Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

Barclays PLC

18 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:				17 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:			22,049,758	3.15%	19,347,440	2.76%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			43,736	0.01%	22,039,821	3.15%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			22,093,494	3.15%	41,387,261	5.91%
(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		105,365		5.8482  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		89,473		5.8498  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		56,034		5.8265  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		55,103		5.8379  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		44,127		5.8257  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		38,930		5.8544  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		34,339		5.8307  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		33,188		5.8263  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		31,518		5.8354  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		26,524		5.8250  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		22,761		5.8537  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,898		5.8540  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,636		5.8273  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,482		5.8442  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,715		5.8289  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,938		5.8327  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,759		5.8260  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,489		5.8343  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,140		5.8487  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,284		5.8337  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,238		5.8240  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		754		5.8398  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		754		5.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		560		5.8399  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		450		5.8276  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		63		5.8300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		212,914		5.8269  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		99,541		5.8517  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		63,468		5.8540  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		25,793		5.8260  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,523		5.8273  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,854		5.8441  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,898		5.8453  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,384		5.8343  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,303		5.8311  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,126		5.8432  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,930		5.8480  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,709		5.8455  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,381		5.8478  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,187		5.8456  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,094		5.8383  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		835		5.8497  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		781		5.8490  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		754		5.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		648		5.8460  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		568		5.8240  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		450		5.8461  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7		5.8542  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		4,466	5.8439  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,793	5.8260  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,523	5.8273  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,384	5.8343  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,382	5.8379  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		148	5.8422  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		130	5.8425  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,930	5.8480  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,871	5.8540  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,284	5.8337  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		31,518	5.8354  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		55,103	5.8379  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		531,657	5.8440  USD
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,482	5.8442  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,145	5.8529  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,288	5.8538  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,838	5.8540  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		38,930	5.8544  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,083	5.8483  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		10	5.8490  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		14,571	5.8310  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		10,940	5.8334  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:				18 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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