Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

Barclays PLC

17 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  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:			16 Sep 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:				21,911,384	3.13%	19,347,440	2.76%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				43,736	0.01%	21,367,785	3.05%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				21,955,120	3.13%	40,715,225	5.81%
(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	77,279	5.8390  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	62,225	5.8431  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	42,651	5.8513  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	19,753	5.8503  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	14,582	5.8474  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	11,987	5.8405  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	11,620	5.8479  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	5,475	5.8480  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	4,474	5.8475  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	4,294	5.8524  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	3,205	5.8468  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,595	5.8412  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,369	5.8381  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,087	5.8395  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,936	5.8657  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,743	5.8377  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,226	5.8384  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,169	5.8351  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	722	5.8380  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	601	5.8769  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	497	5.8734  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	454	5.8440  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	447	5.8438  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	168	5.8360  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	5	5.8389  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2	5.8400  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	236,146	5.8480  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	29,168	5.8440  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	21,497	5.8537  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	19,925	5.8395  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	10,602	5.8448  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	7,977	5.8472  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	3,643	5.8520  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	3,575	5.8471  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	3,309	5.8382  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,791	5.8439  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,169	5.8357  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	589	5.8384  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	427	5.8387  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	317	5.8380  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	194	5.8400  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	170	5.8366  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	168	5.8360  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	167	5.8420  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	102	5.8373  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	1,566	5.8382  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,161	5.8383  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	19,990	5.8395  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,276	5.8398  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	154	5.8402  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	14,815	5.8432  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	531,657	5.8440  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	10,602	5.8448  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,575	5.8471  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,762	5.8478  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	229,135	5.8480  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,503	5.8357  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	26,276	5.8380  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,226	5.8384  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	43,500	5.8401  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	46	5.8419  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,904	5.8462  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,205	5.8468  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	14,582	5.8474  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	11,951	5.8478  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,421	5.8480  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	42,651	5.8513  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	5	5.8380  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	1,513	5.8392  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	16,113	5.8409  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	40,599	5.8416  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	1,378	5.8437  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:				17 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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