Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

Barclays PLC

22 August 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:			21 Aug 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:				23,248,743	3.32%	20,757,581	2.96%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				26,113	0.00%	23,096,112	3.30%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				23,274,856	3.32%	43,853,693	6.26%
(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	20,765	5.8383  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	13,119	5.8426  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	12,604	5.8368  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	12,267	5.8377  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	12,140	5.8449  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	9,600	5.8417  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	6,176	5.8371  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	3,076	5.8468  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,898	5.8493  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,592	5.8380  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,765	5.8389  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	778	5.8460  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	498	5.8400  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	432	5.8670  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	262	5.8700  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	56	5.8360  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	16	5.8374  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	5	5.8620  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	53,906	5.8385  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	21,102	5.8380  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	20,451	5.8399  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	16,146	5.8431  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	4,221	5.8400  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2,826	5.8470  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2,143	5.8432  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,387	5.8613  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,112	5.8360  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	591	5.8350  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	517	5.8383  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	482	5.8510  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	2,390	5.8493  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	976	5.8396  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	8,717	5.8428  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,501	5.8408  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	773	5.8380  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	9,124	5.8444  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	78	5.8380  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	9,284	5.8380  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	11,203	5.8396  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	16,146	5.8432  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,387	5.8613  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,902	5.8384  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	12,140	5.8450  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,898	5.8493  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,826	5.8470  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,765	5.8389  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	265	5.8479  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	10,000	5.8382  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	591	5.8350  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,641	5.8380  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	12,131	5.8385  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	9,600	5.8417  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:				22 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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