Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

Barclays PLC

30 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:			29 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:				22,117,368	3.16%	20,731,413	2.96%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				0	0.00%	21,905,617	3.13%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				22,117,368	3.16%	42,637,030	6.09%
(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	96,153	5.8182  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	34,936	5.8121  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	28,675	5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	27,852	5.8139  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	11,109	5.8165  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	9,740	5.8220  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	8,747	5.8080  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	7,276	5.8045  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,593	5.8237  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,514	5.8211  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,215	5.8235  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,115	5.8057  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,026	5.8240  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	874	5.8119  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	729	5.8035  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	539	5.8180  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	497	5.8221  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	402	5.8160  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	287	5.8075  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	43	5.8260  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	42	5.8154  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	32	5.8241  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	4	5.8210  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	30,133	5.8186  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	16,366	5.8102  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	13,880	5.8139  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	6,408	5.8193  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	4,578	5.8106  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2,203	5.8149  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,875	5.8107  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,867	5.7883  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,550	5.7870  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,465	5.8067  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,236	5.8223  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,215	5.8241  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,171	5.7996  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	961	5.8215  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	888	5.8240  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	863	5.8172  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	682	5.8157  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	680	5.8166  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	575	5.8086  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	464	5.8180  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	444	5.8160  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	408	5.8191  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	328	5.8220  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	287	5.8081  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	199	5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	150	5.8080  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	43	5.8260  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	32	5.8247  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1	5.8225  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	1,071	5.8204  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	8,799	5.8171  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	141	5.8057  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	4,544	5.8187  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	13,476	5.8090  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	47,220	5.8165  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,501	5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,465	5.8067  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3	5.8080  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	13,880	5.8139  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,884	5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	974	5.8057  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	27,852	5.8139  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	27,287	5.8199  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,954	5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	34,936	5.8121  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,454	5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	107	5.8155  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,578	5.8106  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,001	5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	12,745	5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	9,411	5.8220  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	10,734	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:				30 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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