Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

Barclays PLC

17 June 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:				14 Jun 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:			9,501,865	1.36%	2,829,396	0.40%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			462,638	0.07%	9,446,871	1.35%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			9,964,503	1.42%	12,276,267	1.75%
(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		460,632		5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		174,647		5.8020  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		161,859		5.8003  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		70,000		5.8089  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		48,011		5.7950  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		30,000		5.8098  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		29,645		5.7988  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		25,684		5.7958  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		24,416		5.7952  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		21,843		5.7954  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,914		5.8065  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,800		5.8082  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,177		5.8060  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,286		5.7979  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,251		5.8054  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,125		5.8084  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,522		5.8027  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,451		5.7960  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		946		5.8120  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		674		5.7975  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		486		5.7930  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		481		5.7990  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		412		5.8140  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		257		5.7974  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		135		5.8210  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		69		5.8220  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		55		5.7966  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		332,611		5.7990  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		94,281		5.8041  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		24,926		5.8002  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		21,549		5.8047  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		21,145		5.8012  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,006		5.8107  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14,384		5.8073  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,849		5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,540		5.8049  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,581		5.8011  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,296		5.8044  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,200		5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,645		5.8110  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,525		5.8083  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,357		5.8070  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,172		5.7961  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,164		5.8066  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,145		5.8045  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,091		5.8077  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		950		5.7991  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		716		5.8010  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		712		5.8060  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		707		5.8100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		563		5.8080  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		478		5.8240  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		385		5.7960  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		75		5.7966  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		Closing Long		14,169	5.8072  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		274,169	5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		64	5.8140  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		151	5.8080  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		323	5.8010  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		950	5.7991  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		961	5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,269	5.8012  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,982	5.8017  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,540	5.8049  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,006	5.8107  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,549	5.8047  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		94,281	5.8041  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		257	5.7974  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		578	5.8145  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,522	5.8027  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,125	5.8084  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,914	5.8066  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,000	5.8098  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		58,738	5.8016  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		70,000	5.8089  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		77,570	5.8005  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		78,615	5.7999  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		102,066	5.8000  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:				17 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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