Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

Barclays PLC

19 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				DARKTRACE PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(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:				18 Sep 2024
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				NO
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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:			22,016,423	3.14%	11,106,102	1.59%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			62,347	0.01%	22,033,759	3.15%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			22,078,770	3.15%	33,139,861	4.73%
(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,935,986		5.8480  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		323,942		5.8491  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		293,699		5.8319  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		134,415		5.8355  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		121,829		5.8318  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		45,611		5.8503  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		45,611		5.8474  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		34,112		5.8357  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		27,932		5.8314  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		19,547		5.8479  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		19,547		5.8495  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,072		5.8446  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,844		5.8331  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,542		5.8313  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,897		5.8334  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,689		5.8360  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,936		5.8296  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,896		5.8340  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,695		5.8320  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,830		5.8297  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,789		5.8265  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,455		5.8300  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,352		5.8260  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		738		5.8220  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		474		5.8240  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		363		5.8195  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		249		5.8267  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		229		5.8420  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		116		5.8280  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1		5.8180  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		312,075		5.8319  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		192,784		5.8350  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		128,369		5.8353  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		53,872		5.8282  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		42,617		5.8360  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		24,757		5.8296  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		24,179		5.8247  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,576		5.8262  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,023		5.8308  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,925		5.8297  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,666		5.8284  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,344		5.8270  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,517		5.8275  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,605		5.8280  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,400		5.8256  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,179		5.8320  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,014		5.8283  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,006		5.8260  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,478		5.8340  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,455		5.8300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,272		5.8252  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		738		5.8220  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		586		5.8351  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		548		5.8294  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		515		5.8400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		474		5.8240  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		229		5.8425  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		100		5.8200  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		90		5.8420  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2		5.8180  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24,179	5.8247  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		53,872	5.8282  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24,757	5.8297  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		195	5.8315  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		809	5.8340  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		586	5.8351  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		75	5.8355  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,268	5.8360  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		169	5.8395  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		130	5.8410  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		90	5.8420  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		366	5.8160  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,830	5.8297  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33	5.8340  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,114	5.8360  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,072	5.8446  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34	5.8480  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		39,094	5.8487  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		91,222	5.8489  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		548	5.8294  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		60,760	5.8300  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						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 exempt principal trader 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:				19 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

END