Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

Barclays PLC
29 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:

28 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:

21,994,160

3.14%

20,751,653

2.96%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

20,054

0.00%

21,808,650

3.11%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

22,014,214

3.14%

42,560,303

6.08%

(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

20,385

5.8022  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

17,769

5.8000  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,609

5.7975  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,597

5.7980  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,600

5.7938  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,218

5.8098  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,934

5.7997  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,332

5.7979  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,421

5.8002  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

375

5.7920  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

356

5.8120  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

309

5.8100  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

48

5.8029  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

46,951

5.7998  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

16,575

5.7975  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,142

5.8000  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,273

5.8001  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,716

5.8017  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,731

5.7991  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,722

5.7974  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,671

5.7951  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,606

5.7994  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,432

5.7880  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,389

5.7920  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

843

5.7940  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

665

5.8111  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

375

5.7921  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

302

5.7960  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

293

5.7953  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

131

5.8020  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

871

5.7978  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

4,458

5.7964  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

48

5.8029  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

40,032

5.7998  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,890

5.8000  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,305

5.7995  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,554

5.7991  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

66

5.7959  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

1,959

5.7910  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,671

5.7951  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,722

5.7974  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

814

5.8000  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,332

5.7979  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,077

5.8009  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,218

5.8098  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,974

5.8200  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,609

5.7975  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

197

5.8000  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

196

5.7955  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,103

5.8000  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,716

5.8017  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,421

5.8002  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

11,097

5.8000  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

363

5.8000  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:

29 Aug 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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