Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

Barclays PLC

03 September 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:				02 Sep 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:			21,884,732	3.12%	20,737,922	2.96%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			30,887	0.00%	21,678,236	3.09%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			21,915,619	3.13%	42,416,158	6.06%
(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		20,422		5.8395  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		19,327		5.8440  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,417		5.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,193		5.8416  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,997		5.8368  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,750		5.8422  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,587		5.8410  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,038		5.8397  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		766		5.8385  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		683		5.8401  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		324		5.8436  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		286		5.8320  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		21		5.8383  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		19,813		5.8438  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		17,769		5.8398  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		17,407		5.8399  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,504		5.8321  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,269		5.8370  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,423		5.8367  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		531		5.8320  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		Opening Long		245	5.8320  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		16,218	5.8321  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,423	5.8367  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,269	5.8370  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		607	5.8396  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,886	5.8398  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,301	5.8399  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,554	5.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		38	5.8415  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		200	5.8419  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		119	5.8437  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		367	5.8368  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,543	5.8388  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,452	5.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		683	5.8401  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,193	5.8416  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,750	5.8422  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		8,177	5.8389  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		21	5.8385  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		10,182	5.8394  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:				03 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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