Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

Barclays PLC

13 August 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  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:			12 Aug 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:				22,865,336	3.26%	19,180,841	2.74%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				0	0.00%	22,720,524	3.24%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				22,865,336	3.26%	41,901,365	5.98%
(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	252,867	5.9548  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	68,875	5.9360  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	34,703	5.9372  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	28,296	5.9557  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	6,400	5.9368  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,074	5.9596  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,350	5.9611  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	563	5.9600  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	15	5.9605  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	10	5.9594  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	9	5.9540  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	5	5.9592  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	5	5.9564  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2,025,271	5.9880  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	141,854	5.9560  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	61,654	5.9402  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	46,039	5.9509  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	33,797	5.9544  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	24,031	5.9515  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	16,428	5.9561  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	15,991	5.9364  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	11,598	5.9362  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	10,141	5.9489  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	9,779	5.9348  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2,163	5.9534  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,624	5.9620  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,622	5.9351  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,139	5.9573  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	989	5.9597  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	925	5.9640  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	667	5.9615  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	379	5.9596  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	37	5.9574  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	10	5.9599  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	10	5.9605  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	2,666	5.9605  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	2,029	5.9576  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	9,779	5.9348  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,622	5.9351  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,400	5.9368  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	67	5.9519  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	1,563	5.9457  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	455	5.9360  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,679	5.9376  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	16,428	5.9561  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,139	5.9573  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	16,335	5.9362  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	15,255	5.9557  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,350	5.9611  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	17	5.9880  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,163	5.9534  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,074	5.9596  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	203	5.9552  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,028	5.9360  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	13,041	5.9557  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:				13 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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