Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

Barclays PLC

04 June 2024

 

FORM 8.3
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				DARKTRACE PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(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:				03 Jun 2024
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				NO
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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:			6,692,490	0.96%	576,508	0.08%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			744,300	0.11%	6,669,874	0.95%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			7,436,790	1.06%	7,246,382	1.03%
(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
1p ordinary		Purchase		100,000		5.8770  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		69,650		5.8817  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		66,756		5.8739  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		60,538		5.8743  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		34,717		5.8740  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,200		5.8707  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,121		5.8719  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,164		5.8716  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		967		5.8799  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		869		5.8624  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		830		5.8620  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		610		5.8851  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		442		5.8678  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		391		5.8660  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		352		5.8700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		196		5.8579  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		193		5.8666  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11		5.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2		5.8860  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		100,011		5.8742  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,510		5.8743  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,981		5.8717  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,597		5.8780  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,412		5.8749  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,293		5.8765  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,741		5.8675  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,262		5.8805  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,209		5.8678  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,495		5.8699  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,481		5.8681  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,128		5.8709  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,113		5.8620  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,000		5.8640  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		937		5.8652  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		869		5.8630  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		301		5.8920  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		300		5.8660  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		57		5.8700  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11		5.8800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2		5.8860  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		1,000	5.8634  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		28	5.8660  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		165	5.8667  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		51	5.8705  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		434	5.8728  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		583	5.8782  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,197	5.8781  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,618	5.8740  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		610	5.8851  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,659	5.8688  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,105	5.8749  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,121	5.8719  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,470	5.8747  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,313	5.8740  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		69,650	5.8817  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100,000	5.8770  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		1,984	5.8722  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						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 exempt principal trader 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:				04 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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