Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc Amend

Barclays PLC
26 July 2024
 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a, 3a and 3b

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:

19 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:

30,551,439

4.32%

185,112

0.03%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

25,797

0.00%

30,158,042

4.31%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

30,577,236

4.33%

30,343,154

4.33%

(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

4,019,668

5.8100  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,386,075

5.8102  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

277,878

5.8380  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

205,322

5.8337  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

87,803

5.8349  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

25,889

5.8343  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,330

5.8389  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,150

5.8330  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,649

5.8410  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,236

5.8332  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,646

5.8356  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,017

5.8368  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,899

5.8361  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,372

5.8339  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,961

5.8303  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,860

5.8362  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,433

5.8387  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,165

5.8360  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,164

5.8400  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,133

5.8370  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

952

5.8323  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

919

5.8418  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

919

5.8420  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

793

5.8340  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

771

5.8399  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

667

5.8378  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

645

5.8355  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

478

5.8460  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

153

5.8397  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

67

5.8354  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

21

5.8314  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,975,914

5.8105  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

411,150

5.8100  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

250,919

5.8420  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

214,987

5.7413  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

87,156

5.8331  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

74,817

5.8209  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

61,311

5.8299  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

33,789

5.8102  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

14,086

5.8354  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,965

5.8319  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,678

5.8380  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,232

5.8360  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,180

5.8305  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

793

5.8340  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

604

5.8400  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

209

5.8362  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

163

5.8310  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

114

5.8379  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

21

5.8320  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1

5.8280  GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

 relevant

 security

Product  description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 reference

 securities

Price per

 unit

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

7,481

5.8362  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,842

5.8190  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

1,340

5.8290  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

756

5.8100  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

109

5.8295  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

33,834

5.8245  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,180

5.8305  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

87,156

5.8331  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,155,398

5.8100  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

145,200

5.8143  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,150

5.8330  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,433

5.8387  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,965

5.8319  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,330

5.8389  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

460

5.8319  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14,086

5.8354  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,395,357

5.8100  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

289,712

5.8129  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

687

5.8370  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,249

5.8100  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

269,381

5.8129  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:

26 Jul 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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