Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

Barclays PLC

05 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:				04 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:			21,708,686	3.10%	20,738,065	2.96%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			31,468	0.00%	21,535,879	3.07%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			21,740,154	3.10%	42,273,944	6.04%
(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		53,014		5.8484  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		42,199		5.8613  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,681		5.8495  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,519		5.8567  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,220		5.8454  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,728		5.8640  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,101		5.8470  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,571		5.8424  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,799		5.8478  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,365		5.8637  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		516		5.8547  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		509		5.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		229		5.8460  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		154		5.8520  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		102		5.8448  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		87		5.8479  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		57		5.8482  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		65,092		5.8480  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		59,587		5.8476  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		51,750		5.8617  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		19,880		5.8539  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		17,194		5.8540  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,869		5.8465  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,949		5.8622  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,723		5.8640  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,589		5.8509  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,539		5.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,480		5.8377  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,324		5.8467  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		605		5.8500  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		524		5.8490  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		229		5.8461  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		229		5.8460  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		88		5.8420  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		87		5.8486  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		54		5.8360  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		33		5.8449  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		9,393	5.8525  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		72	5.8415  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		335	5.8460  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,819	5.8461  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,869	5.8465  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		59,587	5.8476  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,454	5.8479  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,651	5.8480  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		605	5.8500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,540	5.8525  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		47,125	5.8640  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,220	5.8454  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,799	5.8478  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6	5.8480  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21	5.8500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,519	5.8567  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		35,422	5.8611  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,727	5.8625  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,798	5.8640  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		581	5.8568  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		102	5.8448  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,787	5.8466  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:				05 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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