Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc Replacement

Barclays PLC
11 September 2024
 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a and 3b
Replaces form Released at 10/09/2024 15:31 RNS Number : 6291D (replaces 4735D)

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:

06 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:

21,630,935

3.09%

20,749,140

2.96%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

37,055

0.01%

21,575,836

3.08%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

21,667,990

3.09%

42,324,976

6.04%

(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

30,796

5.8322  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

25,266

5.8387  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

22,538

5.8321  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

20,263

5.8244  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

18,566

5.8337  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,794

5.8320  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,689

5.8340  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,892

5.8174  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,191

5.8302  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,737

5.8353  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,015

5.8370  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,767

5.8328  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,559

5.8332  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,341

5.8360  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,208

5.8374  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

897

5.8343  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

850

5.8284  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

689

5.8420  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

635

5.8362  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

117

5.8140  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

95,746

5.8318  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

46,780

5.8286  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

38,970

5.8326  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

18,307

5.8288  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

15,598

5.8323  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,990

5.8266  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,362

5.8320  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,937

5.8270  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,023

5.8209  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,326

5.8311  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,143

5.8340  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

749

5.8360  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

548

5.8337  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

484

5.8220  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

381

5.8233  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

125

5.8206  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

484

5.8220  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,990

5.8266  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,068

5.8275  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

46,780

5.8286  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18,307

5.8288  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

132

5.8305  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,326

5.8311  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

57,098

5.8319  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

40,032

5.8320  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

160

5.8336  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

265

5.8347  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

66

5.8355  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

117

5.8140  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,085

5.8160  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,560

5.8221  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

411

5.8269  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,479

5.8320  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,800

5.8322  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,767

5.8328  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

40,000

5.8342  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,737

5.8353  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

610

5.8364  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,266

5.8387  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

570

5.8261  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

714

5.8423  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:

10 Sep 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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