Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

Barclays PLC

06 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:				05 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:			21,816,905	3.11%	20,739,451	2.96%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			33,095	0.00%	21,655,608	3.09%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			21,850,000	3.12%	42,395,059	6.05%
(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		65,158		5.8347  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		53,023		5.8339  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		47,637		5.8336  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		37,610		5.8340  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		18,405		5.8321  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,920		5.8478  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,102		5.8310  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,810		5.8282  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,347		5.8316  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,296		5.8337  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,218		5.8348  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,805		5.8320  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,864		5.8271  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,430		5.8307  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,200		5.8301  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		652		5.8280  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		629		5.8342  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		563		5.8254  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		390		5.8250  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		64		5.8349  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		47,896		5.8315  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		34,388		5.8425  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		27,688		5.8335  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		23,931		5.8340  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,084		5.8314  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,597		5.8395  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,927		5.8302  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,858		5.8320  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,144		5.8324  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		652		5.8280  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		548		5.8330  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		432		5.8326  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		138		5.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7		5.8342  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		2,381	5.8300  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,927	5.8302  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,084	5.8314  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		47,896	5.8315  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7	5.8336  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,759	5.8337  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,318	5.8339  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,990	5.8340  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		342	5.8349  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		66	5.8355  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		138	5.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		42,985	5.8419  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		563	5.8254  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34,615	5.8301  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,547	5.8337  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		38,388	5.8338  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37,394	5.8339  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44,548	5.8340  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		65,158	5.8347  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,218	5.8348  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,920	5.8478  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	5.8680  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,620	5.8345  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,199	5.8345  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		64	5.8350  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:				06 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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