Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc Replacement

Barclays PLC

11 September 2024

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a Replaces form Released at 10/09/2024 15:05 RNS Number : 6264D
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:			09 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:				21,631,153	3.09%	19,345,258	2.76%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				39,289	0.01%	21,575,319	3.08%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				21,670,442	3.09%	40,920,577	5.84%
(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	1,404,201	5.8640  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	44,239	5.8736  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	38,521	5.8740  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	14,652	5.8721  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	13,275	5.8724  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	11,622	5.8720  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	3,318	5.8725  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,105	5.8680  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,030	5.8800  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	17	5.8797  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2	5.8780  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	31,937	5.8653  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	23,735	5.8780  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	17,922	5.8742  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	13,233	5.8740  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	10,936	5.8685  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	5,268	5.8723  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	5,194	5.8654  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	5,192	5.8729  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	5,086	5.8700  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	3,419	5.8675  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2,977	5.8699  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2,759	5.8760  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,220	5.8680  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	471	5.8650  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	301	5.8731  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	175	5.8678  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	54	5.8735  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	3	5.8720  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	2,840	5.8707  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	40,000	5.8342  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	471	5.8650  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	31,937	5.8653  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,194	5.8654  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,193	5.8660  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,419	5.8675  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	63	5.8695  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,274	5.8697  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	210	5.8707  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	301	5.8730  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3	5.8733  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	14,473	5.8740  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	181	5.8774  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	22,354	5.8780  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	40,000	5.8342  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	186	5.8708  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	11,621	5.8720  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	14,652	5.8721  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,318	5.8725  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	9,064	5.8732  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	23,444	5.8738  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,407	5.8739  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	16,737	5.8740  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,514	5.8742  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	5,631	5.8727  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	2,850	5.8768  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:				10 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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