Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

Barclays PLC

14 June 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:				13 Jun 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:			9,222,725	1.32%	3,344,001	0.48%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			723,796	0.10%	9,172,897	1.31%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			9,946,521	1.42%	12,516,898	1.79%
(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		184,947		5.7955  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		132,021		5.7932  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		70,000		5.7995  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		70,000		5.8026  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		45,707		5.7958  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		30,000		5.8152  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		30,000		5.7868  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		21,282		5.7921  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17,893		5.7936  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,423		5.7900  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,200		5.8078  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,826		5.8140  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,627		5.7895  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,778		5.7990  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,605		5.7988  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,500		5.8100  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,215		5.8020  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,408		5.8011  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,053		5.7969  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		944		5.7940  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		710		5.8308  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		700		5.7656  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		611		5.8580  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		546		5.8005  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		546		5.7980  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		516		5.8300  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		515		5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		489		5.8080  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		411		5.8137  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		396		5.8540  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		373		5.8050  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		300		5.7830  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		100		5.7896  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1		5.8720  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		270,605		5.7900  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		39,651		5.7987  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		24,817		5.7931  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,020		5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,701		5.7878  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,987		5.8086  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,375		5.7902  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,866		5.8483  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,858		5.8155  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,658		5.8041  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,299		5.7960  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,866		5.8119  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,117		5.8211  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,070		5.8162  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		519		5.8585  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		468		5.8100  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		411		5.8142  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		396		5.8540  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		393		5.8020  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		212		5.7970  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		200		5.7800  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		79		5.7890  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		54		5.7867  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		16	5.8001  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		34	5.8720  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		300	5.7920  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		316	5.8077  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		349	5.7836  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,866	5.8119  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,299	5.7960  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		39,651	5.7987  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		207	5.8065  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		489	5.8080  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		546	5.8005  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,012	5.8480  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,826	5.8140  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,579	5.7937  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		19,961	5.8039  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,282	5.7921  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		40,978	5.7945  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		103,585	5.7900  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		200,000	5.8010  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		6,157	5.8096  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		9,758	5.8048  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		263,601	5.7900  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		3,056	5.7902  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:				14 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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