Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

Barclays PLC

16 September 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:			13 Sep 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:				21,979,925	3.14%	19,348,611	2.76%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				45,114	0.01%	21,967,983	3.14%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				22,025,039	3.14%	41,316,594	5.90%
(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	58,746	5.8604  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	45,606	5.8614  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	45,606	5.8607  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	45,606	5.8474  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	30,239	5.8444  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	22,395	5.8440  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	19,545	5.8482  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	19,545	5.8592  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	19,545	5.8625  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	15,086	5.8530  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	12,801	5.8435  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	8,961	5.8479  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	6,717	5.8447  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,027	5.8569  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	673	5.8580  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	595	5.8560  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	530	5.8500  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	439	5.8431  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	118	5.8547  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	67	5.8469  GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	25	5.8540  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	29,392	5.8459  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	27,412	5.8440  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	16,138	5.8480  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	6,763	5.8549  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	5,651	5.8458  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	5,384	5.8449  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,651	5.8491  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	595	5.8560  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	151	5.8487  GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	100	5.8600  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	65	5.8415  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	8,738	5.8440  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,651	5.8458  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	16,138	5.8480  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7,900	5.8486  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,651	5.8491  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	769	5.8539  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	502	5.8540  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	237	5.8565  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,561	5.8440  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	16,245	5.8442  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,473	5.8443  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	15,086	5.8530  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	136,818	5.8565  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	58,635	5.8566  GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	58,746	5.8604  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	1,462	5.8497  GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	118	5.8547  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:				16 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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