc
30-May-2025 / 08:25 GMT/BST
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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 Penman Securities Trading
Unlimited
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short
positions disclosed, if different from 1(a)
The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is
insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor
and beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose
relevant securities this form relates Dalata Hotel Group plc
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(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
29th May 2025
For an opening position disclosure, state the latest
practicable date prior to the disclosure
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the
discloser also making disclosures in respect of any
other party to the offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state
“N/A”
No
2. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS
If there are interests and short positions to disclose in more than one class
of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2
for each additional class of relevant security.
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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)
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or 2,334,963 1.104%
controlled
(2) Cash-settled derivatives 364,484 0.172%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including N/A N/A
options) and agreements to purchase/ sell
Total 2,649,447 1.276%
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of options including rights to subscribe for new securities and any
open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or
agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a
Supplemental Form 8.
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE (Note 4)
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit
security securities (Note 5)
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(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Nature of dealing Number of
Class of Product e.g. opening/ closing a long/ reference Price
relevant description short position, increasing/ securities per unit
security e.g. CFD reducing a long/ short (Note 6) (Note 5)
position
€0.01 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 50,00 5.6635
shares
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Number
Product Writing, of Exercise Type Option
Class of description purchasing, securities price e.g. Expiry money
relevant e.g. call selling, to which per American, date paid/
security option varying option unit European received
etc. relates etc. per unit
(Note 6)
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
(ii) Exercise
Class of Product Exercising/ Exercise
relevant description exercised Number of price per
security e.g. call against securities unit
option (Note 5)
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note
3)
Class of Nature of dealing Price per unit (if
relevant e.g. subscription, Details applicable)
security conversion, exercise (Note 5)
N/A N/A N/A N/A
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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.
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there
are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”
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 30th May 2025
Contact name Penman Securities Trading Unlimited
Telephone number 353 1 905 3570
Public disclosures under Rule 8.3 of the Rules must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service.
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NOTES ON FORM 8.3
1. See the definition of “connected fund manager” in Rule 2.2 of Part A of the
Rules.
2. See the definition of “interest in a relevant security” in Rule 2.5 of Part
A of the Rules and see Rule 8.6(a) and (b) of Part B of the Rules.
3. See the definition of “relevant securities” in Rule 2.1 of Part A of the
Rules.
4. See the definition of “dealing” in Rule 2.1 of Part A of the Rules.
5. If the economic exposure to changes in the price of securities is limited,
for example, by virtue of a stop loss arrangement relating to a spread bet,
full details must be given.
6. See Rule 2.5(d) of Part A of the Rules.
7. If details included in a disclosure under Rule 8 are incorrect, they should
be corrected as soon as practicable in a subsequent disclosure. Such
disclosure should state clearly that it corrects details disclosed previously,
identify the disclosure or disclosures being corrected, and provide sufficient
detail for the reader to understand the nature of the corrections. In the case
of any doubt, the Panel should be consulted.
For full details of disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 of the Rules. If in
doubt, consult the Panel.
References in these notes to “the Rules” are to the Irish Takeover Panel Act,
1997, Takeover Rules, 2022.
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ISIN: IE00BJMZDW83, IE00BJMZDW83
Category Code: RET - Dalata Hotel Group plc
TIDM: DAL,DHG
LEI Code: 635400L2CWET7ONOBJ04
OAM Categories: 3.1. Additional regulated information required to be
disclosed under the laws of a Member State
Sequence No.: 391203
EQS News ID: 2148140
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