Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc Amend

Barclays PLC
26 July 2024
 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON 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:

DARKTRACE 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:

18 Jul 2024

(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:

1p ordinary


Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

26,619,079

3.80%

189,698

0.03%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

28,639

0.00%

26,284,668

3.75%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

26,647,718

3.80%

26,474,366

3.78%

(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

1p ordinary

Purchase

214,119

5.8244  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

117,331

5.8284  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

84,766

5.8300  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

41,907

5.8254  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

27,332

5.8280  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

27,186

5.8258  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

15,788

5.8275  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,539

5.8226  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,159

5.8160  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,086

5.8260  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,354

5.8208  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,721

5.8197  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,691

5.8262  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,274

5.8220  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

920

5.8240  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

824

5.8320  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

661

5.8324  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

279

5.8340  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

158,873

5.8241  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

128,457

5.8300  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

49,978

5.8237  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

42,826

5.8260  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

32,619

5.8265  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

29,022

5.8210  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

25,381

5.8276  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

17,937

5.8299  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,780

5.8285  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,057

5.8240  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,545

5.8234  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,032

5.8275  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,626

5.8248  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,699

5.8215  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,690

5.8286  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,395

5.8253  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,313

5.8290  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,264

5.8280  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,949

5.8220  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,374

5.8250  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,274

5.8222  GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

 relevant

 security

Product  description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 reference

 securities

Price per

 unit

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

100

5.8240  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

8,974

5.8288  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

25,234

5.8297  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

24,903

5.8300  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

525

5.8260  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

24,902

5.8256  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

125,134

5.8300  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

36,704

5.8254  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

55,733

5.8300  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

136

5.8280  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,699

5.8215  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

675

5.8220  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

49,978

5.8238  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,778

5.8300  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

30,656

5.8254  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,691

5.8262  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

31,258

5.8297  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

35,167

5.8299  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

661

5.8324  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,545

5.8234  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,788

5.8275  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

268

5.8274  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,250

5.8259  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,745

5.8231  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

23,800

5.8285  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,838

5.8210  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,180

5.8300  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,539

5.8226  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,383

5.8300  GBP









(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:

23 Jul 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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