REG - Barclays PLC Darktrace PLC - Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

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RNS Number : 3816E  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                                   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 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:                                                  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                               0            0.00%        0            0.00%
 purchase/sell:
                                                                                                   22,025,039   3.14%        41,316,594   5.90%

 TOTAL:

 
 (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  Purchase/sale           Number of                      Price per unit

 security
 securities
 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           Product  description    Nature of dealing              Number of               Price per

 relevant
 reference
 unit

 security
 securities
 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              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 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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