Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

Barclays PLC

15 July 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:				12 Jul 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:			25,916,673	3.70%	196,914	0.03%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			37,145	0.01%	25,797,623	3.68%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			25,953,818	3.71%	25,994,537	3.71%
(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		132,533		5.7626  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		36,850		5.8190  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		28,847		5.7557  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,898		5.7920  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,140		5.8075  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,685		5.7560  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,917		5.7713  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,061		5.8000  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,989		5.8020  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,988		5.8001  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,295		5.7980  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,087		5.8035  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		651		5.7990  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		32,551		5.7560  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		30,635		5.7642  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,504		5.7971  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13,476		5.8031  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,486		5.8025  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,068		5.7999  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,891		5.7551  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,072		5.8055  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		2,590	5.7865  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,228	5.7983  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,534	5.7744  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		213	5.7562  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		120	5.7940  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,891	5.7551  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		137	5.7887  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,042	5.8020  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,922	5.7560  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,486	5.8025  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,476	5.8031  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44,973	5.7560  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,419	5.7574  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,087	5.8035  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,140	5.8075  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		36,850	5.8190  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		16,504	5.7971  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		651	5.7990  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		417	5.8027  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,469	5.7560  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,072	5.8056  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		61,897	5.7560  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,898	5.7920  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:				15 Jul 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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