Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc Amend

Barclays PLC

19 July 2024

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to section  3b
Replaces form released on 15:21 11/07/2024
RNS Number :  1046W
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:				10-Jul-24
(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:			25,682,938	3.67%	203,502	0.03%
-2	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			41,454	0.01%	25,557,611	3.65%
-3	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			25,724,392	3.67%	25,761,113	3.68%
(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		43,967		5.8536  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		43,501		5.8540  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		32,951		5.8665  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		16,195		5.8561  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,410		5.8556  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,951		5.8569  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,490		5.8593  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		400		5.8544  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		53,769		5.8542  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		20,156		5.8522  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,604		5.8545  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13,690		5.8531  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,171		5.8540  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,090		5.8562  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		704		5.8556  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		13,690	5.8531  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		73	5.8499  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		87	5.8560  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,156	5.8522  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,978	5.8540  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		704	5.8556  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,090	5.8562  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,005	5.8539  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,077	5.8540  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,195	5.8561  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,951	5.8569  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,490	5.8593  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,604	5.8545  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		400	5.8544  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		271	5.8575  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,114	5.8540  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,795	5.8540  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,410	5.8557  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		32,361	5.8665  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		590	5.8665  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:				19-Jul-24
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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