Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

Barclays PLC

23 July 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  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:			22 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:				30,708,640	4.38%	184,217	0.03%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				25,797	0.00%	30,590,274	4.37%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				30,734,437	4.39%	30,774,491	4.39%
(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	100,528	5.8465  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	57,118	5.8471  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	38,846	5.8409  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	37,163	5.8444  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	31,768	5.8480  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	30,000	5.8376  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	12,475	5.8421  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	12,185	5.8373  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	11,003	5.8397  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	9,470	5.8365  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	9,264	5.8415  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	7,394	5.8321  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	4,986	5.8298  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	4,983	5.8377  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	4,884	5.8477  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	3,024	5.8389  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,927	5.8726  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,100	5.8324  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,893	5.8455  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,289	5.8360  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,263	5.8386  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,212	5.8383  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	700	5.8323  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	685	5.8340  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	668	5.8380  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	216	5.8369  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	141,248	5.8461  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	46,666	5.8474  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	16,145	5.8407  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	13,386	5.8399  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2,798	5.8478  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2,671	5.8629  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,998	5.8302  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,245	5.8368  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,234	5.8405  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,231	5.8326  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	685	5.8340  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	560	5.8298  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	81	5.8339  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	100	5.8380  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	38,846	5.8409  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	44,416	5.8461  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	67	5.8419  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,349	5.8360  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,245	5.8368  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,798	5.8478  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,706	5.8480  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,996	5.8481  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	216	5.8369  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	12,475	5.8421  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	17,536	5.8480  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	67	5.8520  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	81	5.8339  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	12,185	5.8373  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	135	5.8360  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	30,000	5.8376  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	8,471	5.8480  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	9,264	5.8415  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	10,847	5.8480  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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