Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc Replacement

Barclays PLC
11 September 2024
 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a
Replaces form Released at 06/09/2024 14:52 RNS Number : 2932D

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:

05 Sep 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:

21,716,905

3.10%

20,739,451

2.96%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

33,095

0.00%

21,655,608

3.09%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

21,750,000

3.11%

42,395,059

6.05%

(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

65,158

5.8347  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

53,023

5.8339  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

47,637

5.8336  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

37,610

5.8340  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

18,405

5.8321  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

13,920

5.8478  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,102

5.8310  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,810

5.8282  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,347

5.8316  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,296

5.8337  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,218

5.8348  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,805

5.8320  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,864

5.8271  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,430

5.8307  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,200

5.8301  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

652

5.8280  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

629

5.8342  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

563

5.8254  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

390

5.8250  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

64

5.8349  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

47,896

5.8315  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

34,388

5.8425  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

27,688

5.8335  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

23,931

5.8340  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,084

5.8314  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,597

5.8395  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,927

5.8302  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,858

5.8320  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,144

5.8324  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

652

5.8280  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

548

5.8330  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

432

5.8326  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

138

5.8400  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7

5.8342  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

2,381

5.8300  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,927

5.8302  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,084

5.8314  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

47,896

5.8315  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7

5.8336  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,759

5.8337  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,318

5.8339  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17,990

5.8340  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

342

5.8349  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

66

5.8355  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

138

5.8400  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

42,985

5.8419  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

563

5.8254  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

34,615

5.8301  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

19,547

5.8337  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

38,388

5.8338  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

37,394

5.8339  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

44,548

5.8340  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

65,158

5.8347  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,218

5.8348  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,920

5.8478  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

5.8680  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,620

5.8345  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,199

5.8345  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

64

5.8350  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:

06 Sep 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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