Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc Amend

Barclays PLC

26 July 2024

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment 2a and 3a
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:			17 Jul 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:				26,588,973	3.80%	190,438	0.03%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				28,639	0.00%	26,254,908	3.75%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				26,617,612	3.80%	26,445,346	3.78%
(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	645,322	5.7938  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	235,565	5.7387  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	154,579	5.7637  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	74,300	5.7375  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	39,800	5.7441  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	35,273	5.7636  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	14,543	5.7640  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	10,409	5.7517  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	9,399	5.7556  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	9,229	5.7359  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	7,226	5.7560  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	4,626	5.7555  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,752	5.7360  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,700	5.7401  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,326	5.7527  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,204	5.7506  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,141	5.7590  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,092	5.7598  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,092	5.7600  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	808	5.7500  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	798	5.7432  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	783	5.7479  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	477	5.7320  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	107,428	5.7465  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	78,088	5.7497  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	48,305	5.7565  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	35,905	5.7526  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	32,258	5.7642  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	11,918	5.7434  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	9,182	5.7581  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	3,023	5.7444  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2,641	5.7437  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,908	5.7340  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,221	5.7520  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,151	5.7460  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,092	5.7600  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	938	5.7440  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	862	5.7534  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	743	5.7387  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	649	5.7550  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	463	5.7380  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	282	5.7500  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	455	5.7549  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	1,647	5.7534  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,509	5.7637  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	20,249	5.7468  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	119,038	5.7636  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	14,543	5.7640  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	132	5.7511  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	463	5.7380  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,023	5.7444  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	78,088	5.7497  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	27,789	5.7640  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	798	5.7432  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	783	5.7479  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	9,399	5.7556  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	19,522	5.7640  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	15,186	5.7643  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	743	5.7387  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	478	5.7527  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	15,700	5.7522  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	15,340	5.7640  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,626	5.7555  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	833	5.7640  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	11,395	5.7938  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	633,927	5.7938  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:				23 Jul 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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