Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

Barclays PLC

12 July 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:				11 Jul 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:			25,800,680	3.68%	201,855	0.03%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			38,920	0.01%	25,676,140	3.67%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			25,839,600	3.69%	25,877,995	3.69%
(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		172,609		5.8142  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		23,289		5.8140  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		20,136		5.8275  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		14,397		5.8133  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,427		5.8173  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,675		5.8184  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,861		5.8210  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,309		5.8152  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,025		5.8169  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,582		5.8163  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,570		5.8289  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,386		5.8128  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,888		5.8139  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,651		5.8220  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,253		5.8126  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,019		5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		969		5.8199  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		846		5.8300  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		835		5.8370  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		577		5.8100  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		426		5.8320  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		391		5.8180  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		258		5.8020  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		218		5.8060  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		59,463		5.8142  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		31,536		5.8177  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		24,004		5.8140  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13,949		5.8241  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13,060		5.8256  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,622		5.8185  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,574		5.8131  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,716		5.8274  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,019		5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		770		5.8308  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		577		5.8100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		562		5.8300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		489		5.8235  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		391		5.8180  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		258		5.8020  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		218		5.8060  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		3,319	5.8228  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,534	5.8174  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,574	5.8131  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		134	5.8149  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,470	5.8140  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		489	5.8235  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6	5.8240  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,949	5.8241  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,716	5.8274  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,253	5.8126  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,184	5.8140  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,410	5.8141  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		45,895	5.8166  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,136	5.8275  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,570	5.8289  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		846	5.8300  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,060	5.8256  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		835	5.8370  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		388	5.8276  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,689	5.8140  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,622	5.8185  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,578	5.8140  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44,656	5.8147  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,582	5.8163  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:				12 Jul 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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