Barclays PLC Form 8.3 - Darktrace plc

RNS Number : 2963G

Barclays PLC

30 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:				27 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:			24,279,909	3.46%	180,597	0.03%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			99,706	0.01%	23,911,139	3.41%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			24,379,615	3.48%	24,091,736	3.44%
(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		732,610		5.7619  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		601,669		5.7578  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		323,883		5.7712  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		258,708		5.7640  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		193,608		5.7600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		130,210		5.7710  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		99,991		5.7681  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		43,554		5.7660  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		34,886		5.7686  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		27,176		5.7635  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,267		5.7759  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,143		5.7687  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,210		5.7638  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,728		5.7736  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,200		5.7780  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,017		5.7676  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,562		5.7620  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,360		5.7598  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,378		5.7680  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,141		5.7634  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		589		5.7540  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		570		5.7580  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		442		5.7520  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,005,024		5.7580  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		219,082		5.7639  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		148,416		5.7560  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		140,193		5.7658  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		130,210		5.7681  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		89,614		5.7692  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		82,616		5.7662  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		49,669		5.7640  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		19,500		5.7680  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		17,430		5.7675  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,748		5.7610  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,026		5.7619  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,183		5.7632  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,073		5.7618  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,750		5.7720  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,281		5.7645  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,671		5.7600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,026		5.7679  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,880		5.7666  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,752		5.7709  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,748		5.7586  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,152		5.7628  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,053		5.7653  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		953		5.7570  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		838		5.7660  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		636		5.7629  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		247		5.7840  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		22,867	5.7577  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		163,155	5.7578  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,195	5.7600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,748	5.7610  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,279	5.7622  USD
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		47,577	5.7640  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,026	5.7679  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,500	5.7680  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		339	5.7716  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		168	5.7734  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		247	5.7840  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,800	5.7634  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,176	5.7635  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		250,995	5.7640  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42,296	5.7660  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,017	5.7676  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		130,210	5.7710  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		323,883	5.7711  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,728	5.7736  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,575	5.7785  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		350,000	5.7920  USD
(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:				30 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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