Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

Barclays PLC

29 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:			28 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:				21,994,160	3.14%	20,751,653	2.96%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				20,054	0.00%	21,808,650	3.11%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				22,014,214	3.14%	42,560,303	6.08%
(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	20,385	5.8022  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	17,769	5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	10,609	5.7975  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	8,597	5.7980  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	6,600	5.7938  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	5,218	5.8098  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	3,934	5.7997  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,332	5.7979  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,421	5.8002  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	375	5.7920  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	356	5.8120  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	309	5.8100  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	48	5.8029  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	46,951	5.7998  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	16,575	5.7975  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	10,142	5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	8,273	5.8001  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	4,716	5.8017  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	3,731	5.7991  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	3,722	5.7974  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	3,671	5.7951  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,606	5.7994  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,432	5.7880  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,389	5.7920  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	843	5.7940  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	665	5.8111  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	375	5.7921  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	302	5.7960  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	293	5.7953  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	131	5.8020  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	871	5.7978  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	4,458	5.7964  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	48	5.8029  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	40,032	5.7998  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7,890	5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	8,305	5.7995  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,554	5.7991  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	66	5.7959  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	1,959	5.7910  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,671	5.7951  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,722	5.7974  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	814	5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,332	5.7979  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	10,077	5.8009  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,218	5.8098  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,974	5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	10,609	5.7975  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	197	5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	196	5.7955  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,103	5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,716	5.8017  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,421	5.8002  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	11,097	5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	363	5.8000  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:				29 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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