Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

Barclays PLC

23 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:			22 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:				23,265,749	3.32%	20,750,949	2.96%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				20,240	0.00%	23,113,877	3.30%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				23,285,989	3.32%	43,864,826	6.26%
(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	70,000	5.8317  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	30,000	5.8258  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	23,285	5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	19,684	5.8196  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	5,377	5.8279  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	4,239	5.8251  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,216	5.8145  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,930	5.8219  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,580	5.8220  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,047	5.8130  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	470	5.8014  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	287	5.8267  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	253	5.8340  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	162	5.8360  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	99	5.8260  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	48,666	5.8291  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	18,686	5.8240  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	18,333	5.8207  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	17,194	5.8221  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	11,105	5.8202  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	8,348	5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	4,761	5.8225  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2,258	5.8164  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,592	5.8220  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,414	5.8188  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,047	5.8136  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	813	5.8327  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	807	5.8162  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	550	5.8181  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	548	5.8293  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	470	5.8020  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	399	5.8080  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	3,263	5.8182  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	293	5.8190  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	559	5.8311  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,520	5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	36,627	5.8291  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,909	5.8191  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,414	5.8188  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	1,458	5.8162  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	807	5.8162  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7,290	5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7,540	5.8209  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	17,194	5.8221  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	18,686	5.8240  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,324	5.9000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	8,391	5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	74	5.8220  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	30,000	5.8258  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,377	5.8280  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,258	5.8164  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	3,892	5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	4,239	5.8251  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	216	5.8204  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	15,253	5.8219  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,216	5.8145  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	8,622	5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	70,000	5.8317  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:				23 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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