Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

Barclays PLC

27 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:				26 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:			22,711,259	3.24%	156,364	0.02%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			475,928	0.07%	22,550,930	3.22%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			23,187,187	3.31%	22,707,294	3.24%
(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		744,123		5.7801  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		385,350		5.7450  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		144,203		5.7791  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		98,636		5.7680  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		52,342		5.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		45,593		5.7825  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		26,366		5.7767  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		23,829		5.7755  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		14,068		5.7790  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,108		5.7796  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,070		5.7792  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,916		5.7598  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,533		5.7867  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,307		5.7965  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,747		5.7729  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,575		5.7707  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,469		5.7775  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,347		5.7752  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,008		5.7770  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,496		5.7842  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,894		5.7720  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,558		5.7721  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,360		5.7827  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		824		5.7699  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		768		5.7940  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		477		5.7600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		329		5.7781  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		280		5.7783  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		257		5.7840  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		211		5.7694  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		199		5.7620  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		104		5.7700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4		5.8020  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		142,194		5.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		100,764		5.7680  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		96,602		5.7814  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		40,997		5.7750  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		36,159		5.7803  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		33,559		5.7704  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		29,862		5.7802  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		17,000		5.7875  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,399		5.7791  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,753		5.7834  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,448		5.7794  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,766		5.7900  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,581		5.7816  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,531		5.7700  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,062		5.7805  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,725		5.7894  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,479		5.7593  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,417		5.7720  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,302		5.7830  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,250		5.7838  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,150		5.7774  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,118		5.7843  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		837		5.7990  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		748		5.7730  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		733		5.7940  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		477		5.7600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		463		5.7960  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		199		5.7620  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		195		5.7840  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4		5.8020  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		Decreasing Short		25	5.8500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		100	5.7760  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		463	5.7960  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		748	5.7730  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		764	5.7680  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		837	5.7990  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		8,849	5.7860  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,223	5.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33,559	5.7704  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		49,842	5.7816  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50,000	5.7745  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		52,614	5.7812  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		764	5.7680  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,496	5.7842  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,551	5.7740  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,955	5.7781  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,008	5.7770  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,931	5.7723  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,108	5.7796  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,969	5.7943  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,068	5.7790  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		16,299	5.7805  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,699	5.7734  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,000	5.7815  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		31,575	5.7805  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		45,593	5.7825  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		56,985	5.7733  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		608,572	5.7800  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:				27 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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