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

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27/09/2024 15:30

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RNS Number : 0825G  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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