Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

Barclays PLC

27 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:				26 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:			23,814,446	3.40%	251,265	0.04%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			172,544	0.02%	23,098,398	3.30%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			23,986,990	3.42%	23,349,663	3.33%
(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		350,000		5.7920  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		272,755		5.7400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		100,000		5.7808  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		97,862		5.7777  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		79,258		5.7764  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		70,000		5.7831  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		70,000		5.7728  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		70,000		5.7606  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		53,985		5.7725  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		32,063		5.7405  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		30,000		5.7722  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		30,000		5.7839  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		30,000		5.7597  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		28,720		5.7460  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		28,700		5.7693  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		20,000		5.7700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17,346		5.7697  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,534		5.7745  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,462		5.7472  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,340		5.7701  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,042		5.7795  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,528		5.7709  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,743		5.7680  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,416		5.7780  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,960		5.7637  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,625		5.7686  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,039		5.7870  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,944		5.7660  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,519		5.7746  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,093		5.7509  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		932		5.7778  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		761		5.7590  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		55		5.7520  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		102,563		5.7780  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		59,329		5.7400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		33,908		5.7681  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		28,407		5.7690  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		19,461		5.7470  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14,201		5.7604  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,948		5.7402  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,173		5.7545  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,094		5.7743  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,264		5.7700  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,431		5.7758  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,633		5.7680  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		927		5.7660  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		45,995	5.7400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14	5.7515  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,201	5.7604  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,931	5.7646  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31,572	5.7663  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33,908	5.7681  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,094	5.7743  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	5.7760  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		236,539	5.7400  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,617	5.7411  USD
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,720	5.7460  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,462	5.7472  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,335	5.7490  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,674	5.7505  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,700	5.7693  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		52,870	5.7701  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		53,985	5.7725  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,393	5.7740  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		120,000	5.7742  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		280,000	5.7743  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		79,258	5.7764  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,042	5.7795  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,039	5.7870  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:				27 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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